TripleAmpersand Journal (&&&)

Ioannis Andronikidis is an art historian, writer, and translator. In 2021, he initiated an ongoing research project around the notions of translation and the archive. Originally presented as a series of bilingual poem letters in the context of ‘The Whole Life Academy’ in Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HkW, Berlin), it has taken on different forms and materialities: text/photography/film/sound. The print publication Blue Magnets: translation as an_archival process, forthcoming by A) GLIMPSE) OF), is a continuation of the research project—a bilingual poetic epistolary correspondence between A1 and A2, which unfolds around his family archive. He is a member of HEKLER, a transnational community of artists, cultural workers, and activists that fosters a critical and experimental examination of hospitality and conflict, and co-curator of Video Club, a radio program exploring ‘sound autobiography’ and hauntological affect in film-making. He has studied History, Archaeology, and History of Art at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and completed his MA thesis, Documented subjectivities, artistic
autonomy, and the social register: critical analysis of Forensic Architecture’s vision, at the Edinburgh College of Art. He is currently enrolled as a Certificate student in the Art & Curatorial Practice Program at The New Centre for Research and Practice.