24 June 2021
Online
In the second episode of Almanac Talks - Praxis: art, ideas and communities, Francesco Tenaglia is in conversation with activist, artist and educator Georgia Sagri.
Georgia Sagri (b. 1979, Athens) lives and works in Athens (GR). She is the Tenure professor of Performance at the Athens School of Fine Arts. At the centre of her practice lies an exploration of performance as an ever-evolving field within social and visual life. Much of her work is influenced by her ongoing engagement in political movements and struggles, regarding issues of autonomy, empowerment and self-organisation.
She has exhibited internationally in various solo and group exhibitions: de Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2021); Mimosa House, London, England (2020); TAVROS, Athens, Greece (2020); Portikus, Frankfurt/ Main, Germany (2018); Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany (2017, 2018); Cycladic Museum, Athens Greece (2017); Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland (2016); Sculpture Center, New York, USA (2016); KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany (2016, 2015); Forde, Geneva, Switzerland (2015); Kunsthalle Basel Switzerland (2014); MoMA PS1, New York, USA (2013); Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland (2013); Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain (2011); MoMA, New York, USA (2011); Macedonian Museum, Thessaloniki, Greece (2011); The Dakis Joannou Collection, DESTE Foundation, Athens, Greece (2006). Sagri has also participated in documenta 14 (2017), Manifesta 11 (2016), Istanbul; Biennial (2015), Lyon Biennial (2013), Whitney Biennial (2012), Thessaloniki Biennial (2011), and Athens Biennial (2007).
Her first monograph catalogue was published by Sternberg Press, following her solo exhibitions Georgia Sagri Georgia Sagri at Kunstverein Braunschweig, and Georgia Sagri and I at Portikus. Her book IASI, Stage of Recovery is published by Divided Publishing in April 2021.
Almanac Talks: Praxis — art, ideas and communities is a series of podcast episodes organised and hosted by art critic and curator Francesco Tenaglia which explores curatorial and artistic practices focused not only on exhibition making, but also on public programs, workshops, reading groups, civic activism and other forms of community engagement, as well as emerging theoretical and sociopolitical issues.
Listen to the previous series of podcast episodes here.
Almanac is supported by Fondazione CRT and Compagnia di San Paolo. 
