Land scape
Spyros Kouvaras
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
experience . But it is not that simple ; Personally , I don ' t believe in art as a « happening ». The thing is not just to get out and perform ; the thing is to focus on the emotional response and perception of particular socio-spatial context in which an art work in public could be placed . And also , I believe that public art projects will be most effective when they will be part of a larger , holistic , multidisciplinary approach to enlivening a city or neighborhood . Only in this way , public art can contribute both to community life and to the service and vitality of public spaces .
As you have remarked once , your approach consists on a mechanistic approach of movement using at the same time the body as a canvas , as an abstract surface , so that the movement can be in the image and the movement can vibrates the image : how would you define the notion of body in your practice ? In particular , do you think that personal experience is an absolutely indispensable part of a creative process ? Could a creative process be disconnected from direct experience ?
I believe that there are autobiographical elements in most of my works even if sometimes that happens subconsciously . They are just elements , we are our experiences of course , but that doesn ' t mean that a