IDENTITY IN BETWEEN, 2021. Marianna Kavallieratos
IDENTITY IN BETWEEN
A film project on identity and its multiple prisms
The term ‘identity’ is evidently used today in order to describe the characteristics, choices and activities which allow us to discern ourselves, sometimes by joining and other times by separating ourselves from others. Now more than ever, we are living in an era composed of identities, admitting that there is not a single self and that identity does not concern something singular, impervious and stable, but rather a notion with multiple meanings, polyphonic and flowing, opening a broad field of conversation, reevaluation and new narration.
Attempting to delve into the multiple terms (social, cultural, psychological) on the basis of which identities are formed, the project IDENTITY IN BETWEEN is organized by RUNONART, inviting five women artists to create new performance projects and to share their artistic expression and ideas on the notion of the multiple prisms of one’s being.
RUNONART presents Tzeni Argyriou
"…Identity, both as an estate and as a reflection, is formed in many “places”: sometimes “earthly” and sometimes online, sometimes tangible and sometimes virtual, identity manifests itself between different realities. “I am deeply concerned about the absence of the body while we’re investing time in our digital presence,” comments Tzeni Argyriou. In her artwork she uses cables – “wastes” of the old airport’s technology – creating a peculiar “altar” and through ritual movements she’s balancing her human presence with the physical and the technological world…"
Words by Charis Kanellopoulou, Curator-Art Historian
RUNONART presents Marianna Kavallieratou
“…Both in personal and social terms, it is not uncommon for our identity to be considered as a given certainty; but on the contrary, identity is a flexible element, in constant interaction with ourselves and the environment, multifaceted, proportionate to circumstances and experiences. “I can have multiple identities in one day and I am asked to do so,” says Marianna Kavallieratou in her interview. In her performance she has collected different shoes of unknown people, for various activities, tastes, genders, sizes, ages, circumstances; by wearing them, she allows her body to build a different “construction” and leads herself to paths that release several characteristics, sometimes unprecedented and sometimes familiar and experienced…”
Words by Charis Kanellopoulou, Curator-Art Historian
RUNONART presents Maria Sideri
'...The experimentation and exploration of the relationship between man and nature are the key elements in Maria Sideri’s performance Rhizhotomikon, in which she personifies the plant mandrake, referring to its multifaceted identity. “I am broadening the debate around identity and gender, for something that is not two, but multiple. By resembling the mandrake with my own body, I am interested in understanding the Other. How much space do you actually leave open for something you do not know, in order to understand it, to manage it, to respect it, and finally to coexist with it?” she mentions, broadening [...] the wide field of discourse, of revisions and new narratives about the polyphonic conceptual depth of the term “identity”.
Words by Charis Kanellopoulou, Curator-Art Historian
RUNONART presents Virginia Mastrogiannaki
"...Virginia Mastrogiannaki attempts to return to a primal image of youth, perpetually “repairing” the aging process’ traces for which, after all, different rules of treatment are set in society. “Each of us is called to take a position, and, thus, every time a different image is constructed,” she says regarding our idea of ourselves and what others expect of us..."
Words by Charis Kanellopoulou, Curator-Art Historian
RUNONART presents Eliza Soroga
“…’Liquidity; we are constantly adjusting and renegotiating who we are,’ notes Eliza Soroga. In her performance she wears many and sometimes conflicting professional identities, in order to successfully cope with the job interviews she’s giving. ‘All these identities are me; I do not consider myself impersonating. But we also live in a time when you feel that whatever you are doing, is never enough.’...”
Words by Charis Kanellopoulou, Curator-Art Historian
