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Microcommission: ‘Moirai’ by Iliodora Margellos (Copy) (Copy)

Moirai intends to familiarize the viewer with the ancient Greek myth of the Moirai (‘the Fates’) who control the thread of life for mortals from birth to death. In the artwork, the illusion that the thread of life can be controlled is juxtaposed with the notion of tyche (‘chance’); the agent acting against human control.

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Microcommission: ‘Moirai’ by Iliodora Margellos (Copy)

Moirai intends to familiarize the viewer with the ancient Greek myth of the Moirai (‘the Fates’) who control the thread of life for mortals from birth to death. In the artwork, the illusion that the thread of life can be controlled is juxtaposed with the notion of tyche (‘chance’); the agent acting against human control.

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Microcommission: ‘Cheimadia’ by Alkmini Gkousiari

In Cheimadia Alkmini Gkousiari proposes a piece of work that can be worn; as the artist carries Athens with her from afar she wished to make a piece that she could take with her in different locations that have glimpses of her city. She has said that the piece was made during the overwintering of 2020 as an attempt to remember and to identify with an identity that is drifting away.

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Microcommission: 'Carte Postale' by Melina Fakitsa Mosland (Copy)

As Athens is a city of contradictions Melina Fakitsa Mosland chose a colour palette of blues and yellows with the occasional red for her commissioned work. The palette was selected in order to give Carte Postale a romanticised feeling which the viewer knows to be ironic given the contrast with the actual content of the work.

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Microcommission: ‘Cheimadia’ by Alkmini Gkousiari (Copy)

In Cheimadia Alkmini Gkousiari proposes a piece of work that can be worn; as the artist carries Athens with her from afar she wished to make a piece that she could take with her in different locations that have glimpses of her city. She has said that the piece was made during the overwintering of 2020 as an attempt to remember and to identify with an identity that is drifting away.

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Microcommission: ‘Cheimadia’ by Alkmini Gkousiari

In Cheimadia Alkmini Gkousiari proposes a piece of work that can be worn; as the artist carries Athens with her from afar she wished to make a piece that she could take with her in different locations that have glimpses of her city. She has said that the piece was made during the overwintering of 2020 as an attempt to remember and to identify with an identity that is drifting away.

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Microcommission: 'Carte Postale' by Melina Fakitsa Mosland

As Athens is a city of contradictions Melina Fakitsa Mosland chose a colour palette of blues and yellows with the occasional red for her commissioned work. The palette was selected in order to give Carte Postale a romanticised feeling which the viewer knows to be ironic given the contrast with the actual content of the work.

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Microcommission: ‘Moirai’ by Iliodora Margellos

Moirai intends to familiarize the viewer with the ancient Greek myth of the Moirai (‘the Fates’) who control the thread of life for mortals from birth to death. In the artwork, the illusion that the thread of life can be controlled is juxtaposed with the notion of tyche (‘chance’); the agent acting against human control.

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