INNER LOVE

Attrition Art Residency, Au Brana Centre, Pauilhac (FR)

Developed during residency research in rural France, these works explore intervention within inherited structures.

Walking functioned as a method of collecting motifs derived from vernacular forms. Existing books and materials became frameworks for re-inscription.

Original imagery was displaced and replaced with stitched forms. Structure remains; meaning shifts.

Small stitched works and miniature books extend this logic into condensed spatial forms.

[photo credit: Louisa Vergozisi, Ististist project, UNPREDICTABLE WATERS © 2025]

BECAUSE SINCE WE STARTED TO UNBURY WE FORGET & LA SAINTE CHAPELLE, artist’s book, embroidery on paper, built upon the skeleton of La Sainte- Chapelle (CMN, Paris, c. 1980), 28x37cm, 2024

The embroidered front cover draws inspiration from N. G. Pentzikis’ 1978 work Χριστόψαρο (Christopsaro)

The interior embroideries respond to the original book’s color illustrations

Two illustrations (p. 4 & 7) serve as the basis for the embroidered interpretations

Six slides from the original publication are included

Text: Free translation of A. Karavas' notes (c. 1998)

Προς Εκκλησιασμόν (Pros Ecclesiasmon), reference to the book by N. G. Pentzikis, 1970

Photo on the last page: from the archive of A. Makaronas — A. Karavas, 1971

I WANTED SOMETHING TO UNITE THEN I TOOK MY FEET AND SEWED THEM TO THE EARTH, sewn paper, variable sizes (7x10 to 13x12cm)

EVERY LAND CARRIES BONES, miniature books, letterpress on garlic skin, 11- 12cm, 2024