FENIA KOTSOPOULOU
photo Chiara Mazzocchi
ABOUT ENRICO PIETRACCI
Enrico Pietracci is an Italian visual artist (painter, illustrator) art director, photographer based in Berlin (DE).
In Florence and Milan, he worked as an art director in the fashion and advertising sector in conjunction with dance and theater. Since 1994 lives and works in Berlin where he developed his practice (illustrations for magazines, design and illustrations of CD-ROMs for children and more).
In 1998 he began working as a freelance artist and his activity is characterized by an intensive study of the female figure evolved into a unique dynamic concept of exchange between the artist and the model. The artistic path of Enrico Pietracci is marked by different creative phases, which, at first glance, may appear discontinuous and incongruent. In reality however, they are connected to each other by a subtle and persistent line which, in the personal consciousness of what was perceived, leads through the different phases of evolution on a path of permanent development.
The creative development of the last five years shows traces of a path, which is strongly marked by experiences including the direct and total involvement of the artist himself (spirit and body) in the creation process itself. This “involvement” finds its expression in several performances, which aim at the search of a synthesis between visual and dramatic arts.
WEBSITE: www.enricopietracci.de
www.aktzeichnen-berlin.de
EN
Concept
"Athanor- the place" is the next phase of "Solve et Coagula" : a collaborative interdisciplinary project (performance, video, installation) by Enrico and Fenia. Specifically, it consist of 5 days long durational and interactive performances, taking place in Enrico's atelier. The space of the atelier transforms into a living laboratory, a “ furnace” where body, material, minerals, liquids, emotions, time, space and relationships are the ingredients for the new creative and (alche)mistic experiment. The public has the possiblity to assist and influence the process of the creators, step in to the space and become part of the artwork.
DE
Konzept
Athanor-der Ort“ ist eine Performance – Video - Installation; sie bewegt sich weg vom Tanztheater hin zum konkreten Raum des Ateliers, welcher sich in den „Athanor“ den Labor-Ofen verwandelt indem sich die alchimistische Transmutation vollzieht.
In 5 aufeinanderfolgenden Abenden tauchen die beiden Künstler ab in das Innere des „Athanor“, sie interagieren miteinander, mit dem Raum und den sich darin befindlichen Materialien. Der Ort verwandelt sich während der unterschiedlichen Aktionen in ein „Mikro-Universum“, ein Abbild der während des “ Prozesses“ entstandenen Emotionen.
Der gesamte Event steht dem Zuschauer immer offen. Er hat, da er die unterschiedlichen kreativen Phasen live miterleben kann die Möglichkeit, sich in die Aktionen der Künstler einzubringen indem er ihre Handlungen konditioniert, in den Raum und die Materialien eingreift und ihr Erscheinungsbild beeinflusst. Jeder einzelne diesem Event gewidmete Tag wird seinen eigenen Charakter haben mit unterschiedlicher Qualität und Intensität.
IT
Concetto
Un artista visivo, Enrico Pietracci ed una danzatrice-performer, FeniaKotsopoulou, continuano il loro comune viaggio creativo attraverso i simboli alchemici iniziato con la performance “ solve et coagula”, con un' esperienza dal carattere più propriamente installativo dal titolo “Athanor- il luogo”. Dal teatro danza, allo spazio concreto dell’ atelier che in questa fase, si trasforma nell’ “Athanor” il forno laboratorio dove si attua la “trasmutazione” alchemica. Nell’ arco di 5 giorni, i due artisti si immergono nel suo interno ed interagiscono tra di loro, con lo spazio ed i materiali in esso contenuti. Il luogo si trasformerà durante lo svolgere delle varie azioni, in un “micro-universo” che rappresenterà una mappa visibile delle emozioni scaturite nel corso del “processo”. L’ intero evento e' costantemente esposto allo spettatore, il quale assistendo in diretta alle varie fasi creative puo' avere la possibilità di interferire con gli artisti, influenzandoli nel loro agire, ed intervenire sullo spazio ed i materiali, condizionandone l’aspetto.
