Weaving Footsteps and Confessions

“pixels of experience; emerging rhythmicities”

artist (PhD thesis, 2015: 161-163)

Concept

Weaving Footsteps and Confessions is a time-based work, an audiovisual piece part of the Emotive Circle shared walk (2012). It has been composed by filmic fragments and dialogue of the discussion; weaved together through moments of “tuning” between the expressed words and the mechanised “sonic wrap” of metronome.

On 22nd of November 2012, Bill Psarras conducted a 7 hours shared walk; walking a spiral with an invited co-walker, around the Lycabettus mount at the centre of Athens, Greece. The artist intended to walk, sense and express their emotion while walking and talking into a metaphorical interrelation between the social crisis (city) and personal one (self). His intention of walking a circle was to conduct a metaphorical "weaving" of the different areas around Lycabettus mount - areas with different social, spatial and historical ambiances. The artist’s concept draws connections to Benjaminian flaneur; bringing it into the 21st century city of multiple contradictions. The walk was documented through filming, sound recording, notes and GPS data. [see details: Emotive Circle, 2012 / section: Installation]

Description

audiovisual collage, GPS data based on Emotive Circle series

Technical: Full HD, 16:9, single channel, stereo sound, colour

Duration: 17:10’

Year: 2013

Credits

Concept, Direction and Creation: Bill Psarras

Co-walker: S. Ntzioras

Cinematography: Nikolas Grigoriou

Main camera: Nikolas Grigoriou

Additional camera: Dimitris Dermousis

Montage: Bill Psarras

Exhibitions

Weaving Footsteps and Confessions has been included at the MOVE (WITH) OUT nomadic project (curated by Something Human curatorial team of Annie Kwan) with various screenings across Europe and Asia (Portugal, UK, Italy, Singapore, Hungary) between 2013-2015.

Available

Artwork: https://vimeo.com/67234435

Courtesy of the artist | © 2020 Bill Psarras