Selected Publications

Monographs

Bahtsetzis, Sotirios, History of Installation. Models of Situational Experience in Modern Art (Geschichte der Installation. Modelle situativer Erfahrungsgestaltung in der Kunst der Moderne), Diss. Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin 2004 (to be published by Reimer Verlag) Bahtsetzis, Sotirios, Installation Art as Experience Formation and the New Definition of Exhibition Space in the Case of the Experimental Project “in our empty rooms”. (Installation als Erfahrungsgestaltung und die Neuedefinition des Ausstellungsraumes am Beispeil des experimentellen Projektes “in our empty rooms”.) MA Thesis, Technical University Berlin, Berlin 1998

Articles

Bahtsetzis,Sotirios, Longing for Images - A Political Act, in: Dimitris Tzamouranis Painting, ed. by Kunstverein Buchholz, Nordheide, Verlag für moderne Kunst,Nürnberg, 2006, p.86-92; Bahtsetzis, Sotirios, The Archaeology of democratic antagonism, in: Archeology of Today? exh. cat. The Kosova Art Gallery, 22.05-05.06.2006, Prishtina 2006, p.14-20; Μπαχτσετζής, Σωτήρης, Το Πραγματικό του απραγματοποίητου (The Real of the unrealized), Καραμπά, Ελπίδα (επ.), «Curating»: Απόψεις για την επιμελητική δράση, 9+1 α-πραγματοποίητα πρότζεκτ (Curating: Views, 9+1 unrealized projects) (σειρά futura/GAP Files #1) Futura Αθήνα 2005, σελ. 93-106 Bahtsetzis, Sotirios, Given: between Scopizing Desire and Feminizing the Image Space Étant donnés“: zwischen der Skopisierung des Begehrens und der Feminisierung des Bildraumes In: Tout-Fait: Marcel Duchamp Studies Online Journal, www.toutfait.com Bahtsetzis, Sotirios, Relational Desire: the ‘Real’ Symptom. A Lacanian Treatment on Spectatorship, In: FeedBack 0-1. Ideas that inform, construct and concern the production of exhibitions and events, (in association with Whitechapel Art Gallery and Goldsmiths University of London) March 2003 – March 2004, ISSN 1744-344X, pp. 40-43. Bahtsetzis, Sotirios, Avant-Gardes, A-topias and Visions (Avantgarden, A-topien und Visionen), In: ‘far near centre’. 12 Positions in Contemporary Greek Art, Exh. Cat. European Patent Office, Munich, 23 June – 3 Sept. 2004, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-89605-066-4, pp. 16-33. Bahtsetzis, Sotirios, On blind men, lighthouses and women of truth. Marcel Duchamp`s Given, a study on perception and representation in the beginning of postmodernism (Von Blinden, Leuchttürmen und Wahrheitsfrauen. Marcel Duchamps Étant Donnés. Über Wahrnehmung und Repräsentation am Beginn der Postmoderne), in: Essays in Kulturanthropologischen Studien, menschen formen (ed.), Marburg: Tectum, 2002.

Research Coordination & Editing

Επιμέλεια (ως μέλος του Reading Group) του GAP Greek Art Projects. Περιοδική Έκδοση για τη Σύγχρονη Τέχνη, 3 (Ιούλιος-Αύγουστος 2005) Oliveira, Nicolas de, Oxley, Nicola, Petry, Michael, Installation Art in the New Millennium. The Empire of the Senses, Foreword by Jonathan Crary, London: Thames and Hudson, 2003, ISBN 0-500-23808-1, 317 illustrations, p. 208.

