07 September 2011

EXPERIENTIAL COLLAGE - REALITIES


http://www.remapkm.org/


Walter Benjamin’s “Charles Baudelaire” is the source inspiration of the four creators where the phenomenon of Flâneur – a modern observer of the urban culture who wanders and experiences the city while being unnoticed -is analyzed. The art team places itself in the position of the observer (Flâneur) and experiences reality like a synthesis of fragmentary practices, a composition of reality that reflects the chaotic elements of the urban infrastructure of Athens, and more specifically in the area of Kerameikos-Metaxourgeio, like a cultural mosaic.
Stimulated from the coexistence of different architectures and cultures and mostly from the coexistence of modern building design and neoclassical ruins, the four female artists observed the surroundings of Kerameikou 73 street, broke away, isolated representative elements and reconstructed the urban landscape using the technique of collage, “reflecting” the surroundings and  pushing it forward artistically.
The “Realities” is an installation with an atmospherical scenographic approach that comes from the collaboration of the female artists, each one with different specialization and experience in the fields of interior architecture, lighting design and scenography.

ARTISTS/PARTICIPANTS
Demi Arpatzi, Mariza Galani, Lydia Kontogiorgi, Mariza Pagkaki







04 September 2011

Mole | Experimental video

The “Mold” is a moving image. The separation of it is directly related to the significance of “cutting up” and deconstruction, as this moving canvass with its 6 different facades is actually a perpetuating canvas. “Mold” is a metaphorical and at the same time literal representation of the image’s split via the modern tendensy of society in aesthetical interventions. The creation of different versions through deconstruction of the initial picture or in addition the coexistence and combination of them is an outcome that reminds of puzzle solving games. The end result is harmonious or distorted and deteriorated, implying an exaggeration in the effort of retaining an altered image.


Created by: 
Lydia Kontogiorgi
Mariza Pagkaki

Performer:
Aristea Zougri


Invisible Cities | Performance Installation | The Art Foundation



Lydia Kontogiorgi
Mariza Pagkaki