Vasiliki

1.

An object made from an old book. The length of it is 1,24 cm, the width varies form 14 to 23 cm. The height of the object is less than a millimeter. Narrow paper stripes glued next to each other, almost over lay in full width. I found an old book in a second hand store; each page of the book had a different texture from the impact of time. Specially the end of each page was changed, it had yellow marks (‘slightly foxed’). I decided to work with the signs of the time on the paper. I cut the edges off each page and glued the stripes of in a way that would almost over lap. The texture of the object is similar to a feather or to the backside of a mushroom. What fascinates me with the old books, is not necessary its content, but the transfiguration of the paper through time. I am interested in the form, shape and the material of the book. Equally important are the technical information usually written at the back of the book. (where it was printed, how many copies, the kind of the paper, the date) I often collect book in languages that I don’t understand because of the typography of the book or just for the paper.

2.

A sculpture or a drawing?

The work consists of two pieces, two linear drawings on different fleece fabrics.

Are they props for a dancer? Are they perhaps they are drawings? maybe sculptures?

Somewhere between the space of sculpture and drawing. What are the properties that would make something a sculpture or a drawing? Both of the works are a question on two and three dimensions. The colour of the first piece is white, its dimensions are 150x150x 0.4 cm and a irregular cube is screen - printed on it. The second piece is dark gray; its dimensions are 240 x 50 x 0.8cm. A distorted rectangle is mechanically embroidered. The width of the line of the embroidering is 1cm and the thread is white Polyester.

The sense of warmth.

The texture of a blanket.

A cover.

The sense of protecting something brings the image of a box.

A sculpture or a drawing? Perhaps it is a performative object.

3.

A child’s collection

A collection of found objects from the seaside, some of them are manufactured, toy car, a copper bell, coins, a red dice, others are natural pebbles, shells and some irregular pieces of plastic and metal. The pictures are an enlarged prints of the objects organized in small groups, stowed in such a way that they balance from one another. (dimensions of the photographs is 200x180m

……walking at the beach, on the road

observing collecting assembling

Lots of objects or fragments of them have taken the place of the pebbles and shells. At the seaside a new mixture is now creating its image/icon ---------- of the and the bottom of the sea. (βυθόs) A collection of small found obgects, that time and the sea has tranformed them in sculpural fragments. Each small obgect is unique in shape, texture and colour or is just operating as an obgect that regenerates memories. Ugly or beautiful, useful or not, I can’t tell. I just collect them. In the photographs the objects are assembled/stacked together in small groups, in an attempt to create balance. To bring back memories. To create curiosity.