"I found myself within a forest-Ευρέθην εις το δάσος" - Art installation

"I found myself within a forest-Ευρέθην εις το δάσος" - Art installation
21.3.2024
21.6.2024

On the occasion of the International Day of Forests (21/3), the Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation (PIOP) presents the art installation "I found myself within a forest" by Gioula and Olga Papadopoulou, starting from Thursday 21 March 2024, in the Open-Air Water Power Museum in Dimitsana.

With the power of water and the nature that surrounds the Museum as a reference point, the joint installation of the artists consists of two works that communicate posing philosophical questions about the cycle of life.

The three-part video projection by Gioula Papadopoulou entitled "I found myself within a forest" juxtaposes images from visual formations of the water and morphological transformations of tree trunks and branches, within a soundscape of water. Focusing on the conceptual connection between the elements of forest and water, she creates dreamlike and transcendental compositions.

In Olga Papadopoulou's sculptural installation titled "(I am) the tree and (I am) the forest", black and white drawings depicting dried tree trunks and branches compose an experiential forest landscape in the peculiar form of a three-dimensional puzzle. Tree forms are deconstructed or reconstructed, while the whole forest becomes visible only from a single perspective.

Wandering in the virtual forest, visitors are invited to discover their relationship with nature and reflect on the concepts of care, rejuvenation, coexistence, nature and life itself.

Duration: 21 March-21 June 2024

Opening hours: Daily, except Tuesday, 10:00-18:00

Closed: Good Friday until 12:00, Easter Sunday

See the information leaflet here
See the creative team here

Gioula Papadopoulou is an artist and artistic director of the international video art festival Video Art Miden. She studied painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts, where she completed her postgraduate studies in Digital Art Forms. Her visual artwork focuses on video art. Since 2020 she teaches at the New Media Lab of the Department of Visual and Applied Arts at the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Olga Papadopoulou is a graduate of the Athens School of Fine Arts. She is a collaborator and curator of the international video art festival Video Art Miden. Her visual artwork focuses on mixed media, painting and video installations.

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