Taking Place: Parrhesiastic practices of social transformation within local forms of theatricality.
Eleni Kamma’s research project examines how local European forms of theatre and urban scenographies can be rephrased as ‘parrhesiastic’ practices of social transformation. Kamma’s art practice that engages performative strategies, serves as starting point and framework of the project.
Eleni Kamma (Athens, 1973) holds a degree in painting from the Athens School of Fine Arts (1995–2000) and a MA Fine Art from the Chelsea College of Art & Design, London (2001–2002). In 2008/2009 she was a Fine Art Researcher at the Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht.
Kamma’s practice circulates from her as an individual artist (through drawings and objects), to dialogic collaborations (films, performative events, journals) and back again, by writing about it and further developing this practice with others.
Recent solo and group exhibitions include: ‘Casting Call: The Collector of Proverbs, The Animal, The Fool, The Selfie-Junkie, The Innocent, The Child, The Drunk, The...’, West Den Haag, 2021; ‘Casting Call: So, You Think About Abstraction the Last Minutes Before You Die?’, SPACE, Liege, 2021; the 1st Limburg Biennale, Marres, Maastricht, 2020; ‘Persona Everyware’, Centre d’art Le Lait, Albi; ‘Wellness’, Kristianstads Konsthall, Kristianstad, 2020.
Kamma lives and works in Brussels and Maastricht.