- Angelo plessas
Angelo Plessas (born 1974) is an
artist of greek-italian descent. He lives and works in Athens, Greece with partnerAndreas Angelidakis .Plessas uses the internet to create websites that are strange, nervous and poetic at the same time. These websites are mostly interactive drawings and Plessas' subjects usually involve femminity and portraits of people around him or many sides of himself. These internet pieces often "cover" the real world as objects like murals, installations, collage drawings and prints.Lately he has been working with the idea of creating channels of video compilations on
YouTube . These compilations consist either of DIY personal homevideos or others he has found online, all of which are mixed within a new online intertextuality.In 2007 Angelo has founded the
"Angelo Foundation" a series of projects focused on the relationship of the internet and culture.Once in an interview he said: "The internet is the only place to create anymore. It's like being in the jungle and you try to create a civilization. You find a script, you test to see if you can start a fire."
Plessas has shown his work in museums and foundations such as The National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens, Greece,
Deste Foundation , the 3rd Biennial of Valencia. His work has been published in different publications such asPurple Fashion ,Liberation newspaper etc. Since 2005 he maintains the popular blog Angelosays.com.Angelo Plessas is represented by Rebecca Camhi gallery in Athens, Greece.
Books
* "Angelo Plessas 2001-03", published by One Star Press 2004.
External links
* [http://www.angeloplessas.com/ Angelo Plessas' home page]
* [http://www.angelosays.com Angelo's Blog]
* [http://www.theangelofoundation.com The Angelo Foundation]
* [http://rhizome.org/profile.php?1026911 Rhizome 2009 selection]
* [http://rhizome.org/editorial/fp/blog.php/774 Rhizome article]
* [http://www.emst.gr/exhibitions-entry-first.asp?lang_id=ENG&msi1=EXHIBITIONS&exh_id=30 National Museum of Contemporary art]
* [http://www.ecrans.fr/Le-site-du-jour-Angelo-Plessas,2944.html Article on Liberation newspaper online]
* [http://artforum.com/diary/id=15818 ArtForum Diary]
* [http://www.fluctuat.net/1253 Miltos Manetas-Andreas Angelidakis-Angelo Plessas]
* [http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pagetype/Artist info]
* [http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/bradley/bradley6-16-08.asp, Artnet]
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