Perth, 26 May 2014

Message from the Lord Mayor of Perth

On behalf of the City of Perth it is an honour to host the “On Cloud Seven”

exhibition of Dr Ioannis Michaloudis, an outstanding Greek - Australian artist in

cooperation with the Embassy of Greece to Australia and the Greek

Consulate in Perth. It is particularly poignant during the 30th anniversary year

of the sister city relationship between Kastellorizo and Perth. Dr Ioannis

Michaloudis's exhibition will resonate with those who view it. I recognise the

positive impact his artwork will have on not only in the international stage but

especially here in Western Australia.

The Sister City relationship with Kastellorizo is one of the longest in Perth. This

relationship was built initially on migration but more recently on social and

cultural links while fostering international goodwill and tourism between the

many generations of descendants of these early migrants. The City's former

Lord Mayor Mick Michael himself a Greek of Kastellorizian origin instigated this

sister city relationship in 1984.

It is estimated that there are thousands of residents with Kastellorizian

ancestry living in Western Australia. The City of Perth is proud of its role in

assisting to keep its Kastellorizian residents, with ancestry and connections,

informed about cultural traditions that are part of their heritage. This sister city

partnership has been energised in recent years with the establishment of an

annual reciprocal student exchange program with the community

organisation; the Australian Friends of Kastellorizo. This program has been a

huge success allowing students to immersing themselves in their cultural

heritage through language, educational and cultural programs.

This “On Cloud Seven” exhibition provides an opportunity to further

engage with our local Greek community as well as to showcase the talents of

Dr Ioannis Michaloudis to the greater Perth community and coincides with

the official visit to Western Australia of Their Excellencies the Ambassador of

Greece Mr. Haris Dafaranos and Mrs. Eva T. Dafaranos, who has curated this

wonderful exhibition, designed and prepared artistically the brochure at

hand.

Dr.Lisa Scaffidi

Lord Mayor

Canberra, 26 May 2014

Message from the Ambassador of Greece to Australia

It gives me great pleasure to felicitate you all on the occasion of

the 30th Anniversary of the Sister City relationship between Perth and

Kastellorizo, a milestone of particular significance coinciding with our

official visit to Western Australia.

Eva and I wish wholeheartedly to congratulate Dr. Ioannis

Michaloudis for the artistry of the works of the solo exhibition “On Cloud

Seven” he so kindly agreed to display honouring the historic occasion. A

Greek – Australian cultural expression of the dynamism and the

aesthetics of this segment of the Greek presence in Australia.

This is a major cultural event which promotes in terms of artistry and

excellence the Greek – Australian Community of Western Australia and

is an expression of the esteem and appreciation from the part of the

Embassy to the Greeks and Australians of Perth. We hope to have the

opportunity to organise more cultural events cooperating with you in

the near future.

Haris D. Dafaranos

Ambassador

Canberra, 26 May 2014

Message from the Curator of the exhibition

For the Ancient Greeks, science is the quest for truth as well as

knowledge and art is the human effort to imitate the divine.

It was not, consequently, a surprise to me when an eminent Greek –

Australian artist, researcher and lecturer agreed to present a variety of

his works where art and science collide in the “On Cloud Seven”

exhibition presented to you at the Foyer of the Perth Town Hall.

A charismatic and most talented mind like that of Dr. Ioannis

Michaloudis expands the horizons of our aesthetics through the

pioneering artistic use of silica aerogel.

Ioannis’ motivation for all his artwork and research derives from his

deep sentiments for the preservation of the environment. He feels

strongly about the sky, the “last layer of Earth”, as he says emphatically,

“which, being the breath of our planet, is in real danger”. Every

sculpture of his, each one of his research papers are expressing the

need for attention towards our wounded sky.

Silica aerogel has in the hands of Ioannis unique aeshetics and

visual qualities expressing in the best possible way the blue and orange

tints of our sky because of their nanostructure. Silica aerogel is indeed

an ethereal and beautifull material, an avant-guarde product of our

space era used by NASA to catch stardust. In the hands of Dr.

