Argus v 3.75 bln is an interactive self-portrait that deals with a society that watches everything while being watched at the same time. The user can destroy its portrait by creating a soundscape. It originates from the Greek myth of Argus Panoptis, a giant with one or many eyes that never slept. Hera had him guard Io, Zeus’ lover. Zeus sent Hermes to set her free. He put Argus to sleep by playing music to him and then killed him. J. Bentham in 1787 named Panopticon his prison prototype model, a concept which later was used by M.Foucault to comment on the state control of the people. Argus was named a USA drone that was used in Afghanistan and it has the biggest sensor resolution camera in the world. In 2020 3.75 billion smartphones are used worldwide, making their users both their guardians and captives.

2020, Thessaloniki, Greece

A workshop on art research and memory towards the creation of collaborative artworks and an exhibition

In collaboration with artist & educator Viki Zioga with the participation of art students and young artists.

“Reconstitution of a souvenir” is a site-specific project that investigates the concept of prosthetic memory, as coined by professor Alison Landsberg in her essay “Prosthetic memory: the ethics and politics of memory in an age of mass culture”, and its potential in developing empathy and solidarity towards the Other. The project manifests as a two-day experiential workshop, which results in an audiovisual presentation, open to the public.

Promoting collaboration and dialogue the participants work together for the creation of ephemeral collective artworks. These come to life through modes of artistic research using experiential methods in and about a selected site, in an attempt to explore the memories that occupy the public space.

Re:souvenir took place during the #skgbridges festival in Thessaloniki May 2019 at the Byzantine Bath of Thessaloniki with the participation of
Sofia Milona, Katerina Anastasiou, Eleni Kehagia, Athina Kampouri, Antonis Rapanis, Marios-Leandros Mpasteas, Thomas Kalliaras, Vasiliki Oikonomopoulou-Papachronopoulou, Sofia Piperidou, Sofia Maria Chatzipaschali, Maria Panagiotidou, Andriana Rodakou.

supported by CBK Rotterdam

 2019, Thessaloniki (GR)

Reading between the lines of Ingmar’s Bergman “scenes from a marriage”. 
 I deal with the miscommunication between a couple, while playing with narratives and abstractions. Experimental Film.

1′ HD video, presented in the EYE museum of film in Amsterdam, NL

 2016, Netherlands

It was August, the first month I had moved away from Greece and to the Netherlands. No job or money and I was spending a lot of time indoors thinking of my past summers. Going through my 35mm negative rolls I realized that my memories had faded away and if it was not for the photographs my past would have been different. We tend to forget a lot about the past. Details get deleted. Our memory works like that. Using a text editor I deleted parts of the photos leading to new results. 

Mixed media, 35mm negatives

2015, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.