IYP X ACG Gallery
Zero for Conduct: Notes on Critical Pedagogies
Curated by Tina Pandi
Zero for Conduct: Notes on Critical Pedagogies is conceived as a research-based curatorial project that focuses on artists who explore alternative educational frameworks and forms of knowledge, thereby tracing critical pedagogical approaches that question how knowledge is produced, mediated, and transmitted. The exhibition takes its title from the seminal film Zéro de Conduite (1933) by French director Jean Vigo, which serves as a point of reference for questioning the disciplinary structures of education. Within this framework, education is approached not as a neutral mechanism of knowledge transmission, but as a dynamic system that shapes subjectivities, behaviors, and social relations.
The exhibition places particular emphasis on the history of education in Greece during the 20th century, highlighting the tension between traditional modes of instruction and reformist pedagogical practices. Special attention is given to the role of language as a site of ideological conflict, where issues of identity, power, and politics are both constructed and contested. From the ideological and political debates surrounding the “language question” in early 20th-century Greece to artistic initiatives exploring new forms of participation in art and learning during the 1960s and the following decades, the exhibition examines education as a field of cultural, social, and ideological formation.
Through works that experiment with collective forms of learning, embodied knowledge, and participatory processes, Zero for Conduct brings together historical and contemporary artistic initiatives that approach education as a creative, critical, and potentially emancipatory process. Comprising existing works and new commissions, the exhibition is conceived as a space for critical reflection, where art becomes a means of questioning the conditions of the learning process. In this context, education emerges as a dynamic practice tied to the very right to knowledge—particularly at a moment when this right is once again being called into question.
Participating artists: Dimitris Antonitsis, John Baldessari, Natasa Biza, Thanasis Chondros / Alexandra Katsiani, Anastasia Douka, Effie Halivopoulou x Nikos Falagas x Tim Ward x Maira Milolidaki x Michaela Ganelli x Alexia Anna Hoffnagle x Anna Kolaza x Athena Chi Mosenthal, Niki Kanagini’s archive, Dionisis Kavallieratos, Karolina Krasouli, Jennifer Nelson, Leda Papaconstantinou, Alexandros Psychoulis, Group for communication and education in art archive, Aspa Stassinopoulou, Jean Vigo
Dionisis Kavallieratos (b. 1979)
Educational Fence, 2012
Wood
200 x 500 x 60 cm