The Collaboration with the 'Magenta Flaws'

 photo courtesy: Magenta Flaws

Magenta Flaws:

magenta |məˈjentə| 
noun 
a light purplish red that is one of the primary subtractive colors, complementary to green. 
• the dye fuchsin. 
ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: named after Magenta in northern Italy, site of a battle (1859) fought shortly before the dye (of bloodlike color) was discovered. 

flaw 1 |flô| 
noun 
a mark, fault, or other imperfection that mars a substance or object : plates with flaws in them were sold at the outlet store. See note at fault . 
• a fault or weakness in a person’s character : he had his flaws, but he was still a great teacher. 
• a mistake or shortcoming in a plan, theory, or legal document that causes it to fail or reduces its effectiveness : there were fundamental flaws in the case for reforming local government. 
verb [ trans. ] (usu. be flawed) 
(of an imperfection) mar, weaken, or invalidate (something) : the computer game was flawed by poor programming. 
ORIGIN Middle English : perhaps from Old Norse flaga ‘slab’ ; see flag 2 . The original sense was [a flake of snow,] later, [a fragment or splinter,] hence [a defect or imperfection] (late 15th cent.). 
flaw 2 |flɔ| |flɔː| 
noun poetic/literary 
a squall of wind; a short storm. 
ORIGIN early 16th cent

Genre: Ambient,Trip Hop,Minimalist,Techno

http://www.myspace.com/magentaflaws http://soundcloud.com/magentaflaws http://magentaflaws.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/magentaflaws ideo extract demo (03.58mins)from the rehearsals  / Live Visual Effects-VJ for 'Magenta Flaws' -JULY 2011 using Modul8 demo version live visuals: Markoira video making and archive: Markoira(a.k.a Maria Konstantines Araka) Landscapes project ,part 1   Landscapes part2

video courtesy: Magenta Flaws

Interview to VJ Shocken

http://si-blog.net/2011/06/21/interview-with-vj-shoken-gidon-schocken/

Dichotomies

                                                                      

from the Greek dichotomia (divided): dich- (form of dícha, in two, asunder); tomia- a combining form meaning cutting, incision, excision of an object.


The Greek mythology of Taurus the bull is basically a story about God Zeus who transformed into a white bull to seduce Europa who was the Phoenician Princess. Europa was said to be the legendary beauty as per the ancient myths. Europa was the daughter of the Phoenician King known as “Agenor”. God Zeus couldn’t resist the stunning beauty of Europa and extremely fell in love with her. He first tried to approach her directly by expressing his feelings and love for her. But this didn’t impress Europa and so she denied his proposal. So God Zeus was completely turned down and unhappy about the failure. So he decided to transform himself into a white bull with golden horns so that he could impress Europa in either way.

The Greek mythology of Taurus the bull further narrates that Europa went to fields with her friends to pluck beautiful flowers. When plucking the flowers, the God Zeus appeared in front of her in the form of a white bull and started charming at her. She became so amazed and stunned that she couldn’t resist and this made her so crazy that she went and sat on the bull. This made the Taurus the bull so happy and crazy that he immediately rode her to the island of Crete by swimming across the ocean. After reaching the island of Crete he revealed himself in his actual image. He then started presenting plenty of stunning magical gifts such as necklace that was made by the famous “Smith Hephaestus”, talos which was a giant man made of bronze to protect the island Crete, laelaps that was a master in hunting and a javelin that never missed its target. She was so impressed and daunted by his gifts that she fell in love with him. They then decided to get married to each other and hence Europa who as a princess before, now became the first queen of Crete. The Greek mythology of Taurus the bull also says that Europa finally gave birth to three sons named as Minos, Rhadamanthys and Sarpendon. Minos was said to be the future king of Crete, Rhadamanthys became one of the three judges of the dead and Sarpendon was said to found the Greek city of Miletus in Asia Minor.

The Greek mythology of Taurus the bull also narrates that in the olden Greece, the bulls were treated as a sacred to Poseidon, who was a Greek God of Oceans and Storms. The bulls were also sacred to Dionysus who was a Greek God of Male Fertility. There are also other Greek myths related to Taurus the bull. Another Greek Myth says that Taurus represents the white bull that ranked the well-known Minotaur, whose mother was said to be the wife of King Minos of Crete. The bull was presented to the King Minos as a sign to their successor to the throne. The Greek mythology of Taurus the bull also describes Taurus the bull of a powerful pair of brazen-hooves bulls that could even breathe fire and thus appeared to be immortal.

The Concept:

As the ages turn into timeless moments i chose this costume,this musk to capture the mobility of time. Just like Zeus transformed into a white bull to seduce Europa i transformed into a male/female creature to seduce my audience. 

Video extract from the rehearsal

Institue of Contemporary Arts, London
December 2009


Concept-Performance: Maria Konstantines Araka


Video Courtesy :the artist

Mary's Video Room

                     
Mary's Video Room is a site-specific video installation and performance.
Mary is 24 years old and lives on the top floor of an industrial building in Central London. Her room is full of monitors that play her videos. The videos are a footage-collage from her daily life and surveillance from other people's windows as she was filming while living in the flat. For one night she invited some unknown people to her room and created a situation in which she was involved.Jean Paul Sartre's 'Nausea' was the starting point for this installation. An existential approach to the urban way of living.

Kitch in terms of low-tech aesthetics and set,the popular and consumer culture of positive repetition is celebrated here.

Video- documentation from the video-installation-(camera Valmar Kass):

Mary's Video Channels-the video :

Interview to the 'Accidental TV' for Mary's Video Room- May 2010 

Concept:Maria Konstantines Araka (a.k.a Markoira)
Video-Installation, Performance: Maria Konstantines Araka
Video Courtesy:M.KAraka
Interview: Valmar Kass (head of the Accidental TV,London)
Camera: Valmar kass
London,2010®

                                                                






                                                                                 NAM JUNE PAIK
Courtesy: the artist

                                                                            Mary's TV

video-installation view at Battersea Arts Center,London, May 2010
Courtesy: the artist
video documentation: Valmar Kass

the set up of an installation

Mary's TVis  a video installation by Maria Konstantines Araka @BAC (Battersea Arts Center)

Public Production: May 2010

People would enter a living room like space and sit on a sofa .Next to them there is a small table with a remote control and the whole space has a very cosy-homie  atmosphere.
The TV is on and is playing on loop the video of Mary's TV.
Although the control is there,on the table,they aren't allowed to change the channels.
The sound is coming from speakers ,being set up behind the sofa and they were extracts from recorded tele-marketing channels.
A dodgy atmosphere,like the one you can find in many houses nowadays.TV is always on,and everything in the daily life must be done due to TV rules.
TV breakfast
TV lunch
TV dinner
TV love
      TV RULES..and Mary's TV wants to rule your brains.

Channel One

Mary's Video Channels:

Mary's Video channels is a series of video art pieces about what we are given on TV .

They actually work as independent video channels screened on large scale surfaces.

Courtesy: the artist

Mary's TV


Courtesy: the artist , London 2010
www.mariakonstantinesaraka.com