Open House, Gkyzi

In the city of Athens, a small shelter rises, a roof, a home. One that serves not only to humans, but to different beings that, like us, try to find their little home in our overpopulated cities. This project arose from a community iniciative in which Magdalena Zotou, amongst other neighbours, found an empty house that stray cats had made their own. This line of thought, led to our work

Open House is an ongoing project that advocates for a new way of understanding city-life. Made out of clay, textures, colour-coded patterns emmanating from the place from which it all emerged. It stands in contrast to the heavy city around it. Inside, we imagine a place for connection, for care. A future that welcomes everyone - people, animals, plants - a place that reconnects us with nature, community and land. All part of the same home. One with no boundaries, where limits breathe and rythms of life overlap. A place to rest, to gather, to live in tune with others and the surroundings. Simple, shared and alive. 

Collaborators: Hannah Weisz, Magdalena Zotou 

Multimedia installation combining architecture plans, video-work and displayed site-specific elements. A renovation conceptualisation, Athens, Greece.