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KOSTIS SOTIRIOUmemoried instalation and video
Memoried is a way toexplain places. Nomadic ways of living influence my work. Memory is intuitively in-volved in the process of my sculpture.
fabrics & stritches throught Balkan re-gions.MEMORIED.
“I produced various patterns which materialize these memo-ries at a certain time-point: right now , i m standing here be-fore you, sitting and sewing with my sewing maching, i m trans-formed into a machine, adding up my experi-ences”.
on the road Watching-2010 4
rain construction diagram. 2010
places of starting sewing/2008-2010 6
sew on holy land- sewing memory2010
sew on holy land- sewing memory2010 TALISMAN-2010 8
FACE/ My room’s window 2010
FACE. 2010 10
sewings and stops at daytime-NATURE IN THRAKE2010
roads and stops at nighttime-2010 12
new hamplet-2010
new hamplet-2010 Relationships- LOCKED-IN SOCIETY 2010 14
The recollections of Serbian monk-2010
sewing mapping-plan 2010 16
ChapterI SEWING VEHICLES,SENSES AND BODYPatterns of immprresions, mat-teriality and mappings of several territories in the Bal-kans.Performative and urban acts.18
ChapterI Sculpture
SEWING VEHICLE,SENSES AND BODY
BENCH1BENCH2
holy shelter 2009
portable table2010/
”Mosaic”,“RAIN”
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“BENCH2- Malta cross, Greek Film Archive2011
isolated spaces/VOID2005-2011
“BENCH2- Malta cross,/Greek Film Archive2011 “BENCH1”,”Mosaic”/Kappatos gallery2011
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Mosaic -1
destruction weapon2011
Mosaic -1
destruction weapon2011
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RAIN
15’ min performanc
drawing of the performane
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-ELEFaS-2010
walking performance around Athens curring an a small elaphant Duration: 02’h:32’’min
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“Patision”
video stilll/ 07’:56’’
42“3’Septembriou
“metro”
44“alexandras str”
“Skra”
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ChapterII:PRINTING TIMELESS AND PLACELESS
a short movie between Albany-Greece and Tur-key.relationship in real time with new ex-periences of space. The sewing maching and the car, as devises of body
sequence no30 2010 video works
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“dcfddvdsvfvsfd”video`still01’:40”/2010Albania
video still 01’:40”2010Turkey
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video still 01’:40”’/ 2010 Turkey
A shipwreck in the pier of the sea of Marmara 54
video still 01’:40”’/ 2010 Grece
“In Aghio Oros, i awaited for hours the boat which would take me out of the State of Mount Athos at a small port (“arcana”), between the sea and the rough land; the edges of the port appeared unified with... the water...” 56
ChapterIII “10 pastures”Embodied act /
ChapterIII
“10 pastures”:exploring Balkan roots30 killometers walking in Komotini“I shall travelmainly on foot,carrying implements and raw materials, i will fol-low an itinerary from up the mountain-Greek-Bulgarian border-down the sea”.
samovari
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MARK THE LANDSCAPE2011
MARK THE LANDSCAPE2011 62
-SIGN-shepherd and frape-2011
Kavala-Thessaloniki video still 2011
CULTURE TANGLES 2011 64
IN-habitation.vs.INstalation
A series of video installations in a space where i live and work. 66
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”slide”2011
“testings”2011 70
PUBLIC -2011
abandon piece in the motorway 2011 72
