“Φόρημα”

“Φόρημα”
The installation, “Φόρημα”, a series of visual works with a dress as a central element, is a tribute to the victims of femicides. “Φόρημα” [Phórēma], is the ancient Greek word describing that “which is worn”. Literally, it means load or burden. It becomes “Φόρεμα” [Fórema] in modern Greek, and is generally translated into English as dress.
1. “Φόρημα”
The chalk outline which appears on our dress is a projection of forensic evidence around a lifeless body. The garment becomes the mirror of a heinous act, and a heavy “burden” (Φόρημα) on the survivors, urging them to confront gender violence and its results, as an obligation to the memory of the victims.
The main element of the installation, the dress, exists as an empty shell, without content, ready to be worn by any woman – potentially a chalk outline.
2. “Φόρημα – Evidence”
The digital work “Φόρημα” on the wall is an organized grid of various evidential images, such as would be found in a police investigation, a collection of 15 small digitally manipulated and printed photographs. The Woman there appears either as a shadow without an identity or as a theatrical figure from an ancient tragedy.
3. “Antigone – The dress”
The video “Antigone – The dress” demonstrates a woman’s anguish over the “burden” on her body and the release from the warning of a future fate. An emblematic figure, Antigone, as a symbol in our work, struggles against the “noose” of social legal constructions.

Ekaterini Kriezi, Lydia Margaroni, 2021-2023

The work has not been presented yet