Ogni giorno dedicato a questa esperienza, avrà un suo carattere peculiare che porterà ad esperienze di diversa qualità ed intensità. Alla conclusione, il quinto giorno e' dedicato alla presentazione del risultato, con una esposizione dell’ intera installazione, foto, video e “tracce”della performance.
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photo Chiara Mazzocchi
on stage
"Control Procedure1 - Solve et Coagula"
Video Installation/Live Performance
8. Juli 2012, 20H Studio 1 || Uferstudios GmbH || Uferstraße 8/23, Berlin
A collective project by:
Enrico Pietracci- Visual artist, performer
Fenia Kotsopoulou- Performer on stage and on screen
Raymond La Motte - Art Director and visual artist
EvaSophia Sutter- Performer (on screen)
"Control Procedure1 - Solve et Coagula" is a moving project that encompasses the experiences of different artistic forms and brings together, on stage, two indipendent works:
"Control procedure 1" by Raymond La Motte and
"Solve et Coagula" by Enrico Pietracci & Fenia Kotsopoulou.
This video installation/performance offers a direct experience between the public, the artists and images. During the event, the public passes through a sensorial trip in a space where reality and image overlap; this is a temporary movement which creates two times and two modes of vision. It's a reflection on the transformation and manipulation of human perceptions.
Photo documentation by Chiara Mazzocchi
EN
Concept
"Solve et Coagula" is a multi-disciplinary collaborative project; an intense and open dialogue between a visual artist and a dance performer.
The initial idea started from the need of both artists to undertake an experiential journey through testing several personal, physical and emotional states. The cornerstone of the project relied on the process of experimentation with different materials, in order to explore emotions, past experiences related to death and the shifting dynamics within their relationship.
The visual outputs, emerged during the research period, became the "raw material" in which the live performance/installation was based on and scored. Through repeated processes of "dissolution" and "coagulation" (solve et coagula), Fenia and Enrico aimed to create a state of "completeness", integrated in a new expressive synthesis. During the performance all the components: images, Body, materials, pigments, traces, memories and sound were merged within an "emotional landscape" in constant transformation.
IT
Concetto
Si tratta di un intenso dialogo aperto ed articolato tra un artista visivo ed una danzatrice il cui punto cardine è rappresentato dal processo di ricerca interiore svolto attraverso l'esperienza diretta con le proprie emozioni e peculiarità interne esternate in un rapporto di scambio interattivo con l’altro, l’ambiente circostante ed i materiali più diversi.
Le esperienze e le caratteristiche personali costituiscono la ”prima materia” dell’opera di progressiva sublimazione, che attraverso ripetuti processi di “dissoluzione” e “ricomposizione”(solve et coagula) mira a creare uno stato di “completezza ” che integri attivamente, oltre a diverse forme di arte, gli “opposti complementari” ricongiungendoli in una nuova sintesi espressiva.
Durante lo svolgimento, le immagini, il corpo, i materiali, la memoria ed il suono si fondono per creare un “paesaggio emotivo” in costante trasformazione.
L’ idea nasce dall’esigenza di intraprendere una sorta di viaggio esperienziale che si svolge attraverso la sperimentazione comune di diversi stati fisici ed emotivi. Un percorso a tappe che rappresenta in parte il reale sviluppo evolutivo, personale ed artistico, dei partecipanti.
An interdisciplinary performance where painting, dance and sound create the narrative story of a painter who struggles to exit from a world of phantasies, dreams, fears and demons.
The specific live action/performance was commissioned for the anniversary-celebration of the AtelierWerkstattGallerie TRIALOG
With:
Enrico Pietracci: Painter/performer, sound designer.
Fenia Kotsopoulou: Performer
Nadja Engelbrecht: Performer