One way in which the spectator could experience the replica is not as a false or other reality but as another perspective to experience the existing environment. The replica is by definition a deceptive object. Its purpose is to be seen as something that it is not. The replica is an accurate copy only from specific aspects. For example the paprika replica is made only to look like the original. The other elements of the original like the taste, the smell, the texture, the sound, the elasticity are cpmpletely different from the original. If in my work the spectator had to see the original paprika through the replica my purpose would be to make comparisons in the visual field.
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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.
- Eleni Palogou - Replicas - 2024
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