The Adhocracy exhibition and symposium at the Onassis Cultural Centre in Athens is focused on the relation of design, culture, and society within a global approach, but based on the dynamics of the local art, architecture and design.
Adhocracy highlights achievements by makers who are guided by the will to change the system by changing the way they make things themselves. It includes examples of makers whose work embraces open source design, and particularly emphasizes the idea of the commons in relation to production. Adhocracy Athens is the continuation of the research started for the 1st Istanbul Design Biennial in 2012, curated by Joseph Grima and associate curators Ethel Baraona Pohl, Elian Stefa, and Pelin Tan. The Adhocracy exhibition has also been presented in New York (New Museum, 2013) and London (LimeWharf, 2013).
From Do-It-Yourself to Do-It-With-Others, from new technologies to a common ground, this exhibition brings together a group of practitioners, artist, designers, architects, and thinkers that whose work transcends the traditional ways of designing, and are actively working on the intersection of the political, social and economic field.
The exhibition is accompanied by a series of activities aimed to expand the theoretical background, the knowledge and the fun that are inherent to the concept of Adhocracy. Workshops, debates, presentations and two hackatons, are some of the formats selected to do so.
The events run from 29 April 2015 to 28 June 2015 at the Onassis Cultural Centre in Athens. More info can be found here.
