Haris Epaminonda on Assemblage, Found Footage, and The Infinite Library
In a 2008 interview with Sonia Campagnola for Afterall, Cypriot artist Haris Epaminonda discusses her practice of assemblage using found images and footage, her video installation Tarahi IIII, V, VI shown at the 2007 Venice Biennale Cyprus Pavilion, and her collaboration with Daniel Gustav Cramer on The Infinite Library project. Epaminonda, who moved to Berlin in July 2007 for a residency at Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, presented Untitled (2008) at the 2008 Berlin Biennial at Neue Nationalgalerie, where she created a room with collages, books, African sculptures, goldfish, and plants. She cites photographer Luigi Ghirri and filmmaker Robert Bresson as influences, and describes her working method as based on rhythm, association, and the transformation of meaning through display. She is currently filming with a Super 8 camera for a planned octagonal multi-screen projection.
Key facts
- Haris Epaminonda is a Cypriot artist who moved to Berlin in July 2007 for a residency at Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien.
- Her work was shown at the 2008 Berlin Biennial and the 2007 Venice Biennale Cyprus Pavilion.
- At the Venice Biennale she presented Tarahi IIII, V, VI, a three-channel video installation of re-edited found footage.
- She earned an M.A. from the Royal College of Art in London in 2003.
- She collaborates with German artist Daniel Gustav Cramer on The Infinite Library, a series of re-bound books from the 1920s–1970s.
- For the Berlin Biennial, she installed Untitled (2008) at Neue Nationalgalerie, incorporating collages, books, African sculptures, goldfish, and plants.
- She cites photographer Luigi Ghirri and filmmaker Robert Bresson as key influences.
- She is working on an octagonal space with Super 8 projections of animals.
Entities
Artists
- Haris Epaminonda
- Daniel Gustav Cramer
- Luigi Ghirri
- Robert Bresson
- Jonathan Miles
Institutions
- Afterall
- Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien
- Berlin Biennial
- Cyprus Pavilion of the Venice Biennale
- Royal College of Art
- Neue Nationalgalerie
- Kunst-Werke
Locations
- Berlin
- Germany
- Cyprus
- London
- United Kingdom
Sources
- Afterall —