anastasia douka
selected projects 2012- 2014
1. Pierrot le fou, 2012
installation in situ
Salzburg Summer International Academy Alte Saline, Hallein, Salzburg
2. Free Class Jump, 2013
Installation
Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
3. Megaphone Race, 2013 “Near Dwellers”, Russel Industrial Center, Detroit
4. No Pockets, 2014
Installation “the four horsemen”, St. Sylvester Gymnasium, Chicago with Ilie Paun Capriel, Michaela Murphy, Jiyoung Yoon
1.
Pierrot le Fou, 2012 installation in situ
paper, found objects, plastic bag, tape, string, soap, plaster, glass, aerated concrete blocks
Alte Saline, Hallein, Salzburg
Pierrot is the paper in the heart of festivities. Massive public demonstrations. Right in the heart of the carnival.
Here is an attempt to put paper on a helicoid spin, in the same way that Pierrot swings his feet freely over a lit fire.
Paper is formed on the handrails of the upper floor of Alte Saline.
2.
Free Class Jump (the migration of gestures), 2013 installation
mixed media
Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
“Free class jump (the migration of gestures)”, sculptural installation and text
A reinvented exaggerated balance beam taken from gymnastics acts as a key question around education models and economy.
The growing product of evermore increasing tuitions demanding for financial elasticity but resulting in diminished return profits and minimal employment prospects.
Megaphone Race, 2013 paper, PVC tubing, repurposed shopping cart, metal shelving unit, concrete “Near Dwellers”, Russel Industrial Center, Detroit
No pockets, 2013 performative installation (Jiyoung Yoon sitting still) paper casts, found objects, nylon string nets, towel, cotton fabric cover up “The four horsemen”, 2013, with Ilie Paun Capriel and Michaela Murphy St. Sylvester Gymnasium, Chicago
