courtyard is an exhibition space.
A place of gathering and experimentation, defined by the projects, contributions and events it hosts at a given moment, and driven by the associations that emerge from these. Visitors are invited to wander across the open space.
Hemlock Forest by Μoyra Davey

31 Mar 2022
Moyra Davey, Hemlock Forest, HD video with sound, still, 41 min 15 sec, 2016
Co-commissioned and co-produced by Bergen Kunsthall & la Biennale de Montréal. Courtesy the artist & greengrassi, London
Hemlock Forest was presented at courtyard, Thursday 31 March–Sunday 3 April 2022, 7pm (CET)
Erase by Eftihis Patsourakis

Eftihis Patsourakis, Erase (Curtain), Oil on found photograph, 22 x 20.5 cm, 2009
For Erase, the artist collects found photographs, usually depicting family or other scenes from Greece in the 1970s and 1980s, and carefully paints on top of them with oil paint. It is often hard to distinguish what parts of the photograph are painted and what are remnants of the original image. The act of painting becomes an act of erasure. Erase is a contemplation on the concept of memory and the tremor of its loss for the artist. The representation of someone’s memory is manipulated by someone else to become something new.
Patsourakis worked on this series from 2007 - 2009, and it was the first time he painted on found photographs. He has since explored this method in diverse ways.

Eftihis Patsourakis, Erase (Disobedience), Oil on found photograph, 20 x 25.3 cm, 2009

Eftihis Patsourakis, Erase (Shadows), Oil on found photograph, 20 x 19.8 cm, 2009

Eftihis Patsourakis, Εrase 15, Oil on found photograph, 20.3 x 29.6 cm, 2008

Eftihis Patsourakis, Erase 2.9, Oil on found photograph, 28 x 19.5 cm, 2008

Eftihis Patsourakis, Εrase 2.5, Oil on found photograph, 20.3 x 29.6 cm, 2008