PILODOMOS
Pilodomos / Structure of raw clay / 250×370 cm / 2011
It is a part of the project «Fortifications» / 2010-2012

In ancient times the term Pilodomos was used to describe the wall made ​​of compressed raw clay. The clay, connected on a scientific and religious level to the origin of life, has already been used in prehistoric times as a building material for the construction of protective lodging. Through the practice of a serial assembly of raw clay pieces, I tried to express through the language of pictorial construction a union of references of these protective structures, other man-made and other by nature. It is an allegorical image, a composition of elements, a pilodomos, in order to express beings’ vulnerability and insecurity.

It is an enigmatic wall-cover, a potentially protective agent, by definition fragile, as a statement of constant agony. It is a record of a ritual process of body and spirit, a dedication to continuous reflection and to perpetual vigilance.

Exhibitions:
Floating Walls, Αction Field Kodra, cur. Vasilis Zografos, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2013
Master of Fine Arts Degree Show (MFA), Exhibition Area «Nikos Kessanlis», Athens, Greece 2012