MARIA LALOU http://reaction-lalou.com is born in Athens-Greece, in 1977 lives in Amsterdam Van Ostadestraat 100H 1072TC Amsterdam-NL e: lalou[at]reaction-lalou.com t: +31 (0)6 81 78 0 774 `Walking through the trap of virtual world. Looking for the relation of space – time and identity within space time. Investigating fragmentation of the mind and nuance of the identity sculpting the duality of the intermediary space of conscious and subconscious. The space from Person A to Person B to Object x. I react on objects, using them as narrators in spatial installations as extensions of architecture, accumulated performances and film. … when a craft becomes the source of a provoking storytelling is where the material becomes the form we escape from.´ Selected Group Exhibitions 2012 Arti en Amicitae, Amsterdam Netherlands (to be confirmed) 2011 outLINE Gallery, Supper Effect – Interdisciplinary project, curated from Alice Smits Amsterdam Netherlands 2010 Maktab Anbar Museum - Living Spaces-2nd AllArtNOW Festival,in Damascus-Syria, curated by Abir Boukhari, May 2010 Aikishla Gallery Damascus/Syria, curated by Abir Boukhari, May 2010 Industrial Museum of Athens Technopolis-6th Athens Video/*Art Festival, Athens-Greece, curated from Antonia Piliarinou, May 2010 Outpost Project Space, Slotervaart-Netherlands, curated from Alexander Kronne, April 2009 Manobra Festival, in Sao Paolo-Brazil, curated fromFernando Velazquez, December 2009 Industrial Museum of Athens-Technopolis EnTechno Electronics Festival, in Athens-Greece, September 2009 Rondo Szduki Gallery in Katowice-Poland, curated from Annick Bureaud, Nina Czecledy and Christiana Galanopoulou, October 2009 2nd Biennale of Thessaloniki- Museum of Contemporary Art - in Thessaloniki-Greece, curated from Annick Bureaud, Nina Czecledy and Christiana Galanopoulou,May 2007 Gerrit Rietceld Academie, Amsterdam Netherlands- January 2007 De Oude Kerk Museum, Amsterdam Netherlands, curated from Paul van den Bergh and Andre Klein, January-April 1 MARIA LALOU 2006 Kullo Galllery, Tallin-Estonia, curated by Mare Saare and TiinaSarapu, May 2006 Beurs Van Berlage, Amsterdam Netherlands, curated by June 2005 Fort Vuren , Gorinchem-Netherlands, curaterd from Richard Meitner and Mieke Groot, April 2005 Beurs Van Berlage, Amsterdam Netherlands, June Solo Exhibitions 2007 De Oude Kerk Museum – curated from Hebert van Hasselt, AmsterdamNetherlands 2006 Pavillion Project Space - Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam- Netherlands 2002 aaart gallery - a.antonopoulou.art gallery , curated by Angeliki Antonopoulou, Athens-Greece Performances 2011 outLINE Gallery, Supper Effect – Interdisciplinary project, Amsterdam Netherlands 2010 Ministry of Culture and Turism, “the Bridge” Performance, Istanbul Turkey 2010 Sultan Ahmet Parki-Art in Public Space, “the Bridge” Istanbul -Turkey 2010 Maktab Anbar Museum- 2nd AllArtNOW-Living Spaces, ‘The Ritual’- Damascus-Syria 2010 Industrial Museum of Athens Technopolis, ‘Evaporating Thoughts ‘, Athens-Greece 2009 VeemVloer, “The Assistant’ - Medical Body ‘by Kaisu Koski, Amsterdam- Netherlands 2007 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Clinic of Homoepathetic Medicine , Interactiveaccumulated performance, Amsterdam 2006 Beaurs van Berlage, Rietveld naar Den Beurs- ‘Clinic of Homoepathetic Medicine’, Interactive accumulated performance Amsterdam 2005 Beaurs van Berlage, Rietveld naar den Beurs -‘Breath’ , glass bra – Amsterdam Grants-Awards 2011 AFK, Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst 2010 NIASD-Netherlands Institute for Academic Studies 2008-09 Euro Culture-2009 The European Lab for Interactive Artist - e-MobilArt 2007-’04 IB Groep State Foundation Netherlands 2004 IKY State Scholarship Foundation Greece 2000 IKY State Scholarship Foundation Greece 2 MARIA LALOU Selected Publications 2010 MIT PRESS -Leonardo Journal, Oracle ‘theggroup’ October 2010 2010 Baladna Journal,interview from Lauren Williams, issue 119, 27th May 2010, Damascus-Syria, May 2010 2010 Living Spaces - 2nd AllArtNOW Festival, June 2010 2010 6th Athens Video Art Festival 2010 May 2010 2009 2nd Biennale of Thessaloniki - e-MobiLArt catalogue, May 2009 2009 National Glass Museum of Netherlands, December 2010 2007 Fjoezzz 3o/4 issue 2007. Interview from Piet Augustijn Netherlands, August 2007 2007 Rietveld in de Kerk exhibition catalogue January 2007 2007 European Glass Symposium–Discovery-Tallin catalogue-publication Estonian Academy of Arts. 2002 Athinorama publication for solo exhibition at aaart gallery in Greece, November 2002 Residencies-Degrees 2009-10 National Museum of Glass in Leerdam Netherlands, September 2009- January2010 2009 V2, Institute for Unstable Media a week residency with artists initiative ‘theggroup’ - Rotterdam 2008-‘09 e-MobiLArt , The European Lab for Interactive