Conference Papers

Μπαχτσετζής, Σωτήρης, Από την έκθεση μοντέρνας τέχνης στη σύγχρονη εγκατάσταση: η καλλιτεχνική ιδιότητα σε μετάβαση, (From modern Art Exhibition to Contemporary Installation: The Identity of the Artist in Transition) Ανακοίνωση στα πλαίσια του Β. Συνέδριου Ιστορίας Τέχνης. 25-27.11.2005 2. Art History Conference in Greece

Exhibition Catalogues

Bahtsetzis, Sotirios, Drawing Screen, exh. organized by TinT gallery and Thessaloniki Cinema Museum, Athens Futura, 2006; Action Field Kodra 06 - 6th visual arts festival, exh. organized by Cultural Municipality of Kalamaria, Kalamaria Thessaloniki, 2006; Bahtsetzis, Sotirios (ed.), An Outing. Beltios Collection. Contemporary Art in Greece in the 21st Century, 27.5-30.7.2006, Matsopoulos Centre, exh. organized by the Beltios Collection and the Municipality of Trikala, Athens Futura, 2006; Bahtsetzis, Sotirios, Kai Schiemenz, in: Visions 06. A Contemporary Art Show, March 2006, Exh. Cat, organized by Kappatos Gallery Athens in Athens Imperial, Grecotel City Hotels; Bahtsetzis, Sotirios, Hans Op de Beeck / SKALL, in: Visions 05. A Contemporary Art Show, February 2005 - March 2005, Exh. Cat, organized by Kappatos Gallery Athens in Athens Imperial and Makedonia Palace, Grecotel City Hotels; Bahtsetzis, Sotirios, Familistère – Container – Subject Machines (Familistère – Container – Subjektivationsmaschine), In: Familistère 1, Exh. Cat. KW Institute for Contemporary Art Berlin, 12 Oct – 10 Nov. 2002, Berlin, ISBN 3-00-010316-3, pp. 4-7; Bahtsetzis, Sotirios, The World as Photo-Synthesis (Die Welt als Foto-Synthese), in: Goldrausch 11, Catrin Otto, Einschnitte, ed. Anne Marie Freybourg & Annette Thomas (Goldrausch Women Artists Project), Exh. Cat., Nürnberg, Düsseldorf, Lüneburg, Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-933700-69-8, pp. 10-18; Bahtsetzis, Sotirios, Thrafia P. Daniylopoulos, Zohar Schlesinger; Nicola Oxley, Nicolas de Oliveira; Jeremy Wood, In: Medium: Installation, Exh. Cat. Empty rooms/ Studiogalerie im Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, 2002, ISBN 3-934833-08-X

Curated Exhibitions

2007 Open Plan 2007 in the 13th Art Athina, co-curated with Cecilia Canziani (31/5-3/6/2007) (exh.cat.)

2006 Drawing Screen.exh. organized by TinT gallery and Thessaloniki Cinema Museum, 24.10-25.11.2006. Eleni Athanasopoulou, Loukia Alavanou, Nikos Alexiou, Eva Vretzaki, Vangelis Gokas, Katerina Diakomi, Haris Epaminonda, Mary Zygouri, Eleni Theofylaktou, Eleni Kamma, Vassilis Karouk, Andreas Kassapis, Thanos Klonaris, Maria Konti, Georgia Kotretsos, Katerina Manolessou, Evangelia Basdekis, Margarita Bofiliou, Pavlos Nikolakopoulos, Dora Economou, Aliki Panagiotopoulou, Stavroula Papadaki, Nikos Papadimitriou, Nikos Papadopoulos, Nina Papaconstantinou, Lila Polenaki, Rania Rangou, Ioannis Savvidis, Vassilis Salpistis, Fani Sofologi, Diamantis Sotiropoulos, Dimitris Foutris, Katerina Christidi. (exh. cat.)

SITE. ProTasis. Action Field Kodra 2006, 6th Festival of Visual Arts, Kalamaria, Thesaloniki, 01-17 September 2006. Nikos Arvanitis, Nayia Yiakoumaki, Mary Zygouri, Kostas Ioannidis, Dimitris Ioannou, Apostolos Karastergiou, Maria Konti, Georgia Kotretsos, Makis Kyriakopoulos, Miltos Michailidis, Pavlos Nikolakopoulos, Haris Pallas, Eftihis Patsourakis, Antonis Pittas, Kostis Stafylakis, Vassileia Stylianidou, Anna Tsouloufi, Urania Fasoulidou.(co-curated with Elpida Karaba & Anne-Laure Oberson)(exh. cat.)

An Outing. Beltios Collection. Contemporary Art in Greece in the 21st Century, organized be the Beltios Collection and the Municipality of Trikala (exh. cat.)

