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Brad Feuerhelm

& Yoshi Kametani

Urban Baroque

June 21 - 25th 2025

5-Day Zine Workshop

Athens, Greece

When we consider the term Baroque, what comes to mind? A format of architecture? An 18th-century term that dictated style. An assertion about grand forms eliciting a condition of wealth or extravagance? Athens is a city of former and current glory. It is one of Europe's most visited and historically relevant towns and continues to inspire generations of artists. Athens is a mysterious city that pivots its former status as an empire against the rough grain of its post-crisis contemporary moment. Is there an accumulated beauty in irregularly shaped pearls?

For the workshop, artists Brad Feuerhelm and Yoshi Kametani will lead a small group of participants through Athens, suggesting places to shoot and investigate the work between two distinct layers of Athens immortal faced. The first layer is that of the city as a historic playground, where ancient monuments and the empire's glory remain a visual source of beauty. The second layer will ask participants to look at the contemporary face of Athens with its weathered stone and high-density neighborhoods. Participants will be asked to consider the written façade of the city and to explore its signs, graffiti, and the messages that emanate between the opulent and decayed layers of the city.

The outcome of this workshop will be a zine with a screen-printed cover, produced by Yoshi Kametani’s studio. The book/zine will be published in a small edition by Nearest Truth Editions in the Autumn of 2025. Each participant will have their work included. Each participant is encouraged to experiment and take the opportunity to dwell on place and the premise of the millennia of forms that adorn the contemporary city of Athens. It is a city unlike any other, and its effect is intoxicating.

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Brad Feuerhelm

& Yoshi Kametani

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Urban Baroque​

June​​ 21 - 25th 2025

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Urban Baroque

June 21 - 25th 2025