Athena and Prometheus - Limited Edition of 7 Print

Born in 1995.For years I had been thinking that my art didn't want to be just an outburst of my prosperous emotions on paper. This led me to deal with engraving where during the typing process I was able to distance myself from the matrix, re-examine the content and being an active observer to give a new interpretation to the subject through colors.  This color overkill didn't satisfy me as the design remained gripped by my emotional tensions that were still varying. After doing some research and with the help of some people I was able to get an handmade c.n.c router, a machine where allowed me to draw directly onto the paper without getting physically involved with the implementation process. The design and processing of the image is done digitally, using computer software and photography before it can be finalized in a proportionate form by the machine with pens and markers.  So by the use of the machine I believe that I have been able to minimize to a great extent the noise caused by the idea's journey from the brain to the hand implementing it so the purity of the idea is not threatened in any given moment by the inevitable ''in my experience'' tensions caused by the thought of creation.  For many people these tensions may be desirable and function positively for the result. For me the game of tensions that can sometimes seem attractive pulls me away from the original idea where in the best case it infects it if it doesn't deform my original idea. To solve the problem of tensions, I put it in a manageable context so that I don't have to worry about loosing control as the medium I use functions as a jailer in order to release my thinking from the chains of spontaneity. The computer screen reflects my mind and thought because, as every non-wanted element in the context of the digital creation of an idea can be changed, delete or incorporate in a subtle way, the purity of my idea remains and ''every possible mistake in my opinion'' vanishes before it even appear on the analogue object of art. The themes I chose to deal comes from ancient Greek mythology symbolically embedded within the contemporary reality of modern human in an effort to generate memories and reflections on issues that concern our daily lives and values of our culture.