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| Poly Kasda's Olympic Chrysalis monument 2004, which hosted the Olympic Flame in Floisvos Park, Athens. Photo by D. Sacquegna 30/7/12
"In
Greek, the Olympic Games are called Agones which means Agony, or, 'I
am 'striving towards Being' and this is why the champions were
venerated as Immortals.
The Olympic Chrysalis is a
logocentric monument reminding
us that the Olympic Games are not 'games' of survival, but,
expressions of the Agony of trespassing, like the Chrysalis, the
instinct of
survival itself. It is both a tomb and a womb".(P. Kasda, conference of the Beijing Biennale 2008) -The form of the cup was generated by the numerical modelling of the Greek word ΧΡΥΣΑΛΛΙΣ  |
6.8.12
Olympic Chrysalis Monument Athens2004-Beirut2012
4.7.12
There goes my Little Bear
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| P. Kasda, Monument to Ursa Minor 2001 |
The Adventures of the Small Bear in modern times
Polyxene's Kasda, three meters tall, open-air Monument to Ursus Minor was, initially, constructed in 2001 to be installed and promoted, by Epistrophe Gallery, in Athens. Under the impact of the 9/11 event in the States, the Epistrophe Gallery was closed.
The Monument to the Small Bear, was adapted to the environment of Floisvos Park, where it was installed since 2005.
In early July 2012, a band of, the usual, nowadays, cupper thieves stripped off the Monument from its cupper dress. The remaining naked three fold pyramid scaffold, which is, however, based on the Golden Mean, raises questions on so many levels...
Polyxene's Kasda, three meters tall, open-air Monument to Ursus Minor was, initially, constructed in 2001 to be installed and promoted, by Epistrophe Gallery, in Athens. Under the impact of the 9/11 event in the States, the Epistrophe Gallery was closed.
The Monument to the Small Bear, was adapted to the environment of Floisvos Park, where it was installed since 2005.
In early July 2012, a band of, the usual, nowadays, cupper thieves stripped off the Monument from its cupper dress. The remaining naked three fold pyramid scaffold, which is, however, based on the Golden Mean, raises questions on so many levels...
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| Monument to Ursus Minor in total crisis 3/7/12 |
25.5.12
Cultural diversity International Flag Art Exhibition, Corniche of Beirut, 21/5-30/8/2012
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