Ten years
after my dad’s passing, I had always thought that I had gotten over it. At
first, I wanted to depict what I lacked. Memories which have gotten lost in the
labyrinth of my mind, and memories which I have never lived. I felt blank.
Despite all the negative outcome of this situation however, I wanted to find a
way to show how many positives came after. Being forced to live any kind of
sorrowful situation, a situation which is inevitable. It prepares you for the
next. In the end, I decided I should focus more on the process I went through,
the process which I believe most people go through in situations like this.
Τhe
knowledge of the happening of the event. It eats you from the inside, just like
mould appears. It will stay there, it will keep growing and always have its
toll. Continuing to the part where you seek for things to get your mind off of
this. Hobbies mostly. You find ways to escape reality and express yourself.
Lastly, you realize that what is done is done and the only thing you should do is
keep it in mind and yet move on. A fire in your head. Αs the glass tanks suggest, every
individual is fragile both mentally and physically.
I depicted
my life in lines, each line is my mental state in a year. I visualized the
event with gaps in the lines, the plastic pipes were broken indicating the
passing as the violation of my youth it is. The gaps slowly close and in the
end you have a solid pipe with a touch of intense feelings. The last pipe is
missing due to the lack of knowledge as to what awaits us right around the
corner.
I believe
that I was molded by this. It changed my sense of priority. I feel that it has
matured me. It somehow changed my way of thinking and as I said before, it
prepared me for the next, I am ready for a more realistic and grounded life.
Ioannis Kouzapas
"Human Fragility at its
Finest”
Glass, Wood, Gelatin, Glue, Semiliquid petrol, and Found objects,
150x165x50cm
2016
*photo by Kosmas Karatzias
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“Embrace the Ripple”,
Plastic pipes, wood, plastic paint, glass paint, and silicone,
157x127x13,
2016
*photo by Kosmas Karatzias
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“Ripple Calouposis”
Plastic pipes, spray paint, plastic paint, glass paint, and silicone
mold,
87x108cm
2016
*photo by Kosmas Karatzias
