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Thanasis Totsikas

<p>This large kinetic and sound sculpture was made to fit the orchestra space, or ‘chorus’ of an ancient Greek amphitheatre, specifically, that of the city of Argos, in 1994. Its creation is a tribute to Thessaly, the home place of the artist, and the flute that shepherds blow, while the tripod sprinkler used in the fields to water crops is here employed to give birth to music. We see two circular towers, one with thicker flutes than the other, which have been painted in pop metallic colors, possibly imitating that of the veins, while the arteries are activated by the air blowing through the motor that stands on tripods below. Each tower potentially represents a figure, or a dedication: the artist vaguely refers to his parents, both long gone. With this reading, <em>Nestor’s Ancestry</em> becomes a memorial, an endless lament addressing the heavens above but also a celebration of the present.</p><p><strong>Thanasis Totsikas</strong> (born 1951 in Larisa, Greece) produces work dealing with domesticity and the transformation of energy. His art delves into the intersection between the urban and the bucolic, and examines the psychological impact of materiality. Totsikas lives and works in Larisa.</p>

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