As the entire world was getting locked in, the only images of the outer world were those flooding the internet. Family moments, strangers letting strangers into their homes. A sort of unintentional global home movie was being created before our eyes. Suddenly, Jonas Mekas’ family portraits and stories gained a very different meaning. The loneliness and exclusion of immigrants, the mundane everyday moments, everything looked quite similar to the seclusion the world was forced into during the pandemic. This video diary, part of a series, mirrors the concept of internal/external isolation and the tackling of loneliness and fear of the future, and death.
Smaragda Nitsopoulou is a video artist and performer from Greece. Through her practice, she is exploring the themes of memory and death in the anthropocene era. Using found footage for her interactive pieces, she is aiming to evoke the ecumenical experience of death among the living. She is currently attending Central Saint Martin’s college aiming to obtain her master’s research degree in moving images.
Smaragda Nitsopoulou is a video artist and performer from Greece. Through her practice, she is exploring the themes of memory and death in the anthropocene era. Using found footage for her interactive pieces, she is aiming to evoke the ecumenical experience of death among the living. She is currently attending Central Saint Martin’s college aiming to obtain her master’s research degree in moving images.
