PASHIAS

The practice of Greek Cypriot visual artist PASHIAS is grounded in the field of performance art, installation and photography. By establishing the artist’s body as primary material for creation, PASHIAS sets up a 'situation' or environment, inviting the audience to initiate a process of action and re-action. Based on the relationship of a unit towards an ensemble, in a similar manner to how an individual is 'received' or 'perceived' within a social setting, the artist’s body is dismantled into a set of pieces, physical parts, habits or ideas, and then physically and conceptually reshaped by the 'stance' of audience members. PASHIAS ultimately sets out to investigate alternative modes of presence, communication and co-existence.