Michaloudis is the artistic means to remind us of the sky element while in

space. A futuristic element with so much ancestral and perennial

beauty.

I was very happy to cooperate with Dr. Michaloudis in curating this

exhibition and I strongly felt his advanced artistic charisma and the

beauty of his themes, where the hellenic spirit and the humanist angle

prevail.

It is an honour to have an artist of hellenic origin, of such a caliber,

in Western Australia.

Eyvah T. Dafaranos

Art curator

Dr. Ioannis Michaloudis

BIO

Visual artist Dr. Ioannis Michaloudis was born in 1965, Anavra-Karditsas

and raised in Athens, Greece. Graduated in 1989 from the Faculty of Fine Arts

and Design (TEI of Athens), he continued his studies in Paris, where he

received a Master in Product Design from the Ecole Normale Superieure des

Arts Décoratifs. In 1992 he raised his Master's degree in Visual Arts from

Sorbonne University. In the same university he completed his Doctorate

research in 1998, where Dr. Michaloudis develops his thesis on the “elastic

arts” by analyzing the relationship between visual and applied arts, through

the presentation of his works of land art and in situ projects. From 2001 to 2003

he carried out a postdoctoral research in Massachusetts Institute of

Technology on the (Nephele)3, the Cubed Cloud project. In MIT, Michaloudis

met silica aerogel, a nanomaterial used by NASA to collect stardust. For the

reason that this ethereal material looks like our threatened sky, Michaloudis

transferred it -worldwide first- in Art and Design.

Dr. Michaloudis had received fellowships from the Greek government

(IKY), the Leventis, Kostopoulos, A.S. Onassis Foundations and the University of

Sorbonne. Has been awarded by the Dean of Arts at MIT, the MIT Arts Council

and the Dean MIT School of Architecture. In 2001 he was awarded the

“Fulbright Price for Greek Artists”. In 2007 he won the “Golden Lighthouse” in

the XXIV Biennial of Alexandria, Egypt. Artworks of Michaloudis are in private

and public collections such as the A.S Onassis Foundation. He realized

projects in Greece and France such as In the Circulation of Red Trees, in City

University of Paris. In November 2012 he had participated at “The

Art&Science International Exhibition and Symposium” in Science and

Technology Museum in Beijing, China. In November 2013 he had presented

his interactive installation Talking with the Rusted Cloud in Siggraph Asia 2013.

He is married to the cellist Mariliza Papadouri and has two daughters,

Teresa and Romylia. Since July 2012 they live in Mount Pleasant, Western

Australia, where Dr. Michaloudis has a Teaching & Research position in the

School of Design and Art (SoDA), Faculty of Humanities, Curtin University.

website: http://www.michalous.com

portfolio: http://www.flickr.com/photos/michalous/

paper: http://www.olats.org/space/13avril/2005/te_iMichaloudis.html

contact: michalou@alum.mit.edu

address: 2A, David street, Mount Pleasant, 6153 WA

ART & SCIENCE EXHIBITIONS

SOLO

2010 Sky on sale, Gallery Ionos, Mars 20 – April 20, Karditsa, Greece, EU

2008 ( )topia, Aithousa Technis Athinon, January 26 – February 25, Greece, EU

http://www.athensartgallery.gr/artists/michaloudis/topia/press-release.html

2007 Athens’ Soul, Telecommunications’ Museum, Mars 23-26, St. Petersburg, Russia.

2006 1 aer( )sculptures, October 3-21,2006, Museum of Cycladic Art, Greece, EU,

http://www.cycladic.gr/frontoffice/portal.asp?cpage=resource&cresrc=99&

cnode=77&clang=0

2005 First International Astronautical Academy’s (IAA) International Conference,

“Impact of Space on Society”, Mars 16-19, 2005, Academy of Science,

Budapest, Hungary, EU

2004 7th ESG Conference on Glass Science & Technology, April 25-28, 2004, Athens

Greece, EU

2003 7th Intern.Symposium on Aerogels, November 2-5, Alexandria, VA, USA

2003 (Nob)Odyssey's, theater installation, La Mama theater, New York, N.Y, U.S.A

1995 (L)egaux & l’ego, retrospective, City University of Paris, France, EU

1994 In the Circulation of Red Trees, project in situ, CIUP, France, EU

COLLECTIVE (selection)

