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