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CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
Spyros Kouvaras
Lives and works in Athens ( GR ) and in Paris ( FR )
An artist ' s statement
S ynthesis 748 Company was established in May 2008 in Paris ( FR ), by the choreographer and performer Spyros Kouvaras . Powered by the National Dance Center of France and the French Ministry of Culture , the company has an international course over the years . Spyros Kouvaras ’ works have been exhibited and performed in theaters , galleries , museums and festivals in various countries in- cluding France , Germany , Greece , Sweden , Switzerland , Belgium , Italy , Argentina and Colombia . The Company has received warm reviews and has been referenced in international contemporary art publications . Since 2015 , Synthesis 748 is also based in Athens ( GR ).
« My choreographic research consists on a mechanistic approach of movement using at the same time the body as a canvas , as an abstract surface , so that the movement can be in the image and the movement can vibrates the image .
I practice a research that focuses on the relation between body , sound and image and I am interest- ing on the sculpture tangibility of the bodies , the prolonged duration of the movement and the aesthetic precision .
It is about a study of abstraction where its strength consists on the intensity between human subject and visual object , between time and space , movement and sound . An important area of creation is the approach of art and philosophy as well as art and science . The kinetic vocabulary of the company focuses on the development of a personal choreographic language which deviates from the recognizable forms of contemporary dance and usually takes a hybrid form .
My performances do not tell a story . The scenic installations that always make up the starting point of the global composition are characterized by the creation of timeless spaces , by the creation of situations and fields which are interpreted more by the unconscious and less by the logic . The company ’ s works , often like choreographic installations in movement , approaches the scenic space like an exhibition room , the performance itself like an exhibited object and propose to the audience the role of the visitor ».
Spyros Kouvaras