Angelo Plessas (born 1974 in Athens, Greece) is a self-taught artist of Greek-Italian descent. In 2001 he moved to New York and since then he lives and works between NYC and Athens. In his work Plessas uses the internet as his canvas. He combines animations with domain names to create websites. These websites are usually flash animations of strangeness, poetry and abstract feelings. He is fascinated by weird portraits and faces as well by the feminine and vintage aesthetic. Plessas uses websites where we can imagine meaning and experience objects, the same way we can admire a sunset or a sculpture in a public square. Since 2001 he is a basic member of the art movement Neen.One of his latest activities is creating sculptures on the virtual world Second Life.

Quotes

"The idea of the domain name and animation creates this: An electronic artwork that can simultaneously exist on thousands of computers at the same time, visible from every place on the planet, yet the piece is a unique object which can never be copied, because it exists in only one location, the domain name. A piece that is on a .com location will never be the same on .Net or .Org. The collector that buys a website owns a unique piece of art which also has certificate of authenticity."

Latest Exhibitions

2006, A Neen evening and Meet-in-an-Nice-Restaurant,curated by Rafael Rozendaal and Nikola Tosic, Club 11, Amsterdam, Holland

2006, Anathena, curated by Marina Fokides and Marina Giotis, Deste Foundation Athens, Greece

2006, The grande promenade, curated by Anna Kafetsi, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece

2006, Fresco Bosco, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, Certosa di San Lorenzo, Italy

2006, Neen Demo, Benaki Museum, Athens

2006, Superneen, curated by Miltos Manetas, Milan, Italy

2005, Bienal de Valencia, curated by Franck Gautherot and Seung-duk Kim, Spain

2005, Neen Season, Sketch, curated by Alexander Pollazon, London, UK

Further reading

The Anathena fanzine, Edited by Angelo Plessas, (Angelo Says editions by CafePress.com)[2006]

NEEN published by Charta [2006] http://www.chartaartbooks.it/easycom1/product_detail.asp?CODE=ISBN 88-8158-601-0 link

3rd Biennial of Valencia, exhibition catalogue, text by Miltos Manetas [2005]

Angelo Plessas 2001-2003 published by One Star Press [2003]

External links

Angelo Plessas Website

Angelo Plessas Blog

Neen.org