Kai Schiemenz, in:Visions 06. A Contemporary Art Show, (30 curators invite 30 artits), organized by Kappatos Gallery Athens in Athens Imperial, Grecotel City Hotels (exh. cat.)

2005 Hans Op de Beeck / SKALL, in: Visions 05. A Contemporary Art Show, (30 curators invite 30 artits), organized by Kappatos Gallery Athens in Athens Imperial and Makedonia Palace, Grecotel City Hotels (exh. cat.)

2003 A-Topia- Elective Relations, Group Exhibition in the Goethe Institute Athens, with Miltos Michailidis, Constantinos Papadoukas, Karin Rosenberg, Richard Schütz, Veronika Witte and Nayia Yiakoumaki

2002 Familistère I, Group Exhibition in the KW Berlin Institute of Contemporary Art, with Dimitris Gizinos, Ioannis Savidis, Vassiliea Stylianidou, Evanthia Tsantila and Dimitris Tzamouranis. (exh. cat.); Brigitte Waldach: Sighting red - frames, at the Theater am Halleschen Ufer, Berlin, Jeremy Wood: The map of hope and other improbable locations, installation at Theater am Halleschen Ufer, Berlin

2001 Stefan Lundgren: peneloop, Installation at the Old Bewag Factory Berlin, with a Saxophone-Performance by Henrik Frisk ; Brigitte Waldach: Images III. Art Measures or Guggenheim is everywhere, at the Studiogalerie/ Haus am Lützowplatz (exh. cat.)

2000 Zohar Schlesinger & Thrafia Daniylopoulos: The House, at the Studiogalerie/ Haus am Lützowplatz (exh. cat.); Christiane Klappert: home entertainment- my life with the tropes, at the Studiogalerie/ Haus am Lützowplatz (exh. cat.); Nicola Oxley und Nicolas de Oliveira: Vanishing Point, at the Studiogalerie/ Haus am Lützowplatz (exh. cat.); Jeremy Wood: Scintilla-small fictions, at the Studiogalerie/ Haus am Lützowplatz (exh. cat.)

1999 Ruudi Beier: Four Components – A Picture. 47m over the sea; Besnik und Flutura Haxhillari: Espace fragil/ The black and white wedding of Gullivers; Franca Sferlazza: Il mio paradiso, A retrospective; The troubles of Jean-Luc Picard, literature project with Robert L. Sanatanas; Ingrid Schütz: The end of innocence – What happened during the summer? Francesco Zotti-Chiais: Il sonno di Dioniso nella casa del mondo, Installation in Klosterruine in cooperation with Podewil; Rupert Schumacher: Perpetuated Landscape; Giuliano Guatta: Playtime; Karola Schlegelmilch: The Moving Gaze; Christian Rothmann: ...you and me?

1998 13 x Photography in empty rooms, Group show with Jürgen Baumann, Amin El Dib, Wolfgang Faller, Sofia Galanou, Nigel Green, Sven Grüß, Matthias Harder, Reinhard Kühl, Sebastian Kusenberg, Jens Liebchen, Catrin Otto, Christian Rothmann und Nelly Tragusti; Karin Rosenberg: Pas de deux; Literature project with Andreas Sinakowski; Sofia Galanou: That was it! Sabine Nolden: Paradise Apples; Catrin Otto: Full House (exh. cat.); The Adventures of Theresa Lükenwerk; Frater Markus Arnold OSB: Cloister works – Object boxes

1997 Francesco Chiais: The sleeping Dionysus; Kathrin Schiffbauer: Alpraum; Markus Wirthmann: Aquaristik; Malraux` Museé Imaginaire Box Project, group show in cooperation with the Museum of Installation (MOI) London, additional artists & curators: Sotirios Bahtsetzis, Ruudi Beier, Wolfgang Faller, Sofia Galanou, Lilly Grote, Matthias Harder, Juwelia, Catrin Otto, Markus Wirthmann; Literature project NomadenHeft, presentation by Mark Giannori und Robert L. Sanatanas; Thrafia Daniylopoulos, i.T. (Simple Fonts) New Humility; David Wilkinson: The Eternal Return