PORK II

PORK II opened on the 25th of November 2011 at "the Marborough" in Camberwell. The participating artists were Simon Atkinson, Nadia Berri, Lawrence Chandler, Terry Dynes, Jayne Lloyd, Erifili Missiou, Lucia Rivero and Allyn Wilson.

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In contrast to PORK I where i created an installation without using any pre-conceived elements, in this case the installation was a mixture of found and already made objects. I installed a white painted sculpture of my head , a latex belly, a curved wood and a few miniature furniture in the corner of an old humid basement. The concepts of balance, birth and viewing were central in this piece.

Although some elements were different compared to the 1st PORK (the team composition and the exhibiting space), we worked in the same manner and according to our team's values. 

PORK

Pork exhibition took place in Bermondsey Space on the 19th of August of 2011.The exhibition was an idea of Nadia Berri and the participating artists were Nadia Berri, Terry Dynes, Ben Faga, Jayne Lloyd, Cristina Pedrera, Lucia Rivero and myself.

The title "PORK" was chosen randomly and indicates the spirit of the show. PORK was an antidote to themed exhibitions and the ego of the curator.

"Oglers" 

Erifili Missiou

mixed medium installation (chairs, armchair, photo, transparent tube, blue paper, light blue paper)

mixed medium installation (chairs, armchair, photo, transparent tube, blue paper, light blue paper)

GENERAL VIEW OF THE SHOW

The participating artists had 3 days to work in the space.

-->Some of us brought pre-conceived elements, others not and we collectively played and bounced ideas off each other. This made -in our opinion- a fresh and unpredictable show, which was fine-tuned to give it balance and coherence. No-one was sure what the others will come up with.

Nadia Berri
"When i grow up i will be an austronaut and find Peter Pan"

Jayne Lloyd
"Cheap Plonk"

Ben Faga
"Sunset over the famous lake Mendota"

Cristina Pedreira
"If they don't see happiness, at least they will see the black"

Terry Dynes
"In the city"

Lucia Rivero
"Experiments without title or purpose"




OPENING 
 

Nadia Berri, Lucia Rivero, Ben Faga, Jayne Lloyd

FINGERING OUT

Work made in the studio and was presented in Bow Arts Open exhibition.

FINGERING OUT
sculptures made off latex, plaster and air-drying clay

LACRIMOSA - SOUVENIR

Recent work made in the studio and presented in Bow Arts Trust exhibition.

LACRIMOSA:
Sculpture made of expanding foam, plastic balloon, scraps of latex, acrylics, glossy varnish.

SOUVENIR
Old sculpture appropriated in a new context made of latex, plaster, acrylics string.

OPENMINDED

Experimental work made in the studio and presented in Bow Arts Trust Exhibition.The work is still in process.

The sculpture is made from air-drying reinforced clay, acrylics, varnish and latex.

FINGERING OUT 2

Work made for Bow Arts Trust Open Studios exhibition

 

HOCKNEY vs BACON

I made this video a few years ago when i was living in Greece. Initially i was reluctant to translate it in english because i was afraid it wouldn't work the same way. Recently i decided to give it a try, so here is my attempt.

The video captivates the loose atmosphere of an after-lunch gathering. But is it loose? What is happening in the center, what is happening at the sides? Is art a serious thing? And most importantly: Hockney or Bacon?

NATASCHA KAMPUS

I often create site-specific ephemeral pieces that are destroyed after the end of an exhibition. This separation from my work, although difficult, gives it an unsettling quality. This collage is an unfinished piece that i intend to develop in the future.

The entrapment of the Chilean miners and the Fritzl case were the 2 incentives for making this collage.

The arrangement of the pictures is not casual, a story is developed from left to the right. The low middle is the point of the highest tension. Towards the edges the tension is more released and an effort for liberation is attempted. Exit on the right?

STUDIO 31

In November of 2010 me and Larry Achiampong were invited to create a live 3-day happening in Katerina Botsari's studio. Katerina asked as to interact with her space and work, using audio and visual elements. I created a mixed medium site-specific installation which was my reaction to the specific space. Once again space directed my solution by triggering my intuition.

View of the studio before the happening.

Inside the studio there was an overabundance of large abstract paintings, bold fabrics, tools, furniture and other materials. Initially i found it hard to function within the given frame. My instinctual reaction was to find a way to separate myself and then i started to work further into the idea of border.

Mixed medium installation made by found and ready-made objects,  painting and drawing on the wall.

Barbed wire, piece of wood, acrylics, colored pencils.

The installation turned out to be an investigation into the concepts of limits and the relationship between the in and the out.

MA FINAL SHOW

For my MA show i created a mixed medium installation inside a white cubic room. It was a combination of drawing, painting, collage and assemblage. During the year of my MA studies i experimented with several concepts and materials. Like in other occasions things started to connect when i viewed the space that i would build my final show. The physicality of the room triggered my intuition and my experimentation met organically in a site-specific installation.

Sculpture made of wet clay, expanding foam, rubber, latex, varnish, acrylics. Dimensions variable.

Painting - Drawing on the wall detail made of colored pencils, acrylics, colored markers.

Sculpture made of latex, plaster, fibre, acrylics.

LOVE WILL TEAR US APART, detail from collage. Magazine pictures glued in torn canvas, photos printed from the internet, acrylics, colored pencils, pastels.