ΚΕΝΤΡΟ ΤΕΧΝΩΝ ΚΙΜΩΝΟΣ
To practice any art,
no matter how well or badly,
is a way to make your soul grow.
So do it.
Kurt Vonnegut,
Ο ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΙΚΟΣ ΠΥΡΗΝΑΣ ΤΗΣ ΠΑΦΟΥ
ARCHIVE | ΑΡΧΕΙΟ 2025
QCHH+VVG (Πάφος)2025
by Olya Zarapina
Rally Space
Olya Zarapina was born in Kyiv, Ukraine and currently lives and works in Tiohtiá:ke/Montréal, Québec, Canada. She holds a Bachelors in Visual Communications Design from the University of Alberta and a Masters in Visual and Media Arts from Université du Québec à Montréal. Her site-specific photo-filmic installations are a reflection on the places where they are made; their cultural, political and economic states; and the attitudes and lifestyles of their inhabitants and have been carried out throughout North America and Europe..
Olya’s artistic approach is best described as expanded photography and is influenced by studies of urbanism, architecture, creative geography, and experimental cinema. Through this interdisciplinarity her photo-filmic installations examine the relationships between people and their living environments and what influences our concept of home, of belonging to one place over another.
Skammata/Excavations
by Socrates Petrakis
Psifida Gallery
Socrates Petrakis was born in Patras, Greece, and studied painting and fine arts in Italy. In his work he draws inspiration from classical Greek sculpture, yet he merges this historical influence with a contemporary approach that intertwines both expressionistic and naturalistic elements.
Petrakis reimagines the human form, portraying his subjects as ghostly, fragmented figures suspended between worlds. These beings seem lost or confused, embodying the struggles of modern existence in a world devoid of poetry and idealism. Through his use of fragmented lines, Petrakis symbolically breaks his figures into thousands of pieces, reflecting the disintegration of their heroic essence in the face of reality.
His art creates a dialogue between the past and present, with each figure evoking the grandeur of ancient statuary while confronting the challenges of the human condition today. The tension between their fragmented nature and their inherent heroism invites viewers to contemplate the fragile state of identity, legacy, and survival in an ever-shifting, unpoetic world.
