ΠΛεὔΣΗ, or A trip towards prosperity ΙΙ

“ΠΛεὔΣΗ, or A trip towards prosperity ΙΙ”, 2022 |
Installation - assemblage sculpture made of a chair, sea life vests, metallic container, water
Dimensions approx. 200cmX100cm

Part of the group exhibition "Have a seat"
curated by Louisa Karapidaki,
in September 2022, in Anti Art Gallery, Antiparos Island 2022

*The installation is an attempt of spatial expression of the so-called sketchbook.

[ΠΛεὖΣΗ]
means “sailing” in Greek, written in a way that emphasizes εὖ, which means “good” in ancient Greek.
Initially, as the subtitle emphasizes, the title was inspired by illegal immigration, a boat commonly being used as the transporting migrant vehicle. It also refers to the contradictory nature of the sea, which can become a bridge to the longed-for destination, or kill, when its conditions are tempestuous and stormy.In addition to its realistic reference, it also has however more symbolic dimensions. It refers to the feeling of being at a crossroads, at a nonspecific condition, at the limit of human endurance and a profound uncertainty. Therefore, the metaphors are many: to float, not only literally, but in the sense of not having solid, stable earth underfoot. So, in a wider sense, the project refers to any population of people living in a land where they are not officially supposed to reside, or where they were not born, or where there are no buried ancestors to create roots, with all the social, political and physical consequences that this entails.