panayotis ioannidis was born in 1967 in athens, where he now lives. he studied biology and education. he works with words and images.
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his first book of poems, to sosivio [the lifesaver], was published in october 2008 by kastaniotis editions. his poems have also appeared in the greek literary journals 'odos panos' (issue 88, september-december 1996), 'planodion' (issue 25, june 1997), 'poiesi' (issue 13, spring-summer 1999), 'nea estia' (issue 1747, july-august 2002), and 'the athens review of books' (issue 2, december 2009). they were also presented during the "16 young greek poets" readings, organised by the theatre company 'praxi' in spring 1997, and received 2nd prize at the "1st meeting of young artists (vakalo art school)" in spring 1998. they have also been published in turkish ('bireylikler', no. 29, nov. 2009).
he has translated poems by seamus heaney ('anti', vol. b, issue 588, 13 october 1995; vol. b, issue 635, 23 may 1997), andrew motion ('poiesi', issue 9, spring-summer 1997), thom gunn ('poeisi', issue 12, autumn-winter 1998), and robert creeley ('poeisi', issue 18, autumn-winter 2001).
during 1994-1997, he collaborated with 'anti' cultural and political weekly magazine, where he kept a column, "the wild and the tame", and was guest-editor for issues partly devoted to the essayist and poet zissimos lorentzatos and the short story writer helias c. papadimitrakopoulos. since then, pieces by him on cinema and music have appeared in the electronic magazine 'tranzistor' [2005], and, on culture and politics, in 'kathimerini' daily newspaper, and 'lifo' weekly paper [2008, 2010].
_ words + images _
during november 2007 - january 2008, a specially written poem of his accompanied -as a photocopied photograph of the manuscript- painter eleni theofilaktou's exhibition, "darling i'm clearing up" (tint gallery, thessaloniki), whilst a commissioned poem accompanied efi panagoula's photograph for 15 march 2010 in the greek language web diary, "365 friends". during the 2nd athens biennale / 'heaven', he took part in 'poetica residenza arcadia' (june 2009).
in december 2006, during "blind date #12" (industrial space, keiriadon & sfittion st., athens) -a collaboration, in pairs, of visual artists and writers, for which latter group he was also the coordinator- he presented with visual artist maria konti the installation llel/lir/lyr. in march 2011, during the group show "icono-poeisis" (m.cacoyannis foundation, athens), he presented the installation les mains d' hypnos, on poetry by rene char.
_ images _
his photographs have been presented at "lookout" (athens, september 2003), and "capturing utopia" ('fournos' cultural space, athens, september 2005), and published on web ["land" (january 2011), "troppo tardi" (february 2011), "vagabook" (may 2011), "luoghi comuni" (june 2011)], as well as print media ['eleftherotypia' (27.ii.2011), 'athens news' (13.iii.2011)]. in july 2011, he curated 'uncertain traces', the 'pictures of the month' for "land".
_ words _
his first book of poems, to sosivio [the lifesaver], was published in october 2008 by kastaniotis editions. his poems have also appeared in the greek literary journals 'odos panos' (issue 88, september-december 1996), 'planodion' (issue 25, june 1997), 'poiesi' (issue 13, spring-summer 1999), 'nea estia' (issue 1747, july-august 2002), and 'the athens review of books' (issue 2, december 2009). they were also presented during the "16 young greek poets" readings, organised by the theatre company 'praxi' in spring 1997, and received 2nd prize at the "1st meeting of young artists (vakalo art school)" in spring 1998. they have also been published in turkish ('bireylikler', no. 29, nov. 2009).
he has translated poems by seamus heaney ('anti', vol. b, issue 588, 13 october 1995; vol. b, issue 635, 23 may 1997), andrew motion ('poiesi', issue 9, spring-summer 1997), thom gunn ('poeisi', issue 12, autumn-winter 1998), and robert creeley ('poeisi', issue 18, autumn-winter 2001).
during 1994-1997, he collaborated with 'anti' cultural and political weekly magazine, where he kept a column, "the wild and the tame", and was guest-editor for issues partly devoted to the essayist and poet zissimos lorentzatos and the short story writer helias c. papadimitrakopoulos. since then, pieces by him on cinema and music have appeared in the electronic magazine 'tranzistor' [2005], and, on culture and politics, in 'kathimerini' daily newspaper, and 'lifo' weekly paper [2008, 2010].
_ words + images _
during november 2007 - january 2008, a specially written poem of his accompanied -as a photocopied photograph of the manuscript- painter eleni theofilaktou's exhibition, "darling i'm clearing up" (tint gallery, thessaloniki), whilst a commissioned poem accompanied efi panagoula's photograph for 15 march 2010 in the greek language web diary, "365 friends". during the 2nd athens biennale / 'heaven', he took part in 'poetica residenza arcadia' (june 2009).
in december 2006, during "blind date #12" (industrial space, keiriadon & sfittion st., athens) -a collaboration, in pairs, of visual artists and writers, for which latter group he was also the coordinator- he presented with visual artist maria konti the installation llel/lir/lyr. in march 2011, during the group show "icono-poeisis" (m.cacoyannis foundation, athens), he presented the installation les mains d' hypnos, on poetry by rene char.
_ images _
his photographs have been presented at "lookout" (athens, september 2003), and "capturing utopia" ('fournos' cultural space, athens, september 2005), and published on web ["land" (january 2011), "troppo tardi" (february 2011), "vagabook" (may 2011), "luoghi comuni" (june 2011)], as well as print media ['eleftherotypia' (27.ii.2011), 'athens news' (13.iii.2011)]. in july 2011, he curated 'uncertain traces', the 'pictures of the month' for "land".
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