Time to Be

Online performance with the participation of the marathon runner Dimitra Iordanidou, 2021

Performance now v.8: Where is now?, curated by Angeliki Avgitidou, University of Western Macedonia, Department of Visual and Applied Arts

Duration: 30 min

In this work, the repetitive peeling of potatoes, usually a household chore, rivals the discipline and reward of the athlete’s training. These are two forces that often coexist within the same body and battle with each other. But which is considered productive and efficient and enjoys social recognition? The artist attempts to answer this question, as well as the further degradation and shrinking of artistic creation due to the encapsulation of the pandemic, by reading alongside the action, selected excerpts from Paramahansa Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi.