Welcome to 15 Questions With…, a new interview series in which art writer Gary Grimes picks the brains of artists, curators, and other creatives to understand what makes them tick through a series of quick-fire questions. This series aims to showcase the varying approaches creatives take to making art and how their relationships to the so-called art world differ, but also reveal what unites those responsible for the art we love.
Spyros Rennt is a Greek-born, Berlin-based photographer whose practice explores queer intimacy, eroticism, and community through a diaristic lens. Working primarily in analogue photography, his images are admired by many for how they move between private spaces and nightlife, capturing the emotional textures of queer experience with immediacy and tenderness.
Rennt has published several acclaimed photobooks, including Another Excess, Lust Surrender, and Corporeal, each expanding his evolving archive of desire, vulnerability, and connection. This September, his work will be included in two group exhibitions in Berlin, where he lives.
1. What is your earliest memory of a work of art?
I’m Greek, so it must have been something from ancient Greece, maybe even the Parthenon.
2. Where do you turn to when you're in need of inspiration?
Old work of mine and the work of other artists I admire.
3. What do you like to do when you need to take a break from your practice?
I’ll just leave the camera at home.
4. Who is your favourite artist?
I really love and admire the work of Greek trans activist and sex worker Paola Revenioti, who documented her life experiences and perspectives in 80s Greece.
5. What's the biggest crime an artist can commit?
Making work that aims to please others and does not come from within.
6. Which gallery or museum should everyone try to visit at least once in their life?
I’m partial to the National Archaeological Museum in Athens and its statue collection.
7. What is the worst thing about the art world?
The way it promotes competition among artists and its success-centric nature.
8. Whose opinions on art do you actually care about?
The ones of the people that I appreciate.
9. What trend in art makes you roll your eyes?
The concept of trends in art makes me roll my eyes.
10. Who are the last three musical artists you listened to?
Grace Jones, the band Kaleidoscope and Blood Orange
11. What's your favourite colour and why?
Photographically speaking, I like the colour blue, and it can be found in several of my works. I'm not sure if it's because it reminds me of the sea, or the sense of tranquillity and safety it gives me.
12. What three items would you grab if your house was burning down?
My laptop, my passport and my camera.
13. What can you tell us about your upcoming shows?
I’m in two group shows this September in Berlin, the first one is called unbecomings and is curated by Misal Adnan (opening at Zilberman gallery on 6 September) and features a great roster of queer artists. The second one celebrates 10 years of CHAUSEE 36 gallery and is opening on 19 September. I am showing work in two sections of the exhibition, titled Behind Desire and Europe Under Construction.
14. Which piece are you most excited for people to see and why?
I’m happy for people to discover “Niki and Evita at the port”, which will be included in umbecomings, which dates back to 2017 and is a wonderful celebration of community and optimism.
15. What impression do you hope people get after seeing it?
I would like to feel the warmth and calmness that this image gives me when I look at it.
Welcome to 15 Questions With…, a new interview series in which art writer Gary Grimes picks the brains of artists, curators, and other creatives to understand what makes them tick through a series of quick-fire questions. This series aims to showcase the varying approaches creatives take to making art and how their relationships to the so-called art world differ, but also reveal what unites those responsible for the art we love.
Spyros Rennt is a Greek-born, Berlin-based photographer whose practice explores queer intimacy, eroticism, and community through a diaristic lens. Working primarily in analogue photography, his images are admired by many for how they move between private spaces and nightlife, capturing the emotional textures of queer experience with immediacy and tenderness.
Rennt has published several acclaimed photobooks, including Another Excess, Lust Surrender, and Corporeal, each expanding his evolving archive of desire, vulnerability, and connection. This September, his work will be included in two group exhibitions in Berlin, where he lives.
1. What is your earliest memory of a work of art?
I’m Greek, so it must have been something from ancient Greece, maybe even the Parthenon.
2. Where do you turn to when you're in need of inspiration?
Old work of mine and the work of other artists I admire.
3. What do you like to do when you need to take a break from your practice?
I’ll just leave the camera at home.
4. Who is your favourite artist?
I really love and admire the work of Greek trans activist and sex worker Paola Revenioti, who documented her life experiences and perspectives in 80s Greece.
5. What's the biggest crime an artist can commit?
Making work that aims to please others and does not come from within.
6. Which gallery or museum should everyone try to visit at least once in their life?
I’m partial to the National Archaeological Museum in Athens and its statue collection.
7. What is the worst thing about the art world?
The way it promotes competition among artists and its success-centric nature.
8. Whose opinions on art do you actually care about?
The ones of the people that I appreciate.
9. What trend in art makes you roll your eyes?
The concept of trends in art makes me roll my eyes.
10. Who are the last three musical artists you listened to?
Grace Jones, the band Kaleidoscope and Blood Orange
11. What's your favourite colour and why?
Photographically speaking, I like the colour blue, and it can be found in several of my works. I'm not sure if it's because it reminds me of the sea, or the sense of tranquillity and safety it gives me.
12. What three items would you grab if your house was burning down?
My laptop, my passport and my camera.
13. What can you tell us about your upcoming shows?
I’m in two group shows this September in Berlin, the first one is called unbecomings and is curated by Misal Adnan (opening at Zilberman gallery on 6 September) and features a great roster of queer artists. The second one celebrates 10 years of CHAUSEE 36 gallery and is opening on 19 September. I am showing work in two sections of the exhibition, titled Behind Desire and Europe Under Construction.
14. Which piece are you most excited for people to see and why?
I’m happy for people to discover “Niki and Evita at the port”, which will be included in umbecomings, which dates back to 2017 and is a wonderful celebration of community and optimism.
15. What impression do you hope people get after seeing it?
I would like to feel the warmth and calmness that this image gives me when I look at it.
Welcome to 15 Questions With…, a new interview series in which art writer Gary Grimes picks the brains of artists, curators, and other creatives to understand what makes them tick through a series of quick-fire questions. This series aims to showcase the varying approaches creatives take to making art and how their relationships to the so-called art world differ, but also reveal what unites those responsible for the art we love.
Spyros Rennt is a Greek-born, Berlin-based photographer whose practice explores queer intimacy, eroticism, and community through a diaristic lens. Working primarily in analogue photography, his images are admired by many for how they move between private spaces and nightlife, capturing the emotional textures of queer experience with immediacy and tenderness.
Rennt has published several acclaimed photobooks, including Another Excess, Lust Surrender, and Corporeal, each expanding his evolving archive of desire, vulnerability, and connection. This September, his work will be included in two group exhibitions in Berlin, where he lives.
1. What is your earliest memory of a work of art?
I’m Greek, so it must have been something from ancient Greece, maybe even the Parthenon.
2. Where do you turn to when you're in need of inspiration?
Old work of mine and the work of other artists I admire.
3. What do you like to do when you need to take a break from your practice?
I’ll just leave the camera at home.
4. Who is your favourite artist?
I really love and admire the work of Greek trans activist and sex worker Paola Revenioti, who documented her life experiences and perspectives in 80s Greece.
5. What's the biggest crime an artist can commit?
Making work that aims to please others and does not come from within.
6. Which gallery or museum should everyone try to visit at least once in their life?
I’m partial to the National Archaeological Museum in Athens and its statue collection.
7. What is the worst thing about the art world?
The way it promotes competition among artists and its success-centric nature.
8. Whose opinions on art do you actually care about?
The ones of the people that I appreciate.
9. What trend in art makes you roll your eyes?
The concept of trends in art makes me roll my eyes.
10. Who are the last three musical artists you listened to?
Grace Jones, the band Kaleidoscope and Blood Orange
11. What's your favourite colour and why?
Photographically speaking, I like the colour blue, and it can be found in several of my works. I'm not sure if it's because it reminds me of the sea, or the sense of tranquillity and safety it gives me.
12. What three items would you grab if your house was burning down?
My laptop, my passport and my camera.
13. What can you tell us about your upcoming shows?
I’m in two group shows this September in Berlin, the first one is called unbecomings and is curated by Misal Adnan (opening at Zilberman gallery on 6 September) and features a great roster of queer artists. The second one celebrates 10 years of CHAUSEE 36 gallery and is opening on 19 September. I am showing work in two sections of the exhibition, titled Behind Desire and Europe Under Construction.
14. Which piece are you most excited for people to see and why?
I’m happy for people to discover “Niki and Evita at the port”, which will be included in umbecomings, which dates back to 2017 and is a wonderful celebration of community and optimism.
15. What impression do you hope people get after seeing it?
I would like to feel the warmth and calmness that this image gives me when I look at it.
Welcome to 15 Questions With…, a new interview series in which art writer Gary Grimes picks the brains of artists, curators, and other creatives to understand what makes them tick through a series of quick-fire questions. This series aims to showcase the varying approaches creatives take to making art and how their relationships to the so-called art world differ, but also reveal what unites those responsible for the art we love.
Spyros Rennt is a Greek-born, Berlin-based photographer whose practice explores queer intimacy, eroticism, and community through a diaristic lens. Working primarily in analogue photography, his images are admired by many for how they move between private spaces and nightlife, capturing the emotional textures of queer experience with immediacy and tenderness.
Rennt has published several acclaimed photobooks, including Another Excess, Lust Surrender, and Corporeal, each expanding his evolving archive of desire, vulnerability, and connection. This September, his work will be included in two group exhibitions in Berlin, where he lives.
1. What is your earliest memory of a work of art?
I’m Greek, so it must have been something from ancient Greece, maybe even the Parthenon.
2. Where do you turn to when you're in need of inspiration?
Old work of mine and the work of other artists I admire.
3. What do you like to do when you need to take a break from your practice?
I’ll just leave the camera at home.
4. Who is your favourite artist?
I really love and admire the work of Greek trans activist and sex worker Paola Revenioti, who documented her life experiences and perspectives in 80s Greece.
5. What's the biggest crime an artist can commit?
Making work that aims to please others and does not come from within.
6. Which gallery or museum should everyone try to visit at least once in their life?
I’m partial to the National Archaeological Museum in Athens and its statue collection.
7. What is the worst thing about the art world?
The way it promotes competition among artists and its success-centric nature.
8. Whose opinions on art do you actually care about?
The ones of the people that I appreciate.
9. What trend in art makes you roll your eyes?
The concept of trends in art makes me roll my eyes.
10. Who are the last three musical artists you listened to?
Grace Jones, the band Kaleidoscope and Blood Orange
11. What's your favourite colour and why?
Photographically speaking, I like the colour blue, and it can be found in several of my works. I'm not sure if it's because it reminds me of the sea, or the sense of tranquillity and safety it gives me.
12. What three items would you grab if your house was burning down?
My laptop, my passport and my camera.
13. What can you tell us about your upcoming shows?
I’m in two group shows this September in Berlin, the first one is called unbecomings and is curated by Misal Adnan (opening at Zilberman gallery on 6 September) and features a great roster of queer artists. The second one celebrates 10 years of CHAUSEE 36 gallery and is opening on 19 September. I am showing work in two sections of the exhibition, titled Behind Desire and Europe Under Construction.
14. Which piece are you most excited for people to see and why?
I’m happy for people to discover “Niki and Evita at the port”, which will be included in umbecomings, which dates back to 2017 and is a wonderful celebration of community and optimism.
15. What impression do you hope people get after seeing it?
I would like to feel the warmth and calmness that this image gives me when I look at it.
Welcome to 15 Questions With…, a new interview series in which art writer Gary Grimes picks the brains of artists, curators, and other creatives to understand what makes them tick through a series of quick-fire questions. This series aims to showcase the varying approaches creatives take to making art and how their relationships to the so-called art world differ, but also reveal what unites those responsible for the art we love.
