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Exactly 5 years ago, in the beginning of 2016, ​Ύλη[matter]HYLE ​ presented the ​Portrait of P.P.Pasolini a painting by Ilias Papailiakis. The painting was a work in progress, that was then exhibited during documenta 14: Learning from Athens (ANTIDORON. The EMST Collection) ​ and now belongs to the museum’s permanent collection.

The work was accompanied by a limited edition print titled ​ Details of a Representation P.P.Pasolini​ , made especially for Ύλη[matter]HYLE ​ and generously donated by the artist as a way to support the space. Five years later, and with new challenges before us, we would like to extend this support by making ​ Details of a Representation P.P.Pasolini, ​ available for sale through PrintSin and offering all the proceeds to the financial support of ​Ύλη[matter]HYLE​ .

About ​ΎΛΗ[matter]HYLE

The greek word ΎΛΗ means matter, and it is pronounced like hyle. ​ΎΛΗ[matter]HYLE (they/them) was initiated by artist Georgia Sagri with the vision of creating an open studio were issues of care and social empathy amongst her peers in the local and international art scenes, could emerge. In 2013 discussions regarding the space’s mission took place through the building of its two virtual platforms (main: hyle.gr and archive: hyle.mobi) and have continued since, after its physical manifestation in the spring of 2015. ΎΛΗ[matter]HYLE is a semi-public / semi-private space in the center of Athens that aims to bring together art, politics and sciences as if their coexistence is a new undisciplined field of thought, action and living. ΎΛΗ[matter]HYLE, started as a feminist response to the binary constructions of public and private. It is an independent organism of people, animals, machines and ideas. Situated in an apartment in a central transit node at Omonia Square., it provides studio and communal living space, while it acts as an intimate relational source for the growing artistic community of local and international friends and peers. Its maintenance is collective and sustained by the artists, writers, researchers, poets, and organizers, who also contribute with their practices, in an expanded sense. Collaborators share time, reflect, work or even do nothing at ​ΎΛΗ[matter]HYLE​ , and through these processes they form the space’s public program and challenge their work.