Yiannis Melanitis-Pepi Kelaidi/Animal Accessories
" Animal Accessories" * performance concerns 2 artists. Pepi Kelaidi
sews with a surgical suture Yiannis Melanitis' cheek, extending the thread through
the back of a little bird
which has been attached on a plexiglass mask. The procedure occurs through a
video-image transmission of the surgical space to the visual field of Pepi.
(inside the Glasstron glasses).
Concept-realization: Melanitis Yiannis, Kelaidi Pepi.
Thanks to: Kelaidi Katerina, Gaitanou Maria, Mirka Ioanna
and Maria Elena, Palaska Aliki, Krithara Rika, Dimitra Vantzou.
Duration: about 20 min.
Technical Requirements:
The space required:about 4x4 m2.
1. operating table, bird, operator instruments.
2. camcorder.
3. video-player connected to data-projector or tv set.
Legal procedures and precautions for the use of dead animals were ensured
*1. an optional part that may be fitted to something to perform an additional
function or enhance performance.
2. an item of clothing that is worn or used for a fashionable effect with an
outfit
3. somebody who aids somebody else to commit a crime or avoid arrest but who
does not participate in the crime itself .