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Les traces laissées dans le lieu témoignent de l’action évoquée. « Slow Dance Marathon » retrace les différents moments éphémères, la dramaturgie d’un slow à travers une succession d’expériences de couples de danseurs.
Christodoulos Panayiotou, artiste chypriote cherche à travers sa pratique artistique à reconstruire des moments oubliés ou silencieux de la culture et du quotidien. Il interroge les codes et les pratiques sociales, ainsi que la relation du spectateur à la mémoire et à l’absence. Il utilise des médiasaussi variés que la photographie, la vidéo ou le son.
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The double video installation “Guysgocrazy” was produced in collaboration with the Praguebased pornographic company under the same name which organizes large-scale orgies. The empty studios were filmed before and after one of their events. A group photograph depicting the participants concludes the installation.
For the performance «Slow dance marathon» a 24-hour long human chain is formed by unknown volunteers who slow-dance to the music of well-known love songs.Every time the performance is repeated one more dancing day is added.
Biography
Christodoulos Panayiotou is born in 1978, in Limassol, Cyprus. He lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Christodoulos Panayiotou is an artist who incisively explores the complex interconnections between our most innate desires and their cultural constructions. From fighter planes and fireworks to yesterday ́s confetti and songs whose we are almost embarrassed to know the lyrics by heart, Panayiotou crafts concise videos, objects and ephemeral situations that reveal a playful wit and an eye for the sex ap- peal and abstract beauty of our everyday world. At once ironic yet tender, analytic but deeply felt, his work is that of a savvy cultural consumer who is not afraid — every now and then — to fall for the very romantic myths and pop productions he so deeply probes.
Le site de l’artiste
http://www.christodoulospanayiotou.com