2013 Design Shanghai 2013, Aesthetics City, Power Station of Art, Shanghai China,

3 Dec.

2013 till 30 Mar. 2014, interactive installation: “Touch Your Cloud”, invited artist

2013 6th ACM Siggraph Asia 2013, Convention and Exhibition Center, Hong Kong,

China, 20-22 Nov. interactive installation: “Talking with the Rusted Cloud”

(peer reviewed), ACM ISBN: 978-1-4503-2511-0

2012 3rd International Art and Science International Exhibition and Symposium 2012,

China Science and Technology Museum, Beijing, China, Nov.2012, invited

artist, ISBN 978-7-112-14756-4

2011 Amber festival, Next ecology, Istambul, 4-13 November

2011 Kinetica Art Fair 2011, P3, London, England, EU

2010 A Fluxmuseum International Art Exhibition @

http://fluxfaceinspace.blogspot.com/2010/07/tis-michalous-65.html

2010 Terra Nova, Galerie Wedding, Berlin, Germany, EU

2009 A paler Shade of White, Found.Bellonia, Santorini, Greece, EU

2007 Trilogie Mediterraneenne, Athens, Marseille, Cairo, February to April, Palais des

Arts, Marseille, France, EU

2007 XXIV Alexandria’s Biennale of Art, Egypt.

2005 Space Art @ 56th International Astronautical Congress, IAC2005, October 16-21,

Fukuoka, Japan

2005 Space Artists: the Cultural Frontiers of Space Travel, SETI Institute, February 12,

Mountain View, CA, USA

2002 Sky Art conference 2002, European Cultural Center of Delphi & Icaria, Greece,

EU

2002 Pulses of Art, 17 artists scholars @ Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens,

Greece, EU

1999 Bonds of Art, 21 artists-scholars of the A.S.Onassis Foundation, Greece, EU.

1996 Salon de Jeune Peinture ’96, Espace Quai Branly, Paris, France, EU.

1994 Greek Painters & Sculptors in Paris, House of Europe, Paris, EU

1993 4th biennale of Academies of Visual Arts, Maastricht, Holland, EU

1992 Portrait of ENS. Arts Decos School, Museum of Monuments, Paris, France, EU

Musical Programme

Presentation of the artists performing

Cellist: Mrs Mariliza Papadouri

With postgraduate studies in Cello and Chamber Music, a degree

in Communication and Mass Media, she has had a rich and

diverse international carreer as cellist, musical composer and

artistic director of concerts. She has cooperated with eminent

Greek composers such as Christos Leontis, Stefanos Korkolis, Mikis

Theodorakis, Mimis Plessas, Thanassis Polykandriotis, Notis

Mavroudis, Elias Andriopoulos, Nikos Kypourgos and Stamatis

Kraounakis as well as with the singer Maria Farantouri.

Harpist: Mrs Michelle Smith

She gradually made her way to the harp after years of piano,

guitar and cello playing, writing original scores for independent

films which landed her a WAS nomination for “Best Original

Score”. She first received classical tuition with Brownyn Wallis and

had studies in Boston where she lived with and was mentored by

Deborah Henson – Conant, a Grammy Award nominated jazz

harpist and composer with worldwide recognition. She performed

twice with Deborah in the U.S. and attended rythm classes at the

Berkley College of Music.

Greek songs repertoire

(for harp and cello)

- “Tzivaeri” ( a Greek traditional folk song on migration)

- “Ferte mou ena mandolino” (bring me a mandolin),

music composed by Manos Hadjidakis

- “Odos Oneiron” (Dream Street), music composed by

Manos Hadjidakis

- “Magnus Eroticus”, music composed by Manos

Hadjidakis

- “Gioconda’s Smile”, music composed by Manos

Hadjidakis

Holding with Dr. Steven Jones the model of the stardust trap.

