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Art Book - CONSCIOUSNESS' JOURNEY TO THE TRANSCENDENT - Tuning the Finite to Infinity
We are delighted to present the result of a creative collaboration with Dr. Adrahtas and Unity in Philia for the academic year 2024–2025.
For the past few months, we have been working together on the concept of philosophical discussion between the Greek poet Nikos Kazantzakis and the Indian philosopher Sri Aurobindo.
Our combined efforts bring forth an artbook that hosts the profound insights of the literary journey authored by Dr. Adrahtas, and the works of the Art of life Collective artists.
The entirety of the book has been carefully curated to reveal the common intellectual and spiritual ground of Nikos Kazantzakis and Sri Aurobindo.
The artworks create a visual pathway evoking contemplation upon the journey of consciousness to the transcendence.
Publication: April 2025 (Greek & English)
Artbook Cover: Prism 2022 | Eirini Apsychou
colored pencil on paper
50 x 70 cm
50 x 70 cm
Artbook Editor: Androniki Tsagkarakou
ARTBOOK PRESENTATION & DIALOGUE
The book presentation and the panel talks that followed were two events by Art of Life Collective, in collaboration with Unity in Philia, within the framework of the Athens Conference 2025, among other events that were organized at the Athens Municipality Cultural Center, Antonis Tritsis Amphitheatre, by Unity in Philia.
A book that captures the common denominator of a deeper spiritual essence through quotes of the Greek poet Nikos Kazantzakis, the Indian philosopher Sri Aurobindo and through the visual work of the Art of Life Collective.
PANEL TALKS
“The Adventure of Consciousness: Science – Art – Spirituality”
The event features five talks which share as common ground the significance of science, art, and spirituality in the evolution of consciousness. Speakers from the respective fields will present their thoughts on the nature of consciousness, exploring how these three pillars of culture influence and shape the human experience at the core of its existence.
Moderator: Dr. Vassilis Adrahtas | Head of Hellenic Studies – UNSW, General Director of Actions & Programs – Unity in Philia
2024
Fleeting & Eternal / Group Exhibition at Ursuline School of NAXOS - SEPTEMBER 2024
Nature, life, and consciousness are in a constant state of change, which simultaneously contains elements of decay and evolution. Humans are confronted daily with change, a form of death. The more consciously one chooses to live, the more consciously allows the self to “die.” By observing Nature, one can gain access beyond the visible world, also into the invisible realm. By recognizing the cycle of death and rebirth, one can come into contact with what remains unchanged, beyond the body and mind, with the true Self.
Nature offers humans the field of Apprenticeship, the entire spectrum of knowledge, and the possibility of its realization. As they explore free will by taking responsibility for their personal life, every moment becomes a choice, an opportunity for rebirth and freedom. But what leads a person to the decision of change, to the courage of choice, to the risk of death?
Faced with the call for transformation, one allows purification through complete surrender. With a silent mind, one strengthens the warrior within, transforms pain into transcendence, fear ceases, connects with the true Self and the divine reality. The person recognizes the inhabitant of the body who is eternal, imperishable, and limitless.
With the desire to live truly free, one unifies earthly life with the eternal becoming.
The artists reflect on the eternal mystical relationship between life and death. The exhibition “Fleeting and Eternal” engages with the myth of Persephone, approaching the concept of rebirth. The purpose of the exhibition is to open a dialogue about what is “the Beginning and the End”, where we come from, where we return, and how we experience the in-between that we call life, are we fleeting or eternal?
Text/Curation Lila Nikolaou
Zine – Fleeting & Eternal
This zine is a collective poetic and visual work created for the exhibition Fleeting and Eternal
ABOUT ELEMENTS
“All the elements narrate a timeless myth that unfolds alongside human life and is always contemporary. It initiates us into the hidden Nature of death and rebirth, revealing the Beauty that honors the entire spectrum of life”.
Abundance of 5 / Group Performance / NAXOS - SEPTEMBER 2024
2023
Eros Bridge Builder / Group Exhibition at Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation of AUTH - OCTOBER 2023
We are all Creators in life. Creators in every moment, through our thought, choice and action.
A person comes to life and is being trained in order to express the Self into the scope of nature. However, through the course of life and into the confines of his microcosm, he becomes forgetful, uncertain, fearful. The obstacles that he encounters are part ofthe “game” where his Will-power is tested, that is to say, his Love for Life.
Making the choice to stay Alive, to be a warrior for his life’s Work, man allows himself to “experience” death. Death in everything that constricts him, in anything that makes him seek control.
Thus he becomes free and learns how to be adaptive in any circumstances. Through this state of balance, he renews his perception and creates again. He creates with Truthfulness, revealing the magnificence of Being.
Eros – Death – Creation
It is Eros – the driving force, the radiant glow of union that is experienced with the recognition of Spirit into Matter. It is the power that urges man in the evolutionary journey of consciousness, to die, to be born and to taste Immortality. The artists address the power of Eros.
Text/Curation Lila Nikolaou
Abundance of 5 / Group Performance / DELPHI - JUNE 2023
The elements of nature externally are pieces of nature of the individual internally. In their encounter, the individual recognizes their multidimensional nature and through the harmony and balance of their different qualities, one can further know the true Self, Spirit within Matter. From this position, humans can experience the connection of all things, the macrocosm within the microcosm, their freedom, the abundance they entail and the abundance of nature waiting the individual consciousness to be perceived.
Text by Lila Nikolaou
2022
You are the eyes through which creation knows Itself / Group Exhibition at European Cultural Centre of DELPHI - JUNE 2022
Endless are the cycles of Creation, where each beginning and end are abolished through the completion of the cycles.
Birth – Death – Rebirth
It is life that regenerates itself every moment in the eternal flow. A point within the infinite present of self-manifestation is the individual consciousness. It is born in oblivion, only seemingly detached from its origin.
The outcome is never detached from creation; it exists within it and manifests for its sake. It exists for creation, being the result of the combination of matter and spirit.
At the time when the individual consciousness through the struggle to know itself, i.e. its origin, reconciles the two extremes of the material and spiritual fields, it ceases to be the result of combination. It becomes an awakened spirit within matter, it becomes the cause of life itself.
Through the eyes of this expanded consciousness, the Creator looks upon life and all of creation.
Art Book – Art of Life
This self-publication is an album about the team’s history and manifesto. It contains insights on their way of life, an inspiring anthology of texts they wrote and a photo album of their artworks, exhibitions and other activities.
A reading that poses questions, gives inspiration and tools with the aim of highlighting the potential of Man as Creator in his personal Work and Life.
The journey and the collaborative practice through the group, biographies of the artists, presentation of the works and an anthology of texts constitute the 170 pages of the book.
You can find our artbook ready to purchace here!
Publications: May 2022, September 2023 (Greek and English edition)
‘’…Those who flourished lived with humility and gratitude towards their teacher, whether the teacher was external or internal. Man-creator came to serve the whole of humanity with his work, setting the basis for the expansion of the collective consciousness.
The work produced, provides the ideal conditions for the awakening of the call: the inner will for conscious expansion. This calling is man’s necessity for remembrance, in order to establish a connection with his inner purpose emerging from oblivion. That necessity to serve the cause and the creation, requires putting aside everything that is known and experimenting with the unknown in order to perceive that which lies beyond.
The innate tendency of human to “know thyself ” is the reflection of the Creator who radiates within us.’’
excerpt of the book, text title : ‘’Creators and Teachers’’