ή ΧΕΙΡΑ / 2015

 

I' Hira = “(or) The Hand” homophone in greek: “(or) The Widow”.

Installation of industrial objects, handwoven textiles & sound.

 

A tribute to the materiality of the world and man's relationship with it after industrialization.  

The intangible concepts of History, Philosophy, Politics, Religion and Art intersect with the material achievements of the 20th century with the selective memory of an old man.

Presented in July 2015, as a M.F.A. thesis at the Athens School of Fine Arts.
 

photos: Margarita Nikitaki

 

 

 

 

Work in progress documentation at the studio, 

Athens School of Fine Arts, June 2014
analog photography print

 

  

 

 

Installation view at the exhibition space of the Athens School of Fine Arts
 (Nikos Kessanlis Hall), July 2015

 

 

 

2 hand woven and uncut rugs hanging from the loom + recorded footsteps
 (cotton string, black synthetic fabric, cassette tape, dirt)

 

 

 

Installation view: office chair, cassette tape bobbins, hula hoop,

French encyclopedia pages, plastic frame

 

Handwoven bubble wrap, 2014

 bubble wrap, brown duct tape & cotton string

 

Smokestacks (fugara), 2014

combination of handwoven tappestry (silk fabric, wool string, cotton string, cassette tape,cellophane) and b/w A4 photocopy prints, 156 X 90 cm.

 

 

Installation view with Ladder (skala), 2015
Height: 300 cm.
broken metal ladder, wooden palette, cassette player, cassette with domineering voice,

 painting easel, wooden hanger, plastic and wooden bobbins, metal switch, wooden footstool,
hand woven rug (cassette tape & cotton string)

 

 

Oil painting study of the work in progress at the studio
 Athens School of Fine Arts, December 2014

oil paint on colored paper, 30 X 50 cm.