dimitris georgakopoulos EGO | 9.03-11.04.09 - cheapart

The installation EGO is constituted of 3 illusional body exercising tools, each of which is a part of a closed body. Their function are to initially place the visitor into a paradox situation and reveal him/her in the eyes of all, as to secretly trigger a series of undesirable and underlying thoughts related to inspiration, power, death, and finally to bring one to confront him/herself.

The form in which these exercising tools are presented, that is without its user which is the spectator, or the subject «EGO» may be viewed as fetish as we see the exercising equipment of a gym or the torture equipment in a museum.

The tire-throne, covered internally with mirrors, has a circumference of of 6 meters. The user, trapped within may see him/herself through the mirror in multiple and reflected images within a space that is expanded by the reflections of mirrors.

The manipulative equipment triggers illusions of power. Seen as a reversed image, one is swallowed as he/she is sitting. The booth, a space of volunteer isolation, monument of one self, is coordinated within monotonous repetitive sound.