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A pop-up art event @ Syntagma Flower Shops
A project by COMOTIRIO

Friday the 9th July 2021, 20.00 p.m. - 23.00 p.m.
Vasilissis Sofias, 10557 Syntagma Athens

The historic Syntagma Flower Shops or else the louloudadika (flower shops) of the Parliament will host the floricultural pop-up event of Naira Stergiou and Eriphyli Veneri / COMOTIRIO.

Two sculptural flower arrangements for just one day.

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Naira Stergiou // Agape Ipervoliki / Oh Yes Baby, Yellow Fits Me

Narcissus: I don't want you
Echo: I want you
Gods: Narcissus is guilty

Echo & Narcissus (1954), theatrical piece by Notis Pergialis for radio theater, with Dimitris Horn and Ellie Lambeti. Agape Ipervoliki (2000), song by Anna Vissi, lyrics Nikos Karvelas.

Eriphyli Veneri // There's A Tiger in the Garden! (Behind the Schefflera Greens)

Powered by Henri "Le Douanier" Rousseau, city dweller, toll collector, artist.

Those umbrella-shaped leaves

GROW CARE FOR PRUNE PROPAGATE

shade something that just isn't from around here.

Like the bird chirps

that were brought to be played mechanically 

five hours a day.

Naira Stergiou

Agape Ipervoliki / Oh Yes Baby, Yellow Fits Me

installation, mixed materials, variable dimensions

2021

Installation's sound mix, Echo & Narcissus (1954) with Dimitris Horn and Ellie Lambeti (1954) and

Agape Ipervoliki by Anna Vissi (2000):

Eriphyli Veneri

There's A Tiger in the Garden! (Behind the Schefflera Greens)

sculpture, mixed materials on real plant, variable dimensions

2021