κάθαρση

Performance in colaboration with Nina Veloo y Klaudjia Ylaite (2 h)
Artist in residency at CoTranspose. Exhibited in the summer festival in DIkaia, Greece.
Agusut 2024

Photographs and video of a two-hour performance in which local minerals were washed with milk, wine, and ice. This work is the result of a site-specific investigation on Orphism, local minerals, and ancient Greek rituals. Each time we stepped down a level in the amphitheater, we exchanged the liquid. As time passed, our bodies synchronized and communicated. The performance ended when the local women’s association for the preservation of traditions sang lament songs. Nina and I carried the stones and placed them in a crescent shape, completing the circle. The body emerged from its catharsis, wounded and the skin on our hands torn