Ταξίδι από την βία προς την αγάπη για τον εαυτό μου
A journey from violence to self-love…
Επιθυμῶ νὰ ψάλλω τὰς εὶς νέα σώματα μεταβληθείσας μορφάς. Θεοὶ, ἐπιπνεύσατε εἰς τὸ ἐμὸν ἐπιχείρημα, διότι ὑμεῖς μετεβάλλετε καὶ ἐκείνας, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς πρώτης ἀρχῆς τοῦ κόσμου μέχρι τῶν ἡμετέρων χρόνων κατάγετε συνεχῆ τὴν ῷδήν.
(Πρόλογος του Βιβλίου Α’ των Μεταμορφώσεων του Οβιδίου)
ΠΡΟΛΟΓΟΣ
χρυσαλλίς (Προοίμιον)|Chrysallis (Prooemium)
Gold leaf and egg tempera on prepared paper mounted on panel, 61 x 91,4 cm (24 × 36 in.)
„In nova fert animus mutatas dicere formas
corpora; di, coeptis (nam vos mutastis et illas)
adspirate meis primaque ab origine mundi
ad mea perpetuum deducite tempora carmen!“
My soul is wrought to sing of forms transformed to bodies new and strange! Immortal Gods inspire my heart, for ye have changed yourselves and all things you have changed! Oh lead my song in smooth and measured strains, from olden days when earth began to this completed time
(Invocation in Book 1 of Ovid’s Metamorphoses translated by More, Brookes. Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922)
ΒΙΒΛΙΟ Α: Η Γέννηση
λᾶας/λαός|Stone/People
24k goldpoint on prepared paper mounted on panel, 50,8 x 61 cm (20 × 24 in.)
„καὶ Διὸς εἰπόντος ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆς ἔβαλλεν αἴρων λίθους, καὶ οὓς μὲν ἔβαλε Δευκαλίων, ἄνδρες ἐγένοντο, οὓς δὲ Πύρρα, γυναῖκες. ὅθεν καὶ λαοὶ μεταφορικῶς ὠνομάσθησαν ἀπὸ τοῦ λᾶας ὁ λίθος.“
ΒΙΒΛΙΟ Β : Η Βία
σπαραγμός (εἰς Πενθέα)|Mangling (To Pentheus)
24k goldpoint, silverpoint and egg tempera on traditionally gessoed panel, 35,6 x 45,7 cm (14 × 18 in.)
εἰς Σαρπηδόνα|To Sarpedon
24k goldpoint, silverpoint and egg tempera on traditionally gessoed panel, 40,6 x 50,8 cm (16 × 20 in.)
εἰς Ὀρφέα|To Orpheus
egg tempera on traditionally gessoed panel, 12,7 x 17,8 cm (5 × 7 in.)
εἰς τὸ βλέμμα τῆς Μέδουσας|To Medusa’s gaze
egg tempera on traditionally gessoed panel, 22,9 x 30,5 cm (9 × 12 in.)
εἰς Μαρσύαν (Ένας επικήδειος: "Αλλά πριν από τότε")|To Marsyas (A Eulogy: "But before then"), goldpoint, silverpoint & egg tempera on paper mounted on panel, 61 x 121,9 cm
Ἐρυθρομόρφου ἀγγείου κάρα|Head of a Red-figure vase
gouache on paper mounted on panel, 25,4 x 25,4 cm (10 × 10 in.)
ΒΙΒΛΙΟ Γ: Ησυχία
Δυο προσωπεία|Two masks
24k goldpoint and egg tempera on hand-gessoed panel, 12,7 × 17,78 cm (5 × 7 in.)
μεθύων ἔρωτι|Drunken with love
24k goldpoint, silverpoint and gouache on mineral paper, 16,5 × 18 cm (6.5 × 7 in.)
Μελανομόρφου ἀγγείου κάρα|Head of a Black-figure vase
gouache on paper mounted on panel, 25,4 x 25,4 cm (10 × 10 in.)
Ἀμέθυστος|Amethyst
24k goldpoint and egg tempera on hand-gessoed panel, 7,62 x 12,7 cm (3 × 5 in.)
ΒΙΒΛΙΟ Δ: Το Ζωϊκό Βασίλειο
εἰς Ἀστέριον (ad astra)|To Asterius (to the stars), 24k goldpoint, silverpoint, ink, egg tempera, gold & white gold leaf on paper mounted on panel, 45,7 x 61 cm (18 × 24 in.)
CAVE LUPAM|Beware of the Wolf
Egg tempera and goldleaf on prepared paper mounted on panel, 76,2 x 101,6 cm (30 × 40 in.)
Πώς να γίνω πουλί|How to become a bird
gouache and graphite on paper, 33,66 × 40 cm (13 × 16 in.)
ἐν Νεφελοκοκκυγίᾳ|Fly (in Cuckoonebulopolis)
24k goldpoint, silverpoint and egg tempera on prepared paper mounted on panel, 61 x 121,9 cm (24 × 48 in.)
ΒΙΒΛΙΟ Ε: Το Βεριδάριο
ο Δοκιμαστής|Taste Tester
24k goldpoint, silverpoint, ink, egg tempera, on paper mounted on panel, 45,7 x 61 cm (18 × 24 in.)
ἐν κήπῳ|In the Garden
24k goldpoint, silverpoint, gouache and collage on mineral paper, 45,7 x 61 cm (18 × 24 in.)
Επιθυμῶ νὰ ψάλλω τὰς εὶς νέα σώματα μεταβληθείσας μορφάς. Θεοὶ, ἐπιπνεύσατε εἰς τὸ ἐμὸν ἐπιχείρημα, διότι ὑμεῖς μετεβάλλετε καὶ ἐκείνας, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς πρώτης ἀρχῆς τοῦ κόσμου μέχρι τῶν ἡμετέρων χρόνων κατάγετε συνεχῆ τὴν ῷδήν.
ΕΠΙΛΟΓΟΣ
nil nisi vultus vestri (Epilogus)|Nothin but y’all’s face (Epilogue)
Gold leaf on panel in black frame, 61 x 91,4 cm (10 × 14 in.)
„Iamque opus exegi, quod nec Iovis ira nec ignis
nec poterit ferrum nec edax abolere vetustas.
cum volet, illa dies, quae nil nisi corporis huius
ius habet, incerti spatium mihi finiat aevi:
parte tamen meliore mei super alta perennis
astra ferar, nomenque erit indelebile nostrum,
quaque patet domitis Romana potentia terris,
ore legar populi, perque omnia saecula fama,
siquid habent veri vatum praesagia, vivam“
English translation