CONTENTS pgintro/fabrics & stritches throught Balkan regions.MEMORIED....................................................3“on the road Watching”video still 2010............4“rain”-constraction diagram. - “JANOME”, a sewing machine is looking the sky/chalk/1,5x2,4 m/2010...5“places of starting sewing’from left:Kroatia,rail station of Thessaloniki,Ag.Oros,Zagori,Beolgrade,Vosnia,panoramic view of Aegian sea2008-2010......6“sew on holy land- sewing memory“-detail.Thessaloniki blue,brown,red stitchings on white velvet/ 17,5x5,5cm/ 2010..........................7“TALISMAN”-Ag.Oros/green,red stitchings on white velvet/ 8x10,5cm/ 2010.............................8“FACE/My room’s window”Xanthi/black velvet/20x15cm 2010...........................................9-10”sewings and stops at daytime-NATURE IN THRACE”/green and red stritchings on white velvet/16x54cm2010.............................................11”roads and stops at nighttime”-blue,pink,and red stitchings on black velvet/16x54x1cm/2010........12”new hamplet”Pomak villages of Thracevelvet/12x12cm/2010.....................................13”Relationships-LOCKED-IN SOCIETY”sewing mapping- detail Pomak villages of Thrace/ black,red,green stitchings on white velvet/12,5x21cm/ 2010.......14”The recollections of Serbian monk”-Serbian monastery,pencil on found/paper/ 21x10cm/2010....15”sewing mapping-plan”/general view of a Muslim village“Ehinos”/Thrace//21x26cm16
CONTENTS pgintro/fabrics & stritches throught Balkan regions.MEMORIED....................................................3“on the road Watching”video still 2010............4“rain”-constraction diagram. - “JANOME”, a sewing machine is looking the sky/chalk/1,5x2,4 m/2010...5“places of starting sewing’from left:Kroatia,rail station of Thessaloniki,Ag.Oros,Zagori,Beolgrade,Vosnia,panoramic view of Aegian sea2008-2010......6“sew on holy land- sewing memory“-detail.Thessaloniki blue,brown,red stitchings on white velvet/ 17,5x5,5cm/ 2010..........................7“TALISMAN”-Ag.Oros/green,red stitchings on white velvet/ 8x10,5cm/ 2010.............................8“FACE/My room’s window”Xanthi/black velvet/20x15cm 2010...........................................9-10”sewings and stops at daytime-NATURE IN THRACE”/green and red stritchings on white velvet/16x54cm2010.............................................11”roads and stops at nighttime”-blue,pink,and red stitchings on black velvet/16x54x1cm/2010........12”new hamplet”Pomak villages of Thracevelvet/12x12cm/2010.....................................13”Relationships-LOCKED-IN SOCIETY”sewing mapping- detail Pomak villages of Thrace/ black,red,green stitchings on white velvet/12,5x21cm/ 2010.......14”The recollections of Serbian monk”-Serbian monastery,pencil on found/paper/ 21x10cm/2010....15”sewing mapping-plan”/general view of a Muslim village“Ehinos”/Thrace//21x26cm16
chapter1:SEWING VEHICLES,SENSES AND BODY“portable table” left/cardboard0.6x0.6x0.7cm ”skete” right/wood,2010..........................19”BENCH1”/sculpture/2,75x0,45x0.80m/wood,velvetthreads,sewing nachine,sun-glasses with stringsmonitor8’,wax and rereceipt-reel close view of “Bench1”. Kappatos galerry Athens2011..........20-21”the miracle of white S.M.”detail picture/2010....22A photo-collection showing wooden sculptures in small scale.Isolated spaces replace the wide map of Balcan territory.................................23“BENCH2-Malta cross”/2.75x0.60x0,80m metal,wood,threads,sewing machine,fabric,wool,receipt reel/Greek Film Archive/2011........................24-25“Mosaic -1destruction weapon”.Using the cylin-der to destroy the main parts.Parts that i use to the past as a models or ready made pieces such as toys,tools,fabric etc 2,70x0.65x 0.3m/2011.........................27-32”RAIN”appr10’ min performance on the roof ‘s gallery ITSZ1 in Beograd.The performance is planed to hap-pened during a “rain-day”,the first day of exhibi-tion.Equipment:soil,wood.2010.................33-38“ELEFaS” Walking performance around Athens curring an a small elaphant.( porselane/26x10x27cm/Duration: 02’h:32’’/walking distance app10km, min/night/2011.............................39-4674
ChapterII:PRINTING TIMELESS AND PLACELESS “tic-tac” -video still...........................49“sequence no30” /collage on metal /2 pieces 1x2m /collage with printed video captures..............50
ChapterIII “10 pastures”:exploring Balkan roots“Samovari” and “Basma” Vilage called “Eripia“N.Thrace2011....................................59-60 “MARK THE LANDSCAPE”(installation on bridge)Long rereceipt reel with red piece of velvet.“sign” /video still ........................................61-62 Installation in brigde near borders/video rec.15’.......................................63-64“Culture-tangles” 3min movie(acting) ending of walking performance/ new ritual Kavala-Thessaloni-ki/2011..........................................65-66
IN- habitation ________vs________INstalation“LolA2” A series of video installations&projections in a space where i live and work..............65-68”slide”Slide projection in the studio’s wall.....69“testings”in aircrafts wings in fall.............70 “PUBLIC”Picture projection in the studio’s damage wall.............................................71“abandon piece in the motorway” Projection on the studio’s floor/”LolA2”video.......................72for the photos and the procced images and videos many thanks to,Korina Kassianou,Giannis Kokkalis,Eva TsagarakiKristallia Topalidou and Ntaizy
Personal data:Konstantinos Sotiriou/year of bith:1980/address: 20 skra str, Holargos Athensmob:0030+6976992314, e-mail: [email protected]Ι. Education2011 Sculpture department studioB(prof.G.Lappas). Athens school of fine arts, Greece2005 Diploma of architecture(Prof.M.Hayduk) University of East London (UEL)/ UK2002 Bachelor of Arts in Architecture (Prof.Ed.Frith). University of Greenwich/UKII. Exhibition -acts 2011- “THE BIG CANDY”.curator :M.Komninou -Α.Liti/Greek Film Archive/ “BENCH2”/ Athens-”LEADERS, ANIMALS AND TOOLS”.Curator:G. Lappas /Gallery Kappatos / “BENCH1”, “THE BIG GLASSES”, projection the video from the performance “RAIN” Athens-“THE SYMPTOM PROGECT2”.curator:M.Kataga,A.Artinos “NOCTURNAL DIALOGE”/sound-installation/clay,bricks,dexion,metal,rezin,ice, eath bricks Tabakika Amfissa/GR-11ο Architectural Greek conference, 17-20 March Zappeio center Supervisor:Union of Greek architects. exhibition“UNEXPECTED”«cricket fields»/video/3’:00’2010- “ΚΑΝΟΝ”- rhizomatic actions»/ASFA Gallery ITS Z1, “RAIN “Beograd 2009- democracy INMOTION 10min performance/prof. E Kara./Mimar Sinan University/Istanbul2008- “The big glasses” act in Athens
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2006- «10+ instalations in Botanicos». curator Ν.Theodoropoulou/ club BOTANIKOS /“FRAGILE”, “once upon a time in a place called Iera Odo..”/comic,III ARCHITECTURE2010- “Mosaic”.(decorative artwork with marbles , gravels, and mosaics), proposal and construction Holding in Kalamos/Greece-“WEEKEND HOUSE” (enviroment),(under constr)./Korinthos/GR-“Playground in” (planning ) / monastery of Snt Ger-asimos Iordanitis/Palestine2006- “Ctalker” /(book with drawings about substance of space)/2005-”Japanese traditional house”. (modeling)/ wood and Japanese paper on concrerte base.IV DOCUMENTARY TRIPSS.E.Europe2010-2011 India2004 Journey to India to developed project for final year in diploma of Architecture (UEL).Sardan Sarovar Dam Project-New Primary school /Raghat . Turkey2004 :A new waterfront / Urban project in south path of historic center of Istanbul.Russia2003 A “a new retrospect for the machine” .J Hessom Unit 7/ 5th year diploma / UEL B: “outside from the black limits”:starting and analyzing two paintings “black square”&“white on white” by Kasimir Malevich. Do they have impact in the “ideal living space” for human being?”./P.Goode Iceland 2002 “Fabrication-materiality and space”.University Greenwich/«Survival Station in Iceland»
V (conference,lecture)2011 9th International “Border crossings” Student Conference: “Betwixt and between. Boundaries, nego-tiations and transitions in SE Eurore“(supervisorE.Rikou)“ Exploring Balkan routes: the re-collections of a passer by.“12-15 Μay,Komotini,Greece2010 8th International “Border crossings” Student Conference: “Exploring everyday life in Southeast Europe: identity, culture and representation”.(su-pervisorE.Rikou)“Penegrination in the Balkan re-gions, carrying a portable sewing machine” 22-25 April Zadar,Croatia.2008“Educational and enviromental symposium “Callιcto”: «Once aupon a time was the forest » (AIntercultural High school of Athens/supervisor:M.Drimaliti)/”Water and land in submerged places». Enviromental and urban research along the Narmada valley/India
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