{"uid":"wOHTITVJsqvf5bEU","type":"artist","tags":["instalation","photography","video","others"],"group":"no","group_name":null,"project_title":"Copacabana","summary":"In 1951, the whole of my father\u2019s family left Greece in order to seek a better future in Brazil. The Greek Civil War (1945-1949) had destroyed their villages and killed most of their livestock. Following a long voyage via Naples and across the Atlantic, 27 families and 171 people in total finally approached Rio de Janeiro. Yet, the worst omen for their new home came with the death of the family\u2019s patriarch, my great-grandfather, who died as their ship was reaching Rio. Following this shocking loss, things did not turn out as the family would have wished. Life at the immigration camp of Ilha das Flores, where the family had settled, proved hard for many of them. After staying just a few months in Brazil, the whole family decided to return back to Greece, thus becoming refugees in their own home country. \u2018Copacabana\u2019 is a new multi-part installation inspired by the migration of my family. The work will \u201cbridge\u201d history, utopia and personal trauma, whilst drawing connections with the multifaceted crises \u2013 economic, refugee and political \u2013 that are currently affecting Greece, the Mediterranean and many places around the world. The installation will be based on the exclusive use of found material: found images in the form of family photos and photos from institutional collections; archival recordings of traditional Greek songs; and extracts from the amateur video that documents the successful search for the grave of my great-grandfather, which was shot by my father in Rio in 2007.","space":"The exhibition space should be suitable for video projection, with appropriate capacity to adjust light levels. Also, it should be at least 60 m2 in total (e.g. if a single room, a minimum of 12 m x 5 m) \u2013 namely, large enough to be able to accommodate a large-scale video projection, and the exhibition on the walls of 10 frames with photographs (1 x 1 m each). Finally, it would be great if the identified exhibition space were in Rio de Janeiro.","artists_proposal":null,"members":[],"lang":"en","status":"ok","video_link_password":null,"video_link":"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/428796139\/6730af6b48","audio_link_password":null,"audio_link":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1f0cbDUcqSCojAD41nVsvBOboQbg91qpe\/view?usp=sharing","images_link_password":null,"images_link":null,"cellphone":null,"description":null,"estimated_budget":null,"complementary_info":null,"fileCount":10,"names":"Bill","surname":"Balaskas","email":"bill.balaskas@gmail.com","dni_type":"DNI","dni":"AE163929","address":"5 The Priory, St Mark's Hill, KT6 4PX","city":"London","nacionality":"Greek","country_id":"81","birthdate":"1983-01-02T00:00:00.000Z","birthdate_2":"1983-01-02T00:00:00.000Z","telephone":"00447760363221","web":"https:\/\/www.billbalaskas.com"}