Waves and spirals
for teenagers & adults
Waves and spirals – A dive into the subconscious
Creation as a process of motion and change
FOUGARO celebrates 13 years of creative life with a pop-up painting workshop with visual artist Emilia Tsekoura!
In this workshop we shall delve into the spiral flow of motion in human expression. Inspired by nature, by the way an octopus moves in its complex world, and unfolding our own painterly expression of an open or closed spiral, we shall create artworks centred on this universal symbol of the helix; a spiral that may symbolise eternity, the universe but also the spiritual path of self-knowledge for every individual.
Our points of reference can be a Mycenaean vase or some of the works of Louise Bourgeois. Our aim is a painterly liberation through circular motion which we could describe as dancing movements in an unmediated and unthinking way as we follow our own 'writing'. Another aim is to cultivate the use of the brush, either in fine motions or with our whole body on huge pieces of paper (physical involvement).
Emilia Tsekoura
Born in Athens, Emilia Tsekoura studied at the Art Communication & Learning team in Athens (1978-80), at the Boston Museum’s School of Fine Arts (1980-84) and at the same time at Tufts University, graduating with a Bachelor in Arts & Sciences.
Between 1988 and 2013, Emilia taught at the Athens College using differentiation teaching, art therapy and the method of Harvard University’s Project Zero (TFU, Visual Thinking). To this day she has had several solo shows in Greece and the US and has participated in numerous group exhibitions.
She is motivated by concepts originating from her own nature and expressed in autobiographical and expressionist ways: woman, Goddess/Idol, birth, genesis, the ovoid, rebirth. The philosophy of constant change in life, nature and art is always the key principle behind her every work.
One element in her art is symbolism and the translation of icons into archetypes. The egg, the sphere, the round, the zero or “nothing” and their reflections, the heart, the spiral, the geometries of nature and many other familiar symbols and concepts appear in various guises, media and materials throughout her artistic course.
She works in Athens and teaches at the art workshops of Fougaro in Nafplio since 2013.
