Ley Gabriela
Work in Progress.
Exhibition March 2022:
“Weaving the feature IV”
Maison de la Gréce, Paris
Under the auspices of the Greek embassy in Paris,
Under the auspices and the financial support of the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports.
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I devote this work and research with passion, desire and hope for the profound change in the place of women in the space and time that all species share.
These dresses are telling stories about beautiful lives.
They have walked in gardens full of flowers, caught on thorns, danced, loved, tasted incredible flavors, got hurt, injured.
They have the warmth of the bodies that wore them.
Devoted to,
Vassiliki, Konstantina, Caroline, Eleni, Garyfalia, Annisa, Maria, Stavroula, Eleni, Monica, Dora, Nektaria, Elona, Tzevrie, Athina, Tamara, Alexandra and all the others.
Αφιερώνω αυτό το έργο και την έρευνα με πάθος, πόθο και ελπίδα για την βαθιά και ριζική αλλαγή στην θέση της γυναίκας στον χώρο και τον χρόνο που όλα τα είδη μοιραζόμαστε.
Αυτά τα φορέματα λένε ιστορίες για όμορφες ζωές.
Έχουν περπατήσει σε ολάνθιστους κήπους, έχουν πιαστεί σε αγκάθια, έχουν χορέψει, έχουν γευτεί απίστευτες γεύσεις, έχουν πληγωθεί, έχουν τραυματιστεί.
Έχουν την ζεστασιά των κορμιών που τα έχουν φορέσει.
Αφιερώμενο στις:
Βασιλική, Κωνσταντίνα, Καρολάϊν, Ελένη, Γαρυφαλλιά, Αννίσα, Μαρία, Σταυρούλα, Ελένη, Μόνικα, Δώρα, Νεκταρία, Ελόνα, Τζεβριέ, Αθηνά, Ταμάρα, Αλεξάνδρα και σε όλες όσες τα ονόματα τους αυτή την στιγμή δεν γνωρίζω.
Ley Gabriela project is inspired from the saddest story I have ever come across in today’s life.
Beautiful Gabriela a seventeen year old girl from Chile full of life and dreams, stabbed to death from her 19yr old ex-boyfriend.
The social and economic costs of intimate partner and sexual violence are enormous and have ripple effects throughout society.
Source: WHO (World Health Organization)
1 in 3 women worldwide have experienced physical and/or sexual violence, mostly by their intimate partner.
Source: npr November 30 2018, Goats and Soda. Stories of life in a changing world
UN Report: 50.000 Women A Year Are Killed By Intimate Partners, Family Members.
Source: OCHA
According to the United Nations Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Domestic violence is a global problem that affects 35% of women worldwide.
Globally around 137 women are killed by their partner or a family member every day.
Will a very strict law save women ?
Source: Reuters 2021
Santiago Chile.
Chilean president Sebastian Pinera, signed a law that strengthens existing legislation against femicide, expanding the definition to include the killing of non married partners and boosting penalties for killing pregnant women and minors.
Billions of women and girls continue to face deep seated inequality and violence every single day.
The statistics provide a powerful reminder that we need to do more to combat and raise awareness.
This years painful news on the same subject in Greece, The loss of 18 women’s lives from their intimate partners affected me and my work tremendously.
Materials: Canvas, Pen, Ink, Needle, Thread, Conductive threads, LEDs
