In December 2020 I got the chance to do a short residency with a fellow student of WCA, Lila Boutari Lalaouni at the Lalaounis Jewellery Museum in Athens. It hosts several jewellery pieces from the antiquity as well as the emblematic collections of Ilias Lalaounis. Part of the residency programme was to produce a mural in the backyard of the museum and a short interview about the project.
Freedom of Space Residency Programme
2020
Mural made in collaboration with Lila Boutari Lalaouni
The main idea was to explore the relationship between Aphrodite and her husband Hephaestus. Hephaestus was the god of smithery and the museum is located on the hill of Hephaestus so decided to use colours like dark browns, reds, oranges and gold to represent him. Aphrodite being the goddess of beauty urged us to use more pastel and light colours, with lighter and more translucent shapes. We added her statue torso because we were asked to include at least one figurative element.
Click on the image to watch the short interview.
