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PROPS FOR THE SKY

Adam Papaphilippopoulos

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A performance taking palce over 3 days

PROPS FOR THE SKY, 2012. A performance taking place over three days at SHIFT., London. I take on the guise of a series of gods and mythical characters, using improvised costumes and props. As the performance progresses, these deities make and remake themselves, producing a series of hybrids – gods with vanity problems, gender confusion and split personalities. The setting is an artist’s studio, providing the means for these protagonists to create new attributes and appearances for themselves, as well as referencing the idea of the studio as a pseudo-sacred space, where something miraculous or alchemical can take place.

Adam Papaphilippoulos

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