'Χώμα Ελαφρύ' or 'Soil May Be Light' on classical guitar composed by Th. Koumenteris. This performance is given in an old Raisin Storehouse beside the sea of Aigio in 2021.
Double Monologue is a project that takes the form of a film, captured in a historic raisin storehouse beside the Port of Aigio in Greece.
In this space I interpret two contemporary five-minute music pieces on classical guitar, originally written by Th. Koumenteris for the purposes of this project.
The setting presents two of my large-scale paintings titled ‘Χώμα Ελαφρύ’ and ‘Little Entrance’, which stand either side of me (the artist) and alludes to abstract landscapes.
Double Monologue is the offspring of my experiences and thoughts during the lockdown. The pandemic, as a condition and the indignation concerning the consequences of political management of this disease both in a social and a personal level, played a major role in the production of this project. Except for the health hazard and human losses, I, like the majority of the population, had to deal with social isolation, restrictions of freedom of movement, unprecedented authoritarian control, economic insecurity, the withering of the art world, the cancelation of all future plans and so on. The only things that offered relief was contact with nature, love for life and the process of creation itself.
Double Monologue was born from the need to raise my voice and declare my presence opposite to obscurity; I see this project as a gesture to introduce myself to the world out there, seeking to engage with people. Most importantly, I perceive it as the inner voice which confesses through music interpretation and before my landscapes, what is significant to me. And, in this context of destabilization of daily habits, the focus is to celebrate and preserve from deformity, the elements that compose my artistic identity.
Performance by E. Filippopoulou, Koyunbaba by C. Domeniconi, HOME, Manchester 2019