Zirma is not an urban construction, nor a destination, but a state of mind. A regression into memory, a vacillation between lunacy and sanity, an eternal loop that can drive you mad. The city strikes to find balance between the reality and the fantasy, the subjective and the objective, what others can see and what only you can. And as she does that, she repeats herself until she sticks inside your mind. Leaving or returning to Zirma, you can never really know.
Artists: Despina Baxevani & Markella Plianthou
Title of the work: Zirma
Year: 2020
Duration of the work: 2:01'
Medium: Video
Concept, direction & editing: Despina Baxevani & Markella Pliantou
Cinematography: Nicolas Papassinos Bletas
Original Music: AgainstMe
On Screen: Maria Chroneou, Evanthia Vasilia, Dimitris Koutis, Eirini Konstantaki, Athanasia Martha, Maria Daskalaki
This artwork is based on Italo Calvino's city of Zirma from the book "Invisible Cities" and was created in the context of our BA thesis in AKTO College in the dpt. of Graphic Design, supervised by Yiorgos Theodorou.
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Despina Baxevani
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Project Agave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSCEMP9YWV8&feature=youtu.be
Markella Plianthou
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Nicolas Papassinos Bletas
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The FlyHigh Collective: https://www.instagram.com/flyhighgr/
Current Project: https://www.thisisevia.com/gallery/
AgainstMe
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