The in situ art project
This is an art project I created on September 2020 in Chios island, in north Aegean Sea. The concept was to transform the decorative geometrical patterns of the buildings in one of the most famous villages of the island, to the third dimension. Therefore, I created sculptures and installations based on the geometrical shapes (mostly triangles, squares and circles) that decorate the external walls of the houses in this particular village. To locate my project, I chose a small field and the terrace of a house outside the village. I used natural and industrial materials, such as wood, rocks, hay, tiles, porcelain, etc, in order to find out their reaction to the simple surfaces of the ground and the cement. The project is based on the technic of land art and site specific art, because of the very specific location where it has been created.
The decorative geometrical patterns over the external walls of the buildings, Pyrgi village, Chios island, Greece
The same patterns
A circle on the ground, made from pieces of broken porcelain cups, all found in the field
Three triangles made of wood
A particular pattern, consisted of six triangles, made of wood on the ground
A ''gold'' circle made of hay
A rhombus on the ground, made of rocks found in the field and black stones from the seashore
A very special pattern, made of the white powder that is used for the cultivation of the mastic tree in Chios island
Another pattern, from the same material, made on a cement terrace
A pattern consisted of two half-circles, made from broken tiles, on the same terrace
The same pattern, under the sun's last light
