Tilda Swinton's 'Ongoing' Opens at Onassis Ready in Athens
The exhibition 'Ongoing | Tilda Swinton' at Onassis Ready in Athens presents an unconventional retrospective structured as a network of collaborations rather than a linear survey. Running from 17 May to 28 June, the show features installations by Luca Guadagnino, Jim Jarmusch, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Pedro Almodóvar, Joanna Hogg, Tim Walker, and Olivier Saillard. Swinton, born in London in 1960 and educated at Cambridge, began her film career with Derek Jarman's 'Caravaggio' in 1986. The exhibition includes 'A Biographical Wardrobe' with Saillard, treating clothing as archival material. A weekly open-air cinema program complements the installations. Onassis Ready, a former industrial building repurposed by the Onassis Foundation, provides the venue. The show emphasizes collaboration, shared authorship, and process over fixed outcomes.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Ongoing | Tilda Swinton' runs 17 May – 28 June at Onassis Ready, Athens.
- Features installations by Luca Guadagnino, Jim Jarmusch, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Pedro Almodóvar, Joanna Hogg, Tim Walker, and Olivier Saillard.
- Includes 'A Biographical Wardrobe' with Olivier Saillard, treating clothing as archive.
- Weekly open-air cinema program with films by Jarmusch, Guadagnino, Hogg, Almodóvar, and Weerasethakul.
- Onassis Ready is a former industrial building repurposed by the Onassis Foundation.
- Swinton born in London in 1960, educated at Cambridge, began with Derek Jarman's 'Caravaggio' in 1986.
- Exhibition resists linear sequencing, favoring overlapping sound, image, and material.
- Onassis Foundation has supported interdisciplinary work through Onassis Stegi since 2010.
Entities
Artists
- Tilda Swinton
- Luca Guadagnino
- Jim Jarmusch
- Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Joanna Hogg
- Tim Walker
- Olivier Saillard
- Derek Jarman
- David Bowie
- Andy Warhol
- Yoko Ono
- Agnès Varda
- Björk
- Simon Cartwright
Institutions
- Onassis Ready
- Onassis Foundation
- Onassis Stegi
- Eye Filmmuseum
- Aesthetica Magazine
Locations
- Athens
- Greece
- London
- United Kingdom
- Cambridge
- England