ON SOUND/IN SOUND
23-31/2021 & 13/07-3010/2021.
Video animation, 3840x2160 - 4K, stereo.
Participation and award at XIIIth Florence Biennale, Florence, Fortezza da Basso_Italy_23-31/10/2021.
1° Place in Video Art Category_"Lorenzo il Magnifico" Award.
Participation at Šiluva Art Biennial 2021, Kaunas_Lithuania_13/07/2021 – 30/10/2021
Gather questions the alienation of man from the progress of modern civilization and reckless industrial development. A subject that is as relevant as ever in the digital milieu. The sheep are a simile to the common people, who are triggered and guided by the call of the mysterious shepherd who symbolizes an unknown, though inviting future of technological development. A sample from "Tsopanakos" which in Greek means, "Little Shepperd", is emblematically heard half-way through the track, representing liberty, independence and unity; values that are indirectly questioned in "Gather". It is in fact, the first ever sound to be used by national Greek radio in 1938, being the main corporate musical theme of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) for more than 40 years. Its naturalistic call (which contains sheep bells, perhaps resembling a pasture), is used allegorically, and in contrast to an uncertain and unnatural future. The chimeric shepherd seduces the sheep through his flute playing into the unknown, in the name of progress.
Video by Michalis Kotaidis.
Sound by Dimitri Batsis.