The greek word Ύλη means matter, and it is pronounced like hyle. Ύλη[matter]HYLE (they/them) were initiated by artist Georgia Sagri with the vision of creating an open studio were issues of care and social empathy amongst her peers in the local and international art scenes, could emerge. In 2013 discussions regarding the space’s mission took place through the building of its two virtual platforms (main: hyle.gr and archive: hyle.mobi) and have continued since, after its physical manifestation in the spring of 2015. Ύλη[matter]HYLE is a semi-public / semi-private space in the center of Athens that aims to bring together art, politics and sciences as if their coexistence is a new undisciplined field of thought, action and living.

Ύλη[matter]HYLE, started as a feminist response to the binary constructions of public and private. It is an independent organism of people, animals, machines and ideas. Situated in an apartment in a central transit node at Omonia Square., it provides studio and communal living space, while it acts as an intimate relational source for the growing artistic community of local and international friends and peers. Its maintenance is collective and sustained by the artists, writers, researchers, poets, and organizers, who also contribute with their practices, in an expanded sense. Collaborators share time, reflect, work or even do nothing at Ύλη[matter]HYLE, and through these processes, they form the space’s public program and challenge their work. 

Ύλη[matter]HYLE became a not-for-profit organization in the spring of 2020
and it is supported by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture.

Address:
Pireos st.1, 2nd fl. #7
10552, Omonia sq., Athens (the building is located in the arcade that connects Pireos street with Likourgou street. The nearest metro stops are Omonia and Monastiraki station)
Phone: +30 2114106439

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