uThe 20th century on video project.

The twentieth century was a period of radical departure from almost every previous area of human activity.
The 20th century through a series of radical political and social changes gave everyday life a new perspective. The ambiguous interpretations of the facts, the recurring and proportional equal situations, justify the fundamental philosophical theories starting from the ones introduced by Socrates until the ones introduced by G.W.F. Hegel a representative of the German Idealism movement. 
The atomic energy, the first and second world war, the long lasting cold-war from which emerged the internet, the revolutions against the oligarchic regimes, the way to women liberation paved by Suffragettes, the racism, the deciphering of the D.N.A. code, terrorism, the new order of things, were some of the innovating thoughts, actions and reactions of this “subversive century”. The atheism “imposed” the exaltation of the religion fanaticism. The slogan “No mercy” of the Dadaism evolved into the “No future” of the Sex Pistols and ended up in the “No Fear” of a famous clothing line.
The 21st century brought an air of optimism and hope which is slowly fading. The situation in the Middle East, the energy shortage, the thread of a nuclear disaster, the ozone pollution, puzzle modern society and still no sort term solution  has been found
The project “20th Century (on Video)” aims on the gathering of works by artists who record the wide historical, social, political and technological issues, using the  representative codes of the image, and the classical narrative structures of film, the father of video art.

Yiannis Grigoriadis