ARTiculAction Art Review - Special Issuue Aug. 2016 | Page 31

Thodoris Trampas ICUL CTION C o n t e m p o r a r y A r t R e v i e w Special Issue and the endless effort of the individuals not to uproot themselves on one hand and the deep need to survive on the other hand. Then we continue to the liquid element, which symbolizes the Aegean Sea, with sea water sealed in plastic bags hanging along the installation. Scorched Earth captures non-sharpness with an universal kind of language, accomplishig the difficult task of establishing a channel of communication between the subconscious sphere and the conscious one, to unveil and challenge the manifold nature of human perceptual categories. So we would take this occasion to ask you if in your opinion personal experience is an absolutely indispensable part of a creative process... Do you think that a creative process could be disconnected from direct experience? Everyone carries with them their own experiences, which are an inseparable part of their life and personality. I unconsciously meet experiences in front of me too, which I have to face and insist in delving deeper inside myself and study them. The final project arises as a personal “psychoanalysis” in this effort. Through the direct experience offered by the performance, you seek the multi-sensory communication with the audience hear and now. immigration and being torn up by your roots, leaving your own country because there is no other solution. In this case I work with ash, which symbolizes the country that has been completely destroyed and has nothing to offer to you Another interesting project of yours that has particularly impacted on us and on which we would like to spend some words is entitled Pangaia, that has been commissioned and produced by NEON + MAI. What has at once captured our attention of the process of union through destruction you have highlighted in this captivating piece is the way you unveil the elusive still ubiquitous relationship between the intrisic atemporal feature of nature and its continuous process of 23