Identity in between
Efi Spyrou
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 NGO, inviting five female 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.
In these projects, Tzeni Argyriou is concerned with the relation between technology and human existence in the digital world,
Μarianna Kavallieratos steps into other peoples’ shoes during multiple everyday routes,
Virginia Mastrogiannaki touches on the issue of different images per age and attempts a return to youthfulness,
Maria Sideri delves into the boundaries between wholesomeness and toxicity, as seen in the relationship between man and nature
And Eliza Soroga takes on multiple professional identities during work interviews.
The performances took place and were filmed by the RUNON ART group at the Former Airport at Elliniko during October 2020 between the two mandatory lockdowns in Athens, Greece.
Identity in between
Efi Spyrou
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 NGO, inviting five female 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.
In these projects, Tzeni Argyriou is concerned with the relation between technology and human existence in the digital world,
Μarianna Kavallieratos steps into other peoples’ shoes during multiple everyday routes,
Virginia Mastrogiannaki touches on the issue of different images per age and attempts a return to youthfulness,
Maria Sideri delves into the boundaries between wholesomeness and toxicity, as seen in the relationship between man and nature
And Eliza Soroga takes on multiple professional identities during work interviews.
The performances took place and were filmed by the RUNON ART group at the Former Airport at Elliniko during October 2020 between the two mandatory lockdowns in Athens, Greece.
SYNOPSIS :
Efi’s work talks about the progressive movement from the particularity of personal narrative to the universality of collective memory. Employing the means of sculpture, drawing, video and photo-performance her artistic practice deals with a concurrently sensitive and caustic sociopolitical commentary. Concepts of presence and absence, visibility and invisibility, mobility and stasis are brought together under a single artistic research that re-addresses the threshold between the private and the public sphere, cultural representation and the contemporary anxieties of our society. Her artwork has been featured in numerous exhibitions in Εurope including Efi’s running solo show “BLACK GOLD FLAKES” at Leventis Gallery, Nicosia, on the occasion of the International Day of Light, her last open air solo show “MY FINEST FABULOUS AND AMAZING MATH BOOK” in the center of Athens and her city secret performance “ART SCENE CRIME SOON”, in different cities in Greece and Cyprus.
Efi is the recipient of new artists award for the “175th Anniversary of National Bank of Greece” 2017.
She has a long experience in Fashion Industry and media. She was goodwill ambassador in campaigns of public interest in Europe and US, including the recent European Charter of Fundamental Rights campaign.
Among her collaborations is POP magazine/London and designer Antonio Marras/Kenzo, in a sculptural story based on her project “Swings”, NOMAS magazine (Issue Paris) in a feature story dedicated to Arthur Rimbaud and Wallpaper*magazine London.
She is the initiator of RUNONART, artist non-profit initiative based in Athens, Greece for the promotion of local art communities through innovative mediums.