~The primary meaning of home is nurturing shelter. It is the one place in which we can openly and comfortably admit our frailty and our bodily needs. ~ Yi-Fu Tuan
Where are children's rooms going when there are no more children?
What is it like to be in a playground cemetery?
And what happen to people when they become spectators in front of their own memories?
"The memory of childhood traumas that are often forgotten and are superficially covered is the reason that we may not be able to accept our adult life." In a small room a child grows. Inside a room it has the obligation to sleep and to have "sweet dreams." And that's where it has to wake up, put on his red cape and go to its grandmother with the food basket. It will pass through the forest. Adulthood. Through that room then will be heard the mortal mourning of his childhood. This room is just a dark hole loaded with objects and furniture. It is not true that the children's room always remains sunny and bright in our memory. The children's room is a dead chamber belonging to the dead. And there is a moment when with its death gives life to other rooms.
10 Square Meters | Video performance | Performer: Irini Kalogeropoulou
Conception/performance: Irini Kalogeropoulou
Video Editing: Thodoris Kalogeropoulos
Curated by Hari Marini, Associate Professor of Performance and Intermediality, Department of Audio & Visual Arts, Ionian University.
Video Participation in the rapid fire session of Performance Conference 2022, University of Patras
