Karat Castle
@Neoterismoi Toumazou
31 January - 28 February 2015

Karat Castle, 2015, Stickers on plexiglass, fluorescent light, chain, 28 x 72 x 15 cm

Drawing 2, 2015, Paint, steel sections 5mm-10mm, laiser cut parts, 162 x 123 x 3 cm

Attitude, 2015, Glazed ceramic in three parts, height: 178 cm x diameter: 24 cm

First scene, 2014, Pencil drawings, 23x23cm

Solvency 2, 2015, Car paint, steel frame, glass, vehicle lights, 75x63x24cm

I, you, he, she, it, We, You,Them, 2015, Stickers on stainless steel sheet, 50 x 50 cm

We Risk, 2015, Stainless steel pole and motor mechanism, 499 x 20 x 20 cm

We Risk(detail), 2015, Stainless steel pole and motor mechanism, 499 x 20 x 20 cm

Game Notes, 2014, Embellished velvet and clock mechanism, 126 x 66 cm

Installation view

Andrew Scott-Stokes for Christoforos Kyriakides, 2014, walnut and glass, height: 172 cm x diameter: 28 cm

Conversation(Orpheas&Nepheli), 2014, digital video, 2:01 min

Take Away, 2015, embellished sweatshirt, edition of 125 (2,4,12,S/M/L/XL)

Marina’s Attitude

Stereo blind yourself; perception is bred via the cacophonous ‘third dimension’ of power. Hierarchies and ideologies, narrated through historicization and culturalization, holler a penetrating depth of field; erecting magnificently fortified castles, an architecture of worship. Swept up, a language is acquired, bias is tuned, values are defined, normalcy is born: innocence is lost, conformity is found. Squint, mute, self induce naivety; become like child. Financial centres, religious institutions, government complexes, malls, luna parks, strip clubs, apartment blocks, mansions, refugee camps… flattened, merging into each other. A science fiction tale, a symphony of flashing colours, complex formulas, mutating shapes and uncanny melodies, where nuance and epic aesthetically occupy the same universal conditions; become like child. Reclaim beauty, an intimate relationship to the senses, sans object, sans subject. Reillusion a Leibnizian optimism, salvage Candide’s disillusioned ideals. Squint harder, wonder; become like child, holy.

Text by Peter Eramian

Documentation: Stelios Kallinikou