Alekos Alexiadis (Greece)

Alekos Alexiadis is an independent filmmaker based in Athens, Greece. As a follow up to his cinema studies, he has developed his creative endeavours around producing essay documentaries that explore the dynamic synergy of urban life, art history, and critical theory, on the hope of shedding new light on the intersections of the three. His ambition is to elevate cinema to an epistemological art form, as well as a vehicle for new knowledge. Constantly armed with a camera, Alekos captures the world around him, creating a continuous visual narratives of his experiences and observations. At the core of his creative practice is the idea that “Art is either valid or not”. A statement that aims at striking at its very core, exploring its epistemological capacity and challenging existing preconceived schemata. In doing so, he coined the term "transcendental cinema”. He is currently studying Modern European Philosophy at Kingston University, London.