Replicas by Eleni Palogou

What triggered me to start this research is the multiplicity of reality. How something is represented, how it actually is and then how we all perceive it in our very own way. In that sense reality doesn’t exist, only versions of it. The lack of awareness of this multiplicity affects a lot our lives; what we believe, what we take as granted and how he behave.Through this practice based research I am experimenting on how to create moments of surprise and realization for the spectator. I work with copies and representations, replicas as I like to call them. The Replicas can be made of different materials, can be virtual or very physical. Until now I used scale models, mirrors and projections but the list is endless; so are the different ways to use the replicas or the impact that they will have. The way that the replicas are introduced to the spectator and their interaction is also very crucial in my work and another field to research. The movement and the body play a significant role to this. The special relationship that we have with our body, the way that we perceive it and how the movement can reset these relations and affect how we experience things.

Hope is a muscle that allows us to connect

Paprikas

Works and Experiments

The "Living Room"

In collaboration with

Tamara van der Laarse

Multiplicity of Reality -->

Spectator -->

mind

body

senses

Replicas -->

copy

twin

layer

detail

reflection

fragment

shadow

recording

projection

imprint

Boxed Realities

Fragile relations

Re-building the structure

Windows

Existing situation -->

space

time

light

sound

smell

temperature

atmosphere

Through my research I am looking for ways to play with your perception of reality. I am looking to create this moment that you will question your surroundings and your perception and you will reset your position and the way that you look at things.

In order to do that I create deceptive situations which always consist of three components:

- The existing environment where the deceptive situations happen

- A replica of it

and

- The spectator

These three components can vary a lot and be completely different in each case of a deceptive situation.

The existing environment is a combination of things that constitute what the spectator experiences before the appearance and the interaction with the replica. It is what already exists; I could also name it as the existing reality. It is the space, the time, the light, the air, the temperature, the smell and everything else is there to be grasped and felt.

A replica is a representation of it. It can be virtual or very physical, it can be a twin, a fragment, a layer, a detail, a scaled model, a reflection, a projection or a recording; the list is endless.

Last but not least is the spectator. His position, his body, his mind and his senses.

The components don’t exist alone; they are related and connected. The deceptive effects appear in their in between relations and interactions * ; when a rupture in spectator’s expectations upsets his perception. It is then very important, the moment, the duration and what follows this rupture. Also the accuracy of some elements of the replica in combination with the inconsistency of some others.

Every experiment that I did until now is correlated to the explained artistic system. By experimenting I am discovering new parameters to add to the system and by reflecting on the system I come up with new constellations of components that could create deceptive situations.

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