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Irini Karayannopoulou

immaterial: 1 film 22 soundtracks

Animation | dv | couleur et n&b | 2:0 | Grèce | 2010

In Immaterial, sharp angled stars, magicians? hats and supernatural landscapes transform perpetually into fantastic abstractions. Based entirely on works on paper, IK s manic animation reveals disparate elements thrown together as if they were meant to be. Like a vision emerging from the mist, this dazed mix of enigmatic scenes engages the spectator in a particularly addictive way. The film s aggressively seductive, constantly changing forms can be compared to a succession of suspended dreams. Yannis Saxonis? music (1 film, 22 soundtracks) envelopes into a familiar yet surprisingly improbable environment with its own unique, undefined logic. As well as, it determines and transforms in a mysterious, almost alchemical way, the impact of images, enriching it at the same time with a metaphysical notion; -as if it was all exercised in a cosmic dimension, in 22 different ways.

Irini Karayannopoulou (born 1973 in Thessaloniki) lives and works in Athens, Greece. Her work consists of video animation, painting, drawings and music (that is, of course, when Yannis Saxonis -who composes the music for most of her video works- allows her to. IK is represented by Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center and Lola Nikolaou gallery.