- Kinetic, Wall sculptures
Array (Systoihia, 2026)
Shown at the Museum of Modern Greek art, Rhodes, Greece.
Acrylic and polyurethane paint on plywood construction, mechanical components, electric motors, electronic boards, DC power supply.
Dimensions 90cm x 100cm x 12cm.
Description
Within the group show Points of Contact, the wall-mounted kinetic work Array (Systoihia, 2026) reactivates the legendary work by Yannis Gaitis ‘The Parade’, part of the permament collection of the Museum of Modern Greek Art in Rhodes. In both works the human figure is transformed into an anonymous, standardised presence. Gaitis’s emblematic figure reappears here through the contemporary “human icon”, familiar from public signage and digital environments.
Each figure has a rotating head marked by a barcode-like pattern, with its own code and kinetic behaviour. The shifting movements suggest a gaze that constantly changes direction without ever meeting the viewer.
Array (2026) creates a dialogue between Gaitis’s concerns with massification and uniformity and today’s less visible systems of algorithmic mediation. Individuality is not erased, but recorded, classified, and translated into information.