Demolition, 2006-7

An installation documenting the demolition of my family house in Athens in 2006.

Objects detached from the house, photographs, memorabilia, personal objects construct a large assemblage/installation, presented in a space of 70 sq.m in the Athens School of Fine Arts. The objects expand out of a 6x2m collage composition of photographs documenting all stages of the demolition, like a histogram of the process. The installation space is separated in two parts by a window frame detached from the house. On the opposite side of the assemblage stands myself. On my body is projected a video montage of footage from the demolition overlaying an older performative action piece in which I tie myself up in a rope. I am present both as the creator and as the subject of the work, forming a part of the space.

Demolition, 2006

My graduation thesis for the Athens School of Fine Arts. An installation and performance narrating the story of the demolition of my family house in Athens, which happened in 2006. A 6 meter collage of photos narrating the process of the demolition hangs on the wall and becomes a three dimensional assemblage as the photographs expand to objects detached from the house. A window frame hangs in the middle. On the other side of the frame I sit alone. A video, superimposing an action in which I tie up myself with a rope on footage from the demolition is projected on my body.

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Installation Details

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Performance -video projection on my body

Performance-video projection on body