Spyros Kouvaras
Land scape
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW living , searching and creating in Paris will always characterize my artistic work in the future , even now that I have moved to Athens . I mean that living and working in Paris for a long period as an artist is something which marks you forever . My Greek roots also exist in my works but more in a subconscious way . I used to look always forward in my life but of course memory and past are welcomed and necessary elements for the artistic creation .
You are a versatile artist and the results of you choreographic research conveys together a coherent sense of unity that rejects any conventional classification . Before starting to elaborate about your production , we would suggest to our readers to visit https :// vimeo . com / synthesis748 in order to get a synoptic view of your multifaceted artistic production : while walking our readers through your process , we would like to ask you if you have you ever happened to realize that such approach is the only way to express and convey the idea you explore .
I think yes . Personally , I couldn ' t exist just as a choreographer and performer . I first feel like an artist in a holistic way and secondarily like a choreographer and dancer . In my choreographic research I focus on the relationship between human subject and visual object , between body and image using at the same time the music as a link point between them . I am also interested in the connection between art , science and philosophy , so all these influences lead me to create hybrid dance performances . When I teach or give a workshop , I ask my students : Are you a dancer ? Ok , you have to visit contemporary art exhibitions . Are you a visual artist ? Ok , then you have to see contemporary dance performances . And of course , you must listen to music and study History of Art and philosophy in a personal way . I mean , becoming an artist is a component of many things and influences . The « richer » your background is , the « richer » is your work .
For this special edition of LandEscape we have selected OPUS I # temporality , an extremely interesting project that our readers have already started to get to know in the introductory pages of this article . What has at once caught our attention of your effective inquiry into the notion of physicality is the way you have been capable of creating a concrete aesthetics from direct experience : when walking our readers through the genesis of OPUS I # temporality would you tell us something about your usual process and set up ?
When I was in Athens in October 2014 , I visited the third part of the visual