Training at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory back in 2005. Photo by: Dan Goods.

Preparing the supercritical drying of silica aerogel

Training at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory back in 2005. Photo by: Dan Goods.

Presentation of Dr. Ioannis Michaloudis artworks

and

“His 23 aerosculptures in a poetic interpretation”

Haiku poetry by

Eyvah T. Dafaranos

Sky Aegis

silica aerogel, ready-made mannequin

hands, road painting, fabric, metal, acrylic

display box, 116x44x16, Athens 2011

(M)other Earth

bird cage, fabric silica aerogel, golden leaf,

22x12x13cm, Athens 2010

“Ready made mannequin hands holding

tender the Aegean Sky; Hellenic Spirit prevails in the clear blue sky

inspiring the matter.”

Eyvah T. Dafaranos

There is No Smoke Without Fire wood, silica aerogel, fabric,

aluminum, 30x30x5cm, Athens 2010

“Framed black and blue sky with a staircase;

we felt the impact of the smoke on our bodies …No reaction then …

Now, we have to be prepared for the

consequences of the fire …” Eyvah T. Dafaranos

“(M)other Earth caged; her ethereal spirit

dwells strong in the rhythmic silence of

her tormented body.”

Eyvah T. Dafaranos

E(r )gonomia

silica aerogel, C-clamp, 60x60x10cm,

sand paper, acrylic display box,

Athens 2007

“The human ego, the blue sky, the red

instrument; bow to the blue sky, abolish the red instrument and the “I” ego, embrace the

divine nature and the “We”.” Eyvah T. Dafaranos

15 Bottled Skies

silica aerogel, glass,

rubber, aluminum,

Athens 2008

“15 bottled skies of Love are being

created “in vitro”;

I can make you love me even if you don’t …” Eyvah T. Dafaranos

Sky-view

silica aerogel, golden

leaf, metal, fabric,

acrylic display box,

51x51x9cm, Athens 2011

“Round sky view; your higher self

admires from above the beautiful

sample of sky.” Eyvah T. Dafaranos

Double Nike

silica aerogel, slumped glass, tinted film, acrylic base,

68x26x6 cm, Athens-Perth, 2007-2014

“Double Nike and the angels walking in the crowd;

I saw an angel smiling at me …

He showed me the path and I followed ...” Eyvah T. Dafaranos

Double Icarus

silica aerogel, slumped glass, tinted film, LED panel,

60x60x8cm, Perth, 2014

“Two shapes, two Icaruses;

One left wavering in the past,

the other dwells in the present in agony for the future.” Eyvah T. Dafaranos

Liquid Sky

silica aerogel, slumped glass, tinted film, 27x12x7cm, Perth 2014

“Two different skies, one blue and clear, black orange the other;

the abuse of nature continues unless Divine Providence stops us from

destroying the environment.” Eyvah T. Dafaranos

Liquid Cloud

silica aerogel, slumped glass, tinted film, 20x20x9cm,

Perth 2014

“Blue liquid cloud, orange black liquid cloud;

light and darkness, Life and death,

are an unending cycle directing human soul to eternity.” Eyvah T. Dafaranos

Cycladic Head

silica aerogel, brass, acrylic

display box, 20X20X6cm,

Athens 2006

“Wire on the face; the silent knowledge

of the beyond will show you the way.” Eyvah T. Dafaranos

Cycladic Head 2

silica aerogel, acrylic

display box,

Athens 2006

“The wire on your face is your identity;

follow the marks of your destiny, the body of

life is your compass.” Eyvah T. Dafaranos

- Icare, I care… framed photo print, 90x88cm,

Alexandria, VA, 2003

“This time, Icarus used the right

material for his wings, silica aerogel; we all have wings, but very few

of us use them.” Eyvah T. Dafaranos

Dove’s Soul silica aerogel, wood,

byzantine golden leaf,

47x47x7cm, Athens 2009

“Black shadow of white dove and his soul;