Artists, Athens, Vienna, Rovaniemi May 2008-November 2009 2007-‘04 Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam Netherlands . BFA in Fine Arts- Glass 2004-1997 Technological Institute of Athens-Greece. BSc in Interior Architecture, Design and Constructive Technology 2001-’00 Denmark’s Designskole in Copenhagen. Product and Industrial Design 1995-’92 Kosteas Geitonas Lyceum in Athens. Advanced Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry 1990-‘95 Kodaly Conservatorium, Mid Degree in classical piano, harmony, music theory, composition Collaborations 2011 Raymond Van Ee, professor of Experimental Phychology Leuven presentation lecture in an art, science and cognition project, a per formative lab for mirror neurons by using glass material structure as a the leading material in the design concept. 2011 Ronald Boer, artist – landscape architect-researcher and cook, researching the food concept and visuals on the interdisciplinary project supper effect. 2011 Mischa Rakier, Invited Artist to create a site specific work in the context of the work Infinity Palace in the mirror program events 'Supper Effect' 3 MARIA LALOU 2008-09 Kaisu Koski Initiative with Kaisu Koski - Finish performance/media artist and researcher. ‘Visitors Hour’ Amsterdam ‐October 2008 - performance in Vem Vloer Amsterdam 2008-09 theggroup Interactive Artists Initiative Maria Lalou with Julia Carboneras composer, Etienne de France,-artist Evi Malisianou- interaction designer, Fernando Velazquez architect -artist –researcher. Design and development of responsive environment Oracle. 2004 Richard Meitner.Artist's Internship – architectural study -design and implementation of cases for exhibition, Amsterdam-Netherlands 2003-’01 Neo Katoikein c.o. Senior Interior and Furniture Designer, and Sales Management. 2001-2003 Athens-Greece 2003 Ottavio Barasti Freelance Designer Design and appliance in the exhibition space of the firm. November 2003.Athens-Greece 2000 Inferno Glassworks Senior Designer-Glassmaker at Charlie Meaker’s studio. June-August 2000 Bornholm-Denmark 2000 Space Interiors. Interior Architect and Furniture Designer October 1999-January 2000.Athens-Greece Research 2011 Supper Effect – Interdisciplinary project-Material Study- Cognitive Research Concept – design - production- fonding of interdisciplinary project 'Supper effect'. A project where applied sciences- architectural study and design research are placed together for an interactive performance event .Study of the architectural location of an old civic hospital of Amsterdam in the context of 'Infinity Palace' a reflective installation . http://reaction-lalou.com/suppereffect.htm 2011 Puzzle/ Interdisciplinary project. Theater stage as a lab for neurolingustics. Concept – stage design – research. Thater perfeomance resarch on language and cognition. Perfromance Residency/ workshop proposal. (2011) 2010 Economic Express or Mobility Express-Social Interaction cross discipline project evolving in a voyage, site specific performance installations and film. Design perfroemance, producation and fonding. Screen writing , glass design and performance actions in relation to human interaction based on stimulation and perception in relation to the historical information of Architectural sites. (2010) (http://reaction-lalou.com/Virtual%20Thoughts.htm ) 2010 Bubblescope – Architectural study of space through instrument. material research, design study of a kaleidoscopic instrument, hand on making. Research on the shape of cylinder and circle within the chemical properties of Soda glass - in the glass/lab of National Museum of Netherlands. Sculptural object- observation tool Http://reaction-lalou.com/bubblescope.htm 2008-'09 Oracle–responsive environment research on the theme of Autopoesis, implementation and production of exhibition of the Art work-‘’Part of the international collaborative platform e-MobiLArt lab, a group of invited theorists, artists-scientists. http://theggroup.info/images.html http://www2.media.uoa.gr/~charitos/emobilart/index.html 2005-'07 mt- kinesthetic sculpture Material Study - Piezoelectric Materials – Extensive study in piezoelectric materials sampling - responsive to sound. use of Micro Fibre Composites (MFC –design of NASA) hands on work in electronics, ceramics glass and gummy Collaboration with Hogeschool van Amsterdam and Smart Materials. http://reaction-lalou.com/mt-videodoc.htm 2003 'Κινηματοχώρος' Space-Movement-Cinema-Architectural study Design Proposal for the maintenance of an industrial building in the historical centre of Athens. Conceptual approach of a architectural conjunction between real and fictional world. design group of ‘Zigogianni-Kourteli-Lalou’ 2000-'01 SUN-Lighing Design-Birka Energy Design Competition for Young Designers of Nordic Countries (2001). Research in behavioural patterns and their