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ADAM_IS





ABOUT

Michail Adamis

1980 Born in Athens, Greece.
1983-1985 Started piano, after two lessons he stopped.
He sees punks in the streets and watches pirates on TV (Captain Harlock) and wants to become both.
1993 Gets a bass-guitar and plays in a not worth mentioning school group for a few months before being kicked out.
1994 Having no one to play music with, he experiments with the bass-guitar (guitar-rapping).
Starts playing piano on his own.
1995 Learns the beauty of listening to music on a walkman with almost low battery power.
1996 Takes drawing lessons.
1999 Gets an electric guitar.
2001-today Studies painting in the School of Fine Arts in Athens.
2003 Creates his alter ego Mephisto.
2004-2005 Studies Environmental Art, Printing and Painting in the University of Art and Design in Helsinki.
Becomes interested in sound as an art medium.
2005-today Continues his studies in printing in the School of Fine Arts in Athens.
2006 Makes his first personal field recording on minidisc.
2007 Member of the band Yin Che Yang (guitars, recordings, toy instruments).
First performace of the band at PLATFORMES, in Athens, in January 2007.
Moles: debut album of field recordings from a tunnel construction.


Major Group Exhibitions

2006 Atmospheres: Summer Academy of the Greek National Theatre, Syros
2006 One-day Prize Exhibition: Byzantinum and Christian Museum, Athens
2006 Fata Morgana: Benaki Museum, Athens
2004 Strictly Appropriate: Byzantinum and Christian Museum, Athens
2004 Tulen Tie: Suomussalmi, Finland
2004 Strictly Appropriate: Cinematographic Club, Patra
2003 Weird Pop: Gazon Rouse, Athens


CONTACT mikesadamis@yahoo.gr


TITLES

EC08 : "MOLES"