An audiovisual installation by Elia Kalogianni featuring a three-channel video, sound, and a sunbed. The video features various locations where artificial sunlight is used. A horse solarium, a tanning salon, a poultry farm and a greenhouse. For each location there’s a protagonist: an animal, a human, or a plant. In both the physical installation and the empathic video images, the aim is to make their response to the artificial sunlight more relatable to us.
What does it mean that we, as humans, have become used to manipulating other species, often on a large scale, for our own ends?
Official Selections
Art Rotterdam (2025)
Foire d’Art Contemporain – Lille art up! (2026)
CREDITS
Concept / Direction / Production : Elia Kalogianni
Cinematographer : Thomas Tsiftelis
Line Producer & Location Sound Recordist : Danai Belosinof
Editor & Sound Designer : Angelos Charalambous
Assistant Editor : Dimitris Polyzos
Colorist : Maria Tzortzatou
Extras : Chryso Amaya Michailidis, Morgane Jacquet
Special Thanks : Karel Bolbloemen BV, Tineke Messchaert Paradisiotis Ltd, Pavlos Paradisiotis, Stal Belvedere, Karen Nijvelt, UltraSun International, Inge Wiggers
Thanks to : Ariane Boogaard, Louise Bjeldbak Henriksen, Johan Gustavsson, Ronald Brosschot, Arjan Hagestein, Julia Kozakiewicz, Andys Skordis, Basile Marée, Maarten Warmerdam, Mondriaan Fonds
AUDIOVISUAL INSTALLATION 2025