MONSTERA

monstera deliciosa; an originally tropical plant, used indoors as an aesthetic, decorative object. In this work, Monstera becomes the symbol of our recent internment experience. A state that deviated us from our familiar course, as if the world was blown away in a delirious drift and derailed, in terms of an unexpected pause. In this narration video, the indoor scenes, eliminate time and connote a state of disarray; inertia bodies, the Monstera in an indoor storm, wild animals in captivity, lighting bolts, an orgasm scene, a Luchador getting prepared, an Athenian balcony. The strobe lights, reveal the party echo, while the narration, focuses in Monstera’ s features and care instructions. In this field of desire, reality, struggle, memory and expectation, a whole new perception of existing is emerging. The accumulated tension, that the state of hold has brought, leads to the persistent bodies’ preparation for wrestling and crash. An “expedition chronicle”, about this totally new context. Text Credits: Pavlina Kyrkou.

Vera Chotzoglou (GR)
Vera Chotzoglou is a Visual artist & Cinematographer They were awarded with audience award for the shortfilm «S W E A T» 22th Thessaloniki International GLAD Film Festival (2021) , SNF Artist Fellowship Award ARTWORKS by Stavros Niarchos Foundation (2019) audience award for the short film «Munich almost killed me 1⁄2”» 2th Piraeus Film Festival in Athens(2018) They have exhibited internationally at The Queer Archive festival, Athens (2022) Clapperboard Golden Festival, Sao Paolo (2022), State of Concept Athens (2021), 26th Athens International Film Festival( 2020) Centrum Berlin, Berlin(2020), A.Antonopoulou Gallery, Athens (2019), GRRL HAUS CINEMA, Berlin (2019), Hacker Porn Film Festival,Rome (2019), Foto Wien, Austria (2019), Belleve di Monaco, Munich (2016), et al. Vera Chotzoglou lives and works between Athens and Berlin