Andreas Angelidakis Shares Studio Playlist for designboom listens Series

Key facts

• Andreas Angelidakis is a Greek artist based in Athens.
• He trained in architecture at the Southern California Institute of Architecture and Columbia University.
• His work spans sculpture, installation, architecture, digital culture, and mythology.
• He has exhibited at documenta 14, the Chicago Architecture Biennial, and the Venice Art Biennale.
• His Escape Room for the Greek Pavilion at the 61st Venice Art Biennale was curated by George Bekirakis.
• The Greek Pavilion project turned the pavilion into a contemporary Plato’s Cave.
• He selected Soft Cell’s 'The Art of Falling Apart' as the song capturing his creative practice.
• Grace Jones’s 'La Vie en Rose' is his go-to track for clearing the air.
• Yerba dell Diablo’s 'Datura' reminds him of FACTORY nightclub in 1993.
• Kostas Makedonas’s 'Mono mia fora' is his ultimate 2 AM studio track.
• New Order’s 'Blue Monday' helps him break through creative blocks.
• This Mortal Coil’s 'Song to the Siren' is currently dominating his speakers.
• Dead or Alive’s 'Far too Hard' helps him focus on quiet details.
• He recommends Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s 'Relax' album for his latest work.
• His favorite album cover is Sigue Sigue Sputnik’s 'Flaunt it'.
• Klaus Nomi’s 'I Feel Love' best describes his installation at the Communist Party Headquarters in Paris for Audemars Piguet Contemporary.