9 July 2018
| Function | 3 × show |
| Gender | male |
| Origin | Greece  |
| Residence | Germany  |
| Site |  alexdermatis.com |
| dermatis@hotmail.com | |
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Biography
Alex Dermatis is a performance artist living and working in Berlin.
Since October 2016, he has held a weekly residency at Kit Kat Club. Throughout the nights of each Saturday since, he has come to develop a new body of work; inspired by BDSM practices, sexuality and love. His pieces are framed within long durational performative installations, mainly made with bodies and ropes, and frequently with models who, up to that moment, are total strangers to him.
Far before any aesthetically pleasing visual result, the essence of his work lies within the sincere, genuine and deep emotional dialogue that he develops with his models, through the use of ropes and various forms of physical contact.
Before becoming known as the bondage artist of Kit Kat, Alex spent 14 years in London. He studied History of Art at Goldsmith (2002-2007) with a thesis in Performance Studies. He then worked for artists and companies that focused on site responsive performance; from immersive experimental theatre, to late night performance events, to museum & gallery based performance art.
Notably, he has worked for the Shunt collective (Shunt Lounge 2008-2010), Tino Seghal (Tate Modern 2012 and Athens Roman Agora 2014) and Oreet Ashery (Artangel's Party for Freedom 2013).
In addition to his employment, in 2009 he began developing his own performance practice, rather often involving aerial acrobatics and ropes. In 2011 he initiated the Guerrilla Rigging series; an ongoing site-specific circus project in form of public interventions, which is gradually archived and scheduled to be published on a hard copy in 2031.
Alex Dermatis born and grew up in Athens, Greece.
Since October 2016, he has held a weekly residency at Kit Kat Club. Throughout the nights of each Saturday since, he has come to develop a new body of work; inspired by BDSM practices, sexuality and love. His pieces are framed within long durational performative installations, mainly made with bodies and ropes, and frequently with models who, up to that moment, are total strangers to him.
Far before any aesthetically pleasing visual result, the essence of his work lies within the sincere, genuine and deep emotional dialogue that he develops with his models, through the use of ropes and various forms of physical contact.
Before becoming known as the bondage artist of Kit Kat, Alex spent 14 years in London. He studied History of Art at Goldsmith (2002-2007) with a thesis in Performance Studies. He then worked for artists and companies that focused on site responsive performance; from immersive experimental theatre, to late night performance events, to museum & gallery based performance art.
Notably, he has worked for the Shunt collective (Shunt Lounge 2008-2010), Tino Seghal (Tate Modern 2012 and Athens Roman Agora 2014) and Oreet Ashery (Artangel's Party for Freedom 2013).
In addition to his employment, in 2009 he began developing his own performance practice, rather often involving aerial acrobatics and ropes. In 2011 he initiated the Guerrilla Rigging series; an ongoing site-specific circus project in form of public interventions, which is gradually archived and scheduled to be published on a hard copy in 2031.
Alex Dermatis born and grew up in Athens, Greece.
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| 3 | · | performances |
| no | · | in the future |
| 3 | · | in the past |