Iliana Fokianaki's guest appearances

Iliana Fokianaki

The Conversation

e-flux podcast

Promise No Promises!

Mara Wilson

Esther Perel

Mirene Arsanios

Sohrab Mohebbi

Christian Nyampeta

Agnieszka Kurant

Tobias Rees

Elvia Wilk

Xiaoyu Weng

Brian Kuan Wood

McKenzie Wark

Keith Fullerton Whitman

Lisa Fischer

Masha Gessen

Sarah Marquis

OwlTail

Laura Raicovich

e-flux journal editor Brian Kuan Wood speaks to iLiana Fokianaki and Laura Raicovich on the occasion of  Rojava Film Commune: Forms of Freedom at e-flux. The exhibition is curated by Fokianaki and on view through April 4, 2020.  iLiana Fokianaki is a Greek curator, researcher and writer based in Athens and Rotterdam. She is the founder and director of State of Concept, Athens, cofounder, with Antonia Alampi, of the research platform Future Climates, and lecturer at the Dutch Art Institute. Read her text, “Narcissistic Authoritarian Statism, Part 1: The Eso and Exo Axis of Contemporary Forms of Power,” in e-flux journal issue 103 (October 2019).  Laura Raicovich is a curator and writer dedicated to art and artistic production that relies on complexity, poetics, and care to create a more engaged and equitable civic realm. She is currently working on a book about museums, cultural institutions, and the myth of neutrality (Verso, 2020), and is the recipient of both the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Fellowship and the inaugural Emily H. Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators at Hyperallergic.  Until early 2018, she served as President and Executive Director of the Queens Museum where she oversaw an inviting and vital commons for art, ideas, and engagement. Prior to the Queens Museum, Raicovich inaugurated Creative Time’s Global Initiatives, launched Creative Time Reports, and directed the Creative Time Summit. She arrived there after a decade at Dia Art Foundation, where she served as deputy director.

e-flux journal editor Brian Kuan Wood speaks to iLiana Fokianaki and Laura Raicovich on the occasion of <a href="https://www.e-flux.com/program/314758/e-flux-presents-rojava-film-commune-forms-of-freedom/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Rojava Film Commune: Forms of Freedom</a> at e-flux. The exhibition is curated by Fokianaki and on view through April 4, 2020.  iLiana Fokianaki is a Greek curator, researcher and writer based in Athens and Rotterdam. She is the founder and director of State of Concept, Athens, cofounder, with Antonia Alampi, of the research platform Future Climates, and lecturer at the Dutch Art Institute. Read her text, “<a href="https://www.e-flux.com/journal/103/292692/narcissistic-authoritarian-statism-part-1-the-eso-and-exo-axis-of-contemporary-forms-of-power/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Narcissistic Authoritarian Statism, Part 1: The Eso and Exo Axis of Contemporary Forms of Power</a>,” in e-flux journal issue 103 (October 2019).  Laura Raicovich is a curator and writer dedicated to art and artistic production that relies on complexity, poetics, and care to create a more engaged and equitable civic realm. She is currently working on a book about museums, cultural institutions, and the myth of neutrality (Verso, 2020), and is the recipient of both the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Fellowship and the inaugural Emily H. Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators at Hyperallergic.  Until early 2018, she served as President and Executive Director of the <a href="https://queensmuseum.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Queens Museum</a> where she oversaw an inviting and vital commons for art, ideas, and engagement. Prior to the Queens Museum, Raicovich inaugurated <a href="http://creativetime.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Creative Time</a>’s Global Initiatives, launched <a href="http://creativetimereports.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Creative Time Reports</a>, and directed the <a href="http://creativetime.org/summit/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Creative Time Summit</a>. She arrived there after a decade at <a href="https://www.diaart.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dia Art Foundation</a>, where she served as deputy director.

The role of ideology in institutions: iLiana Fokianaki and Laura Raicovich

Bettina Rosenqvist

Iliana Fokianaki is from Athens and is an art curator, critic and journalist. She also runs a non-profit contemporary art gallery which opened its doors in the Greek capital last year. Iliana describes seeing people rummaging through bins on a daily basis, which didn't happen before the crisis.  She is in her mid-thirties and reveals that even though she would like to have a child, she can't because she can't afford to.  Bettina Rosenqvist is from Caracas and recently opened a new juice bar despite the financial situation. She says that queuing for hours at the supermarket for essential products and dealing with constant price rises has become the norm. Bettina won't visit the cinema anymore as she's scared to sit in dark places because she feels muggings have increased in the Venezuelan capital as people get more desperate.

Iliana Fokianaki is from Athens and is an art curator, critic and journalist. She also runs a non-profit contemporary art gallery which opened its doors in the Greek capital last year. Iliana describes seeing people rummaging through bins on a daily basis, which didn't happen before the crisis. She is in her mid-thirties and reveals that even though she would like to have a child, she can't because she can't afford to. Bettina Rosenqvist is from Caracas and recently opened a new juice bar despite the financial situation. She says that queuing for hours at the supermarket for essential products and dealing with constant price rises has become the norm. Bettina won't visit the cinema anymore as she's scared to sit in dark places because she feels muggings have increased in the Venezuelan capital as people get more desperate.

Surviving an Economic Crisis: Iliana Fokianaki and Bettina Rosenqvist