Aliki Arnaouti

“Returning_Home”

[2015]

"Return of Ulysses, a story told a thousand times. Route and continuous obstacles transform the idea of Home, expectation of hearty welcome and missed family warmth, into a myth. However, after so many years, a lot have changed. Abrupt landing on reality of today demystifies the idea of Home in an instant. Compromise or Leave?"

«I try to give meaning to the word "Home". It could not be material or habit. It is something deeper within myself. It is something found only in my memories.»

Aliki Arnaouti lives between two countries, Greece and Switzerland, and is an immigrant to one of them.She is a graduate of the Theater Studies Department at the National University of Athens (N.K.U.A.) and has a MA degree in Scenography & Costume Design (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London). She works as a visual artist (video installation, net based installation, installation and video art) and as an independent photographer and video maker in Switzerland and Greece. She has designed settings and costumes for theater and dance performances in Athens and London. She has studied stage & costume designing with L. Chrysikopoulou. Her works are exhibited in private collections in Greece, Switzerland, Austria, France and Germany.

Photos: Maria Merkou, Katerina Preka, Maria Rigania.

July 25-29, 2015

Historic Center of Ermoupolis

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