Traces on the Rock, as an idea, goes back to my college times when,
during the Visual Arts Class,
we used to experience graving with different materials and their compatibilities
like soft pencil on rough paper for example,
or pastel colours on plaster surfaces.
The incompatibility of materials or the use of totally
unsuitable materials
on a surface of any kind has always been a charming idea. In my case, the
pieces of rope used
by the islanders to tie their fishing boats, constitute a "writing"
which suddenly
appears as traces on the tall island rock.
I firstly glanced at the specific Rock on an aquarelle of P. Tetsis
exhibited at the
Kountouriotis Museum and I saw it again, live, during an afternoon
walk from the town of
Hydra to Kamini.
Hydra gives me the opportunity to carry out this idea; to use Nature -
in this case the
tall Rock - as a canvas. It certainly is not an intrusion in the
perfection and harmony
of Nature but simply an effort of a different "visualization" of
Nature. In my mind
this will be like a drawn graffiti on the Rock, with an expiry date.
This way the Rock becomes the "canvas", the pieces of rope become
"traces" on the Rock
and the pedestrian becomes the "visualizer". The Rock is Nature. It is
the island of Hydra
which will live through eternity, while the traces will vanish by the end of the
summer...
About
Thomas Amargianos
Architect, born 1961 in Athens. He joined Betaplan Architectural Office in 1990 and has since collaborated on a large number of major projects.
Among the projects he has worked on as project architect are theatres and cultural centers, sports complexes, airports, hospitals,
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