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Feat.JULIE | Katerina Andreou

11.06.2020

She says that when everyday rituals, living practices and working methods have to suddenly adapt to new rules, uncanniness may take over. A dive into the personal seemed to be a way out. Even if that demands an avatar to happen.

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This video, created on the principle of found footage, is a performance through the interface of the online demo of a text-to-speech software.

In this dystopian and digital world, where the distance becomes an inevitable condition, an avatar is used as the only mediator of a discourse that flirts with narration.

The limit between who is performing and who is watching, who is talking and who is listening, what is personal and what is public, what is truth and what is fiction, gets blurry. And connection gets harder. Julie agrees.

Artist: Katerina Andreou

Title of the work: Feat.JULIE

Year: 2020

Medium: Video

Found footage: Sample of a free open-source demo of online text-to-speech software.

Duration of the work: 16’

Music/songs used: “I’ll Be Home Eventually” by The Flamingos (remix McKenna), “I Only Have Eyes for You” by The Flamingos

The use of headphones is recommended.

This artwork was created in the context of ENTER project, an initiative of Onassis Foundation. Onassis Stegi and Onassis USA give artists from all around the world 120 hours to create from home a series of new original commissions; sharing their new reality. Let’s ENTER.

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