Spyros Rennt is a Greek-born, Berlin-based photographer whose practice explores queer intimacy, eroticism, and community through a diaristic lens. Working primarily in analogue photography, his images are admired by many for how they move between private spaces and nightlife, capturing the emotional textures of queer experience with immediacy and tenderness.
Rennt has published several acclaimed photobooks, including Another Excess, Lust Surrender, and Corporeal, each expanding his evolving archive of desire, vulnerability, and connection. This September, his work will be included in two group exhibitions in Berlin, where he lives.
1. What is your earliest memory of a work of art?
I’m Greek, so it must have been something from ancient Greece, maybe even the Parthenon.
2. Where do you turn to when you're in need of inspiration?
Old work of mine and the work of other artists I admire.
3. What do you like to do when you need to take a break from your practice?
I’ll just leave the camera at home.
4. Who is your favourite artist?
I really love and admire the work of Greek trans activist and sex worker Paola Revenioti, who documented her life experiences and perspectives in 80s Greece.
5. What's the biggest crime an artist can commit?
Making work that aims to please others and does not come from within.
6. Which gallery or museum should everyone try to visit at least once in their life?
I’m partial to the National Archaeological Museum in Athens and its statue collection.
7. What is the worst thing about the art world?
The way it promotes competition among artists and its success-centric nature.
8. Whose opinions on art do you actually care about?
The ones of the people that I appreciate.
9. What trend in art makes you roll your eyes?
The concept of trends in art makes me roll my eyes.
10. Who are the last three musical artists you listened to?
Grace Jones, the band Kaleidoscope and Blood Orange
11. What's your favourite colour and why?
Photographically speaking, I like the colour blue, and it can be found in several of my works. I'm not sure if it's because it reminds me of the sea, or the sense of tranquillity and safety it gives me.
12. What three items would you grab if your house was burning down?
My laptop, my passport and my camera.
13. What can you tell us about your upcoming shows?
I’m in two group shows this September in Berlin, the first one is called unbecomings and is curated by Misal Adnan (opening at Zilberman gallery on 6 September) and features a great roster of queer artists. The second one celebrates 10 years of CHAUSEE 36 gallery and is opening on 19 September. I am showing work in two sections of the exhibition, titled Behind Desire and Europe Under Construction.
14. Which piece are you most excited for people to see and why?
I’m happy for people to discover “Niki and Evita at the port”, which will be included in umbecomings, which dates back to 2017 and is a wonderful celebration of community and optimism.
15. What impression do you hope people get after seeing it?
I would like to feel the warmth and calmness that this image gives me when I look at it.
Welcome to 15 Questions With…, a new interview series in which art writer Gary Grimes picks the brains of artists, curators, and other creatives to understand what makes them tick through a series of quick-fire questions. This series aims to showcase the varying approaches creatives take to making art and how their relationships to the so-called art world differ, but also reveal what unites those responsible for the art we love.
Spyros Rennt is a Greek-born, Berlin-based photographer whose practice explores queer intimacy, eroticism, and community through a diaristic lens. Working primarily in analogue photography, his images are admired by many for how they move between private spaces and nightlife, capturing the emotional textures of queer experience with immediacy and tenderness.
Rennt has published several acclaimed photobooks, including Another Excess, Lust Surrender, and Corporeal, each expanding his evolving archive of desire, vulnerability, and connection. This September, his work will be included in two group exhibitions in Berlin, where he lives.
1. What is your earliest memory of a work of art?
I’m Greek, so it must have been something from ancient Greece, maybe even the Parthenon.
2. Where do you turn to when you're in need of inspiration?
Old work of mine and the work of other artists I admire.
3. What do you like to do when you need to take a break from your practice?
I’ll just leave the camera at home.
4. Who is your favourite artist?
I really love and admire the work of Greek trans activist and sex worker Paola Revenioti, who documented her life experiences and perspectives in 80s Greece.
5. What's the biggest crime an artist can commit?
Making work that aims to please others and does not come from within.