dove’s soul will keep the truth of your heart

immaculate.” Eyvah T. Dafaranos

Cycladic Idol silica aerogel, acrylic display

box, Athens, 2006

“Balancing into your past, the Cycladic Idol

emerges from the hidden sea of your ancestors

creating stoically your contemporary legacy.” Eyvah T. Dafaranos

Cycladic Idol 2

silica aerogel,

acrylic display box,

Athens, 2006

“Mesmerising your future, the Cycladic Idol 2

moves regally into the world beaming out the

grandeur of your ancestry, Hellas.” Eyvah T. Dafaranos

Stairway to Heaven wood, byzantine golden

leaf, silica aerogel,

aluminum, 35x25x8cm,

Athens 2012

“Dark abyss and the stairway to Heaven;

frameless portrait engraved on the dark

corridors of your mind.” Eyvah T. Dafaranos

Stairway to Black Cloud

silica aerogel, fabric,

iron, acrylic display

box, 47x47x7cm,

Athens 2011

“Starry night and the reflection of the

stairway to black cloud; as long as

you are with me, I’m O.K.” Eyvah T. Dafaranos

Econographia

silica aerogel, metal,

wood, glass, acrylic,

50x39x8cm, Athens 2010

“The absolute faith;

on our knees we praise your All Holiness

with a hope for a miracle.” Eyvah T. Dafaranos

Mnemonic Ethanol framed photo print,

91x69cm, Athens 2006

“Bubbles, memory, head;

In the perishable matter of the world we have ephemeral memory, few dreams and rare

hopes, unless we change course of life to the

ethereal direction.” Eyvah T. Dafaranos

Erocycladic

photo print in

aluminum, 90x179cm,

Athens 2006

“The shape of a musical instrument; it has

the magic of Eros in every point of its figure.” Eyvah T. Dafaranos

Kore silica aerogel,

brass, iron,

190x70x25cm,

Athens 2008

“Red colour in her innocent naked body;

once upon a time, I fell in love with a divine

creature, beautiful as you.” Eyvah T. Dafaranos

My First Time I Touch a Cloud

interactive video installation, silica aerogel,

candid camera, 2011

“My finger is touching the cloud;

it is the moment I felt the Godly side of my humanself.” Eyvah T. Dafaranos

Acknowledgements

We wish to express our sincere thanks to:

- the Perth Town Hall, the Lord Mayor Dr. Lisa Scaffidi and Counsellor

Mr. James Limnios for providing the Foyer Venue for the exhibition.

- the Kastellorizian Association of Western Australia as well as to its

Chairman Mr. Alan Cresswell for the catering facilities provided.

- Curtin University, Faculty of Humanities, for the provision of

an HD monitor.

- Curtin University, School of Design and Art for their

collaboration.

- Mr. George and Mrs. Marina Georgiou for assisting with the

printing of the catalogue of the exhibition.

- Nikias Diamond Co Canberra for the hiring of the harpist as

well as for assisting with the plexiglass mounting of two

artistic works and with the special packaging of the

artworks of the exhibition.

- special thanks to Dr. Ioannis Michaloudis for presenting his artworks and to his

spouse Mrs. Mariliza Papadouri for playing the cello.

- to Mrs. Eva T. Dafaranos for curating the exhibition, for the artistic preparation

and supervision of the catalogue at hand, for the choices of the Greek Music

repertoire as well as for the Haiku poetry accompanying the artworks of Dr.

Ioannis Michaloudis entitled “His 23 aerosculptures in a poetic interpretation”.

- Mr. Konstantinos Koutsopoulos of the Embassy for the technical layout of the

Catalogue.

- Mrs. Marylin Tsolakis for being the MC at the opening event.

- the Consul of Greece in Perth Miss Sofia Choli for her kind assistance.