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Thodoris Trampas

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years, the audience has been moving
towards performance art because it seeks
this change. Performance art offers
generously another kind of operation of
society, more emotive, more real and
humane. It offers another way to see art
without isolating the audience as a
spectator but seeking their personal
position and asking them to participate in
the experience. It builds a new form of
communication with the fellow man. The
audience is an inseparable part of the
performance and this kind of art cannot
exist without it.
How much important is the role of
improvisation in your art practice? And
how do you develope your pieces?

the audience and the change in its way of
thinking through the performance. The
times we live in are very hard and
inhumane. Art cannot stay the same like
the old times, by wearing “a nice suit”. It
must change and take a stand. And this
change will be brought by the artists
themselves and their work. During the last

In general, every project seeks its own way
to exist. In some projects I only improvise,
without having rehearsed anything, other
times I work on a concept with a kind of
structureless narrative which then starts
growing into a full, organized and
structured performance leaving a little
room for improvisation, for the mistake of
the moment. There are moments when I
am moved by an internal need, an
experience or a material which manages
to infringe all the rules of structure on a
project of mine without leaving room for a
rehearsal. It is so sure and ready to be
exposed. In addition, connection with the
materials, as well as listening to the
internal and external condition and where
we are, in order to strengthen the
connection between “what am I doing?”
and “what is my intention?” is also
important. Finally, I give much attention to
the visual and aesthetic result, since it is a
balance which is necessary for me.
Over your career you have exhibited in
several occasions, including your recent

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