Vasiliki Giakoumi

A collection of 60 handwritten financial wishes printed on textile. All handwritten texts and images are contributions by employees who work in the building of the Dutch MInistry of Finances in the Hague. During a period of three weeks, participants were approached with the request to write a financial wish, personal or work-related.

Gestures, facial features and abstract symbols sculpted onto the hind legs of a cow. All depictions are taken from recent news media photos of the Greek prime minister, who has been criticized - amongst many other topics - for his body language.

Floor sculpture with skewed perspective made out of removable, nonfixed material

Capacity - Character - Capital. Three parameters promoted in the 60’s for consumers to achieve a good credit score