everything's fine
(theyyouus)

June-September 2017
Video Art
EXPOSÉ: PROJET ACTION!
Musée du Bijou Contemporain - Espace Solidor 
​Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France
(project coordinated by Benjamin Lignel and 
​curated by Emmanuel Lacoste)
This short film has been produced after the kind invitation by Emmanuel Lacoste and Benjamin Lignel to prepare work for the Projet ACTION! / Exposé at Cagnes-Sur-Mer (Summer of 2017):
In this exposition the notion of contemporary jewellery was to being examined by 6 artists / performers.

Very intrigued by the concept and ancient human need for ornament in general and using it's freer notion of an “ideal” as a vehicle for current socio-political observations of Athens and Europe as a whole, those were expressed artistically and “ornamentally” with the (over)use of rich visual symbolism in a 20min film.

Key points or main “ornamental imaginery”:
  • Own feet + body narration as an association with viewer
  • Closed door motif throughout 
  • Games - Hopscotch: Never really advancing much here… staying at small numbers, repetition, repetition, repetition.
  • Narrow / low view of ground only - keeping heads down
  • Shoes and what they symbolise (big motif in my work) - showcasing “same people” socially and ideologically? in different situations / context
  • Sound of walking - who is walking where?​
  • Neurotic walk inside of margins on tiles + split screen demo + voice-over about art = reference on Athens 2017 artistic explosion and the discussion about colonialist practices 
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  • ​​​Big Lies reference taken from Zygmunt Bauman’s book “strangers at our door” , from 2016.
  • Closed shops + queuing at ATMs - still.
  • Window cleaning needs to be done sometimes...
  • Golden Dawn Graffiti and hand of a passer-by playing around with a coin, while waiting at the street lights, with dog barking sound (which is taken from my neighbour’s crazy tiny dog, that never has left the apartment and is aggressive because of this) - the barking stops the talking.
  • Hopscotch is played with an old DDR medal that reads “Für Hervorragende Verdienste” (for outstanding services - probably given to officials)
  • Sound: Interview in french with two Contemporary Jewellery Designers (Isabelle Busnel and Juan Riusech) cut up in a way where the subject’s boundaries merge into philosophical / political statements.
  • Golden Dawn offices: again barking when the camera is dramatically looked at from the balcony of the building
  • The hopscotch game ends when the DDR medal is finally taken and put into the pocket from the “6” (an up-side down version of the true winning number “9”).
  • Song with + without lyrics (taken from Jesus Christ Superstar) - At last the lyrics are heard “…close your eyes and relax…”

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The password to stream the video can be obtained by contacting the artist.