Adelajda Zaimi

“My Body, My Choices”

The artwork “My Body, My Choices” symbolizes the cycle of life through darkness, light, and repetition. At the same time, it highlights an individual’s right to make decisions about their own body and raises the question of whether our choices are truly our own or influenced by external factors.

Zisis Kamanas

“Organic Error”

“Organic Error” is a video art piece that explores the concept of free will in a digitally controlled environment. Through deliberately amateurish and rough 3D scans, glitch aesthetics, and audio distortions, the work presents the conflict between mechanical repetition and human, unpredictable intervention. The “glitch” functions as the human reaction that disrupts order and alters the system’s image.

Konstantina Kourtaki

“Portrait”

“Portrait” is a video art piece that explores the disconnection of the individual from themselves in contemporary society, highlighting everyday challenges, social pressures, and, in particular, the influence of social media on the formation of identity and self-image. The work originated from a live performance and draws inspiration from Ana Mendieta’s “Silueta Series”. Using footage and material from the original presentation, it evolved into an autonomous artwork that extends beyond the initial performative act. “Portrait” functions both as an artistic trace of the original performance and as an independent work that explores the relationship between body, technology, and identity in the contemporary world.

Dimitra Kostopoulou

“Washing machine”

The video art piece “Washing Machine” explores the loss of free will through the lens of addiction, drawing a parallel between the human stomach and a washing machine drum. Utilizing repetitive loops, visual glitches, and the symbolic submersion of the body in water, the work visually captures the endless cycle of dependency and the ultimate surrender to the substance.

Theodosis Margomenos

“Spinning Loss”

The composition depicts destruction caused by the digital present, an addiction. Freedom can ultimately lead to dependence too, and self-imprisonment. The digital world may have the same parameters as the real one. The people’s choice to become addicted, to be dependant, to be destroyed.

Anthi Tavlaridou

“Free Will”

Inspiration for the video performance titled “Free Will” came from an image depicting a bird sitting inside an open cage. Although it is free to leave, it remains inside out of habit, because that is what it has learned. At times, it is difficult to break out of our “boxes”: social stereotypes, the way we were raised, the words others have said to us, and our habits. We have the free will to distance ourselves from all these things, yet this is not always easy. We tend to remain in what is familiar, what we know, what feels safe and comfortable. However, what feels comfortable does not necessarily mean it is good for us. Acting differently is challenging when one is accustomed to a specific pattern, as the brain attempts to “protect” us by avoiding discomfort and the unfamiliar. This is a survival mechanism. Reconditioning the mind to adapt and behave differently is difficult, especially when one has spent a long time within these “boxes”. The project “Free Will” addresses restriction, the feeling of suffocation, and confinement, even when the space is open and the possibility of leaving and moving forward exists. The video performance is accompanied by a soundscape composed of natural and artificial sounds, which express and intensify a chaotic atmosphere. Performer: Anthi Tavlaridou Soundscape Creator: Anthi Tavlaridou