Atridis (b.1992 Athens) is a London based artist. He studied Film Direction and Photography in Athens, before moving to London to complete his BA in Film and Television at University of the Arts London in 2017. Since 2013, he has been consistently active across different media, including short films and photography, exploring themes of sexuality, underground culture, fantasy and decadence, under his trademark - Gallow Films. Atridis is interested in being actively involved in all stages informing the production and exhibition of his work. During lockdown he started working with collages, while self-publishing personal and collaborative zines and books. Atridis's work is inspired by real life experiences translated into a visual mixture of raw realism and high fantasy. Each of his projects comprises a different experience, but gritty and taboo elements are constantly present.

Since 2019, artist Atridis has been wandering across Athens, London and Paris, documenting sex cinemas, old-school sex shops, and erotic video cabins aiming to preserve and map these spaces before they become relics of the past. With the rise of the Internet and radical changes in the way we live over the past decades, these places -often associated with cruising- are gradually closing, their following alone not enough to keep them going. Through photography, lighting, sound and smells, CRUISING is an installation reflecting on these locations’ mystifying feel and atmosphere. The exhibition blends raw documentation and fantasy, exploring themes of voyeurism, sexuality and the perception of ourselves and others in these spaces. CRUISING is an ongoing project (2019-present) and was first exhibited at Bagkeion in Athens in 2022. Its London iteration offers visitors an intriguing exploration of Atridis’s latest body of work, but also spaces that have closed down since their documentation.

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