The painting depicts a medieval physician in the middle wearing a long leather robe and a ‘headpiece’ that resembles the beak of a bird, filled with herbs. The recipe of herbs was believed to protect against poisoned air or miasma. The physician is seen holding a book with an image of human anatomy and a heart which represents an attempt to understand the disease. In the other hand the physician is holding scissors which represents the medieval ways to treat the sick.
In the top right, fire is depicted as it represents chaos and destruction. In the bottom right two rats are spotted as they are the image of the black death. However, the rats weren't the cause of the disease, but they carried fleas that were infected with the bacterium yersinia pestis that caused the infection. In front of the physician is a coffin that represents death.
Comedic video portraying a plague doctor following the same practices in the year 2024. The aim of the video is to show the absurdity of the medieval practices of plague doctors, especially with the common medical and hygienic knowledge the average person has today.
It is an oil painting with a golden frame (made from golden paper). It depicts a visibly ill noble lady in pink dress, being dressed by two maids. In further front there are two painters painting the scene with the noble lady and the maids. The background is of a noble lady’s bedroom (with a bed and a vanity table to the right). At the top of the right corner there is a white death holding the scythe on one hand and the hourglass on the other, which is an embodiment of Tuberculosis “The White Death” depicted in many artworks of early 19th century.
‘It’s vital for me to be able to listen to you, to hear what is it that defines you and for you to listen to me, to hear what is it that defines me’ -Audre Lorde
For my creative project assignment, I took my friend Orestes’ interview. I asked him questions related to the topic of masculinity, and how he navigates his own gender identity. My aim was to illustrate how a contemporary man experiences masculinity in the real world, in his words, by highlighting his personal narratives using a direct interviewing approach.
The Pump is a short fitness magazine that includes interviews from deree male students utilizing the deree fitness center. The magazine aims to showcase the hypermasculine attitudes and opinions that are expressed in fitness culture. Through interviews, opinions, experiences and tips to new males wanting to start working out are presented in a short magazine, aiming to present the true nature of hypermasculine gym culture.
The photo album “CITY includes photos of the capital city of Greece, Athens. It contains 13 pages as Greece has 13 regions. There are two sides: on the one side, it has the cover named “Athens-the city of history; When it is being flipped, when “CITY” is upside-down, you will see the other side with a new cover titled “The Edge”. It is named “CITY” because I believe that a city consists of both good and dark sides, one can never ignore and focus only on one side. The work serves as a comparison raised between two totally divided worlds within the same city.
Photographs of specific spaces and places, which meet the requirements for the implementation of specific photographical techniques concerning symmetry and timing.
This project explores the interplay of photography, poetry and emotions, focusing on how multiple art forms influence human perception and feelings. By combining black-and-white as well as vibrant photos with poems about pain and inner strength, it investigates how people connect with art and how it affects their mental state. Participants answered a questionnaire on mental health and engaged with images from Athens, choosing between vibrant and monochromatic collages. The goal was to understand the psychological impact of art and photography and inspire reflection on shared human experiences, ultimately highlighting the power of art to evoke empathy and introspection
This project involves the transformation of the original Little Red Riding Hood fairy tales into two narrative poems. Intending to implement the notion of “transformation” both literally and semantically, these poems transform and abstract traditional fairy tale themes but also function as two parts of a larger poem when combined line by line. This third poem created when interweaving the lines of the two poems – “The Girl” into “Red” – functions both as a figurative pun, but also as an interpretive canvas depicting the radical elements of both traditional fairytale conceptions and modern imagery and iconography.
