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“A quest for identity through a series of disguises that do not involve costumes but gestures, materials and objects. The theorem of cross-dressing: by superimposing a different behavior, one that is socially defined, in the middle of everyday life, subjects search for the most intimate layers of their identity. In this sense, their relationships with materials, gestures and objects function as instances of exploratory “acting out”.Read More »
Maria Klonaris
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Maria Klonaris & Katerina Thomadaki – Double Labyrinthe (1976)
1971-1980ExperimentalFranceKaterina ThomadakiMaria Klonaris -
Maria Klonaris – Selva. Un portrait de Parvaneh Navaï (1983)
1981-1990ArthouseExperimentalFranceMaria KlonarisTrance dances and out of body projection. In front of the camera, Parvaneh Navaï becomes a mediator who enters in contact with and immerses into the energies of Nature, while her own energy radiates and echos in the forest (“selva”). The camera amplifies and expands her presence, transforming the forest into an imaginary space. The camera becomes a painter’s brush.Read More »
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Maria Klonaris & Katerina Thomadaki – L’Ange Amazonien : Un portrait de Lena Vandrey (1992)
France1991-2000ExperimentalKaterina ThomadakiMaria KlonarisQuote:
“Les œuvres de Lena Vandrey qui se trouvent au Musée d’Art Brut de Lausanne, acquises par Dubuffet, sont des effigies de femmes, des sortes de déesses, d’amazones, des personnages totémiques d’une grande force d’expression. Elles sont faites de matières très brutes. Ce n’est pas de la peinture illusionniste. Il y a une tension dramatique qui détruit le système de représentation pour créer un contact beaucoup plus charnel avec l’objet” (Michel Thévoz).Read More »