Konstantinos Vita: Space and Memory

PCAI presents its new exhibition by musician and composer Konstantinos Vita (also known as Konstantinos Beta and Κ.Β.) titled Space and Memory, curated by Kika Kyriakakou, PCAI artistic director.

Kyriakakou notes that Vita's new body of work, inspired by Nikos-Alexis Aslanoglou's poetry, constitutes a series of creations (oil paintings and pencil drawings overpainted with acrylics) that introduces us to the artist's universe in a unique manner. Each work, deeply personal and meticulous, yet familiar, constitutes an individual story, a reference to a dream sequence. A snapshot lasting fractions of a second, which, nevertheless, does not operate in a fragmentary manner. On the contrary, it crystallizes and interweaves a complete story, the creator of which chooses, for his own reasons, to isolate a specific moment and reveal it to us. These images, like Proust's childhood madeleines, activate our unconscious, in a search for innocent moments and primordial memories (you may read the curatorial text here).  

The production is held in the framework of the 2025 institution of the Ministry of Culture’s programme All of Greece, One Culture. The Ministry of Culture offers free admission to the events of All of Greece, One Culture 2025. More info & advanced booking at www.allofgreeceoneculture.gr/en.

Konstantinos Vita says: “Memory in the poetry of Nikos-Alexis Aslanoglou is not only individual, it is collective, historical and deeply Greek. Through his writing and personal experiences, the wounds and transformations of postwar Greece emerge. Aslanoglou’s Greece is a country of memory—marked by existential anguish and reflection. While reading his poems, I felt the need to create certain images. His poetic voice becomes a space of nostalgia, loss, and awareness, reflecting the soul of contemporary Greece”.

Kika Kyriakakou, PCAI artistic director says: “Konstantinos Vita's visual language is a marvelous expression of his multi-dimensional talent. As part of the exhibition and the music that accompanies it, his work harmoniously converses with Aslanoglou's poetry and the Delphic landscape, proposing a return to the poetic self”.

Athanasios Polychronopoulos, Polygreen CEO and PCAI founder, says: “It is a great pleasure to collaborate with the Ministry of Culture's programme All of Greece, One Culture and with the prominent and highly respected artist and musician Konstantinos Vita”. 

More about Konstantinos Vita
Konstantinos Vita was born in Melbourne and grew up in Athens, where he lives and works today. He began his musical studies at the Palladio School of Music in Athens. He studied Painting and Art History at the Prahran Institute of Melbourne. In 1992, he created the electronic group Stereo Nova. Since 1996 he has been working as a freelance music producer and composer, while he continues painting and drawing. He has recorded over 25 music albums and has written music for film, documentaries and contemporary dance and theatre performances. In 2005 he presented his first solo art exhibition at the State Museum of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki entitled Soundscapes, curated by Thouli Misirloglou. He has collaborated with contemporary creators from a wide spectrum of the arts, such as Dimitris Papaioannou, Varvara Mavromati, Filippos Koutsaftis to name but a few, and has presented his music compositions and special projects at institutions such as the Alternative Stage of the Greek National Opera, the Onassis Cultural Centre, the Athens Festival, the Athens Concert Hall, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre, the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London and the Opening Ceremony of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.

More about PCAI and “pi”
PCAI is a cultural organization founded as a means to increase environmental awareness through an annual programme of commissions, exhibitions and artist residencies. The PCAI Art Collection focuses on commissions and acquisitions of contemporary art while providing artists with the means and resources to create an artwork inspired by urgent environmental, sociological and philosophical issues. “pi”, the former Pikionis pavilion, constitutes a historic and architectural monument recently renovated and culturally activated by PCAI. More at www.pcai.gr.