Vassilis Zidianakis opens the doors to Atopos cvc, his idiosyncratic archive and library devoted to sculptural fashion by the likes of Issey Miyake, Maison Margiela, and Craig Green
“I often buy a book by its cover, as mere visual references. So many of my books remain unread. I like to keep them close, hoping that, in some way, it will transmit into my mind, travel into my dreams,” he says. As author Renata Adler wrote in her novel Speedboat, some of the most important things are learned in your sleep. Zidianakis tells me that he often falls asleep with books and magazines falling onto his face, breaking numerous glasses a month. “I’m not a collector,” Zidianakis laughs.
I collect to discover things, to share and show them to others. The objects are in constant dialogue with each other.” Indeed, a 60s paper dress made out of the old ‘yellow pages’ connects with poet James Merrill’s anthology Yellow Pages: 59 Poems. Spanner Magazine, a limited edition art journal, connects with a range of stamped jumpsuits made out of paper. Atopos cvc is neither a museum, a collection, a gallery or a project room, yet it’s all of the above.
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