1919-2019: 100 years of Bauhaus.
This project celebrates the movement of Bauhaus, the use of basic shapes and colours in the design, where complexity is reduced, and functionality and simplicity are combined to produce the pure form. Colours are assigned to shapes according to the colour theory of Kandinsky based on a survey that he carried out at the Bauhaus Weimar: blue to a circle, red to a square and yellow to a triangle. The artworks of this project use the same colour-shape classification and, through abstractions and simplifications, find the pure form of their theme.
This project is about the transformative power of accumulation. In computer science and mathematics, the term "accumulation error" is very well known. Little round-off errors in numbers cause, accumulatively, tremendous problems. Similarly, we observe this effect in all things in life, in personal or professional life, politics, or social matters. Little decisions every day, small changes, a few words or minor actions, when accumulated, can have a substantial positive or negative consequence, transforming lives, revealing truths and realities, driving progress or failure, or unfolding new dimensions, concepts, or ideas. Each design consists of the repetition of a simple, minimal pattern such as a line or circle, a minimal depiction of a kiss or a couple, a woman, or a face. The accumulation of these simple patterns exposes more profound aspects or meta-aspects of the theme or even new themes driving the conceptual process and shifting attention from simple depictions to complex issues.
(Greek Transliteration, ΦΑΙΝΩ)
To show, bring to light, reveal and become evident.
3D-printed Conceptual Art.
Kintsukuroi (“golden mend”) is the Japanese art of mending broken pottery using lacquer resin laced with gold or silver. The repaired flaws become part of the object's design, a symbol of an event that happened in its past, rather than the cause of the destruction. Kintsukuroi treats flaws and repairs as an essential part of the object's history and aesthetics.