6. Which gallery or museum should everyone try to visit at least once in their life?
I’m partial to the National Archaeological Museum in Athens and its statue collection.
7. What is the worst thing about the art world?
The way it promotes competition among artists and its success-centric nature.
8. Whose opinions on art do you actually care about?
The ones of the people that I appreciate.
9. What trend in art makes you roll your eyes?
The concept of trends in art makes me roll my eyes.
10. Who are the last three musical artists you listened to?
Grace Jones, the band Kaleidoscope and Blood Orange
11. What's your favourite colour and why?
Photographically speaking, I like the colour blue, and it can be found in several of my works. I'm not sure if it's because it reminds me of the sea, or the sense of tranquillity and safety it gives me.
12. What three items would you grab if your house was burning down?
My laptop, my passport and my camera.
13. What can you tell us about your upcoming shows?
I’m in two group shows this September in Berlin, the first one is called unbecomings and is curated by Misal Adnan (opening at Zilberman gallery on 6 September) and features a great roster of queer artists. The second one celebrates 10 years of CHAUSEE 36 gallery and is opening on 19 September. I am showing work in two sections of the exhibition, titled Behind Desire and Europe Under Construction.
14. Which piece are you most excited for people to see and why?
I’m happy for people to discover “Niki and Evita at the port”, which will be included in umbecomings, which dates back to 2017 and is a wonderful celebration of community and optimism.
15. What impression do you hope people get after seeing it?
I would like to feel the warmth and calmness that this image gives me when I look at it.
Welcome to 15 Questions With…, a new interview series in which art writer Gary Grimes picks the brains of artists, curators, and other creatives to understand what makes them tick through a series of quick-fire questions. This series aims to showcase the varying approaches creatives take to making art and how their relationships to the so-called art world differ, but also reveal what unites those responsible for the art we love.
Spyros Rennt is a Greek-born, Berlin-based photographer whose practice explores queer intimacy, eroticism, and community through a diaristic lens. Working primarily in analogue photography, his images are admired by many for how they move between private spaces and nightlife, capturing the emotional textures of queer experience with immediacy and tenderness.
Rennt has published several acclaimed photobooks, including Another Excess, Lust Surrender, and Corporeal, each expanding his evolving archive of desire, vulnerability, and connection. This September, his work will be included in two group exhibitions in Berlin, where he lives.
1. What is your earliest memory of a work of art?
I’m Greek, so it must have been something from ancient Greece, maybe even the Parthenon.
2. Where do you turn to when you're in need of inspiration?
Old work of mine and the work of other artists I admire.
3. What do you like to do when you need to take a break from your practice?
I’ll just leave the camera at home.
4. Who is your favourite artist?
I really love and admire the work of Greek trans activist and sex worker Paola Revenioti, who documented her life experiences and perspectives in 80s Greece.
5. What's the biggest crime an artist can commit?
Making work that aims to please others and does not come from within.
6. Which gallery or museum should everyone try to visit at least once in their life?
I’m partial to the National Archaeological Museum in Athens and its statue collection.
7. What is the worst thing about the art world?
The way it promotes competition among artists and its success-centric nature.
8. Whose opinions on art do you actually care about?
The ones of the people that I appreciate.
9. What trend in art makes you roll your eyes?
The concept of trends in art makes me roll my eyes.
10. Who are the last three musical artists you listened to?
Grace Jones, the band Kaleidoscope and Blood Orange
11. What's your favourite colour and why?
Photographically speaking, I like the colour blue, and it can be found in several of my works. I'm not sure if it's because it reminds me of the sea, or the sense of tranquillity and safety it gives me.
12. What three items would you grab if your house was burning down?
My laptop, my passport and my camera.
13. What can you tell us about your upcoming shows?
I’m in two group shows this September in Berlin, the first one is called unbecomings and is curated by Misal Adnan (opening at Zilberman gallery on 6 September) and features a great roster of queer artists. The second one celebrates 10 years of CHAUSEE 36 gallery and is opening on 19 September. I am showing work in two sections of the exhibition, titled Behind Desire and Europe Under Construction.
14. Which piece are you most excited for people to see and why?
I’m happy for people to discover “Niki and Evita at the port”, which will be included in umbecomings, which dates back to 2017 and is a wonderful celebration of community and optimism.
15. What impression do you hope people get after seeing it?
I would like to feel the warmth and calmness that this image gives me when I look at it.
Welcome to 15 Questions With…, a new interview series in which art writer Gary Grimes picks the brains of artists, curators, and other creatives to understand what makes them tick through a series of quick-fire questions. This series aims to showcase the varying approaches creatives take to making art and how their relationships to the so-called art world differ, but also reveal what unites those responsible for the art we love.
Spyros Rennt is a Greek-born, Berlin-based photographer whose practice explores queer intimacy, eroticism, and community through a diaristic lens. Working primarily in analogue photography, his images are admired by many for how they move between private spaces and nightlife, capturing the emotional textures of queer experience with immediacy and tenderness.
Rennt has published several acclaimed photobooks, including Another Excess, Lust Surrender, and Corporeal, each expanding his evolving archive of desire, vulnerability, and connection. This September, his work will be included in two group exhibitions in Berlin, where he lives.
1. What is your earliest memory of a work of art?
I’m Greek, so it must have been something from ancient Greece, maybe even the Parthenon.
2. Where do you turn to when you're in need of inspiration?
Old work of mine and the work of other artists I admire.
3. What do you like to do when you need to take a break from your practice?
I’ll just leave the camera at home.
4. Who is your favourite artist?
I really love and admire the work of Greek trans activist and sex worker Paola Revenioti, who documented her life experiences and perspectives in 80s Greece.
5. What's the biggest crime an artist can commit?
Making work that aims to please others and does not come from within.
6. Which gallery or museum should everyone try to visit at least once in their life?
I’m partial to the National Archaeological Museum in Athens and its statue collection.
7. What is the worst thing about the art world?
The way it promotes competition among artists and its success-centric nature.
8. Whose opinions on art do you actually care about?
The ones of the people that I appreciate.
9. What trend in art makes you roll your eyes?
The concept of trends in art makes me roll my eyes.
10. Who are the last three musical artists you listened to?
Grace Jones, the band Kaleidoscope and Blood Orange
11. What's your favourite colour and why?
Photographically speaking, I like the colour blue, and it can be found in several of my works. I'm not sure if it's because it reminds me of the sea, or the sense of tranquillity and safety it gives me.
12. What three items would you grab if your house was burning down?
My laptop, my passport and my camera.
13. What can you tell us about your upcoming shows?
I’m in two group shows this September in Berlin, the first one is called unbecomings and is curated by Misal Adnan (opening at Zilberman gallery on 6 September) and features a great roster of queer artists. The second one celebrates 10 years of CHAUSEE 36 gallery and is opening on 19 September. I am showing work in two sections of the exhibition, titled Behind Desire and Europe Under Construction.
14. Which piece are you most excited for people to see and why?
I’m happy for people to discover “Niki and Evita at the port”, which will be included in umbecomings, which dates back to 2017 and is a wonderful celebration of community and optimism.
15. What impression do you hope people get after seeing it?
I would like to feel the warmth and calmness that this image gives me when I look at it.
Welcome to 15 Questions With…, a new interview series in which art writer Gary Grimes picks the brains of artists, curators, and other creatives to understand what makes them tick through a series of quick-fire questions. This series aims to showcase the varying approaches creatives take to making art and how their relationships to the so-called art world differ, but also reveal what unites those responsible for the art we love.
Spyros Rennt is a Greek-born, Berlin-based photographer whose practice explores queer intimacy, eroticism, and community through a diaristic lens. Working primarily in analogue photography, his images are admired by many for how they move between private spaces and nightlife, capturing the emotional textures of queer experience with immediacy and tenderness.
Rennt has published several acclaimed photobooks, including Another Excess, Lust Surrender, and Corporeal, each expanding his evolving archive of desire, vulnerability, and connection. This September, his work will be included in two group exhibitions in Berlin, where he lives.
1. What is your earliest memory of a work of art?
I’m Greek, so it must have been something from ancient Greece, maybe even the Parthenon.
2. Where do you turn to when you're in need of inspiration?
Old work of mine and the work of other artists I admire.
3. What do you like to do when you need to take a break from your practice?
I’ll just leave the camera at home.
4. Who is your favourite artist?
I really love and admire the work of Greek trans activist and sex worker Paola Revenioti, who documented her life experiences and perspectives in 80s Greece.
5. What's the biggest crime an artist can commit?
Making work that aims to please others and does not come from within.
6. Which gallery or museum should everyone try to visit at least once in their life?
I’m partial to the National Archaeological Museum in Athens and its statue collection.
7. What is the worst thing about the art world?
The way it promotes competition among artists and its success-centric nature.
8. Whose opinions on art do you actually care about?
The ones of the people that I appreciate.
9. What trend in art makes you roll your eyes?
The concept of trends in art makes me roll my eyes.
10. Who are the last three musical artists you listened to?
Grace Jones, the band Kaleidoscope and Blood Orange
11. What's your favourite colour and why?
Photographically speaking, I like the colour blue, and it can be found in several of my works. I'm not sure if it's because it reminds me of the sea, or the sense of tranquillity and safety it gives me.
12. What three items would you grab if your house was burning down?
My laptop, my passport and my camera.
13. What can you tell us about your upcoming shows?
I’m in two group shows this September in Berlin, the first one is called unbecomings and is curated by Misal Adnan (opening at Zilberman gallery on 6 September) and features a great roster of queer artists. The second one celebrates 10 years of CHAUSEE 36 gallery and is opening on 19 September. I am showing work in two sections of the exhibition, titled Behind Desire and Europe Under Construction.
14. Which piece are you most excited for people to see and why?
I’m happy for people to discover “Niki and Evita at the port”, which will be included in umbecomings, which dates back to 2017 and is a wonderful celebration of community and optimism.
15. What impression do you hope people get after seeing it?
I would like to feel the warmth and calmness that this image gives me when I look at it.
Welcome to 15 Questions With…, a new interview series in which art writer Gary Grimes picks the brains of artists, curators, and other creatives to understand what makes them tick through a series of quick-fire questions. This series aims to showcase the varying approaches creatives take to making art and how their relationships to the so-called art world differ, but also reveal what unites those responsible for the art we love.
Spyros Rennt is a Greek-born, Berlin-based photographer whose practice explores queer intimacy, eroticism, and community through a diaristic lens. Working primarily in analogue photography, his images are admired by many for how they move between private spaces and nightlife, capturing the emotional textures of queer experience with immediacy and tenderness.
Rennt has published several acclaimed photobooks, including Another Excess, Lust Surrender, and Corporeal, each expanding his evolving archive of desire, vulnerability, and connection. This September, his work will be included in two group exhibitions in Berlin, where he lives.
1. What is your earliest memory of a work of art?
I’m Greek, so it must have been something from ancient Greece, maybe even the Parthenon.
2. Where do you turn to when you're in need of inspiration?
Old work of mine and the work of other artists I admire.
3. What do you like to do when you need to take a break from your practice?
I’ll just leave the camera at home.
4. Who is your favourite artist?
I really love and admire the work of Greek trans activist and sex worker Paola Revenioti, who documented her life experiences and perspectives in 80s Greece.
5. What's the biggest crime an artist can commit?
Making work that aims to please others and does not come from within.
6. Which gallery or museum should everyone try to visit at least once in their life?
I’m partial to the National Archaeological Museum in Athens and its statue collection.
7. What is the worst thing about the art world?
The way it promotes competition among artists and its success-centric nature.
8. Whose opinions on art do you actually care about?
The ones of the people that I appreciate.
9. What trend in art makes you roll your eyes?
The concept of trends in art makes me roll my eyes.
10. Who are the last three musical artists you listened to?
Grace Jones, the band Kaleidoscope and Blood Orange
11. What's your favourite colour and why?
Photographically speaking, I like the colour blue, and it can be found in several of my works. I'm not sure if it's because it reminds me of the sea, or the sense of tranquillity and safety it gives me.
12. What three items would you grab if your house was burning down?
My laptop, my passport and my camera.
13. What can you tell us about your upcoming shows?
I’m in two group shows this September in Berlin, the first one is called unbecomings and is curated by Misal Adnan (opening at Zilberman gallery on 6 September) and features a great roster of queer artists. The second one celebrates 10 years of CHAUSEE 36 gallery and is opening on 19 September. I am showing work in two sections of the exhibition, titled Behind Desire and Europe Under Construction.
14. Which piece are you most excited for people to see and why?
I’m happy for people to discover “Niki and Evita at the port”, which will be included in umbecomings, which dates back to 2017 and is a wonderful celebration of community and optimism.
15. What impression do you hope people get after seeing it?
I would like to feel the warmth and calmness that this image gives me when I look at it.
Welcome to 15 Questions With…, a new interview series in which art writer Gary Grimes picks the brains of artists, curators, and other creatives to understand what makes them tick through a series of quick-fire questions. This series aims to showcase the varying approaches creatives take to making art and how their relationships to the so-called art world differ, but also reveal what unites those responsible for the art we love.
Spyros Rennt is a Greek-born, Berlin-based photographer whose practice explores queer intimacy, eroticism, and community through a diaristic lens. Working primarily in analogue photography, his images are admired by many for how they move between private spaces and nightlife, capturing the emotional textures of queer experience with immediacy and tenderness.
Rennt has published several acclaimed photobooks, including Another Excess, Lust Surrender, and Corporeal, each expanding his evolving archive of desire, vulnerability, and connection. This September, his work will be included in two group exhibitions in Berlin, where he lives.
1. What is your earliest memory of a work of art?
I’m Greek, so it must have been something from ancient Greece, maybe even the Parthenon.
2. Where do you turn to when you're in need of inspiration?
Old work of mine and the work of other artists I admire.
3. What do you like to do when you need to take a break from your practice?
I’ll just leave the camera at home.
4. Who is your favourite artist?
I really love and admire the work of Greek trans activist and sex worker Paola Revenioti, who documented her life experiences and perspectives in 80s Greece.
5. What's the biggest crime an artist can commit?
Making work that aims to please others and does not come from within.
6. Which gallery or museum should everyone try to visit at least once in their life?
I’m partial to the National Archaeological Museum in Athens and its statue collection.
7. What is the worst thing about the art world?
The way it promotes competition among artists and its success-centric nature.
8. Whose opinions on art do you actually care about?
The ones of the people that I appreciate.
9. What trend in art makes you roll your eyes?
The concept of trends in art makes me roll my eyes.
10. Who are the last three musical artists you listened to?
Grace Jones, the band Kaleidoscope and Blood Orange
11. What's your favourite colour and why?
Photographically speaking, I like the colour blue, and it can be found in several of my works. I'm not sure if it's because it reminds me of the sea, or the sense of tranquillity and safety it gives me.
12. What three items would you grab if your house was burning down?
My laptop, my passport and my camera.
13. What can you tell us about your upcoming shows?
I’m in two group shows this September in Berlin, the first one is called unbecomings and is curated by Misal Adnan (opening at Zilberman gallery on 6 September) and features a great roster of queer artists. The second one celebrates 10 years of CHAUSEE 36 gallery and is opening on 19 September. I am showing work in two sections of the exhibition, titled Behind Desire and Europe Under Construction.
14. Which piece are you most excited for people to see and why?
I’m happy for people to discover “Niki and Evita at the port”, which will be included in umbecomings, which dates back to 2017 and is a wonderful celebration of community and optimism.
15. What impression do you hope people get after seeing it?
I would like to feel the warmth and calmness that this image gives me when I look at it.
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