Greekend

The project is inspired by the Greek summer.

The title “GREEKEND” is borrowed from the touristic campaign of the Greek Ministry of Tourism and I accompanied it with the triptych “impress, invest, rest”.
Six chairs make up an installation witnessing an event. The tavern chair, an element of the Greek folk tradition, turns into a touristic symbol and freezes the time in steel. Each chair weights almost 40 kilos placed on top of thousands of napkins in a room. Key of the concept is a postcard revealing a personal experience.

The installation took place after the end of the pandemic on the island of Mykonos in Greece in 2022, one of the most touristic places in Europe during the summer. The work aims to question the irony of the post-colonial intentions on touristic ecosystems and the effects of a crisis during our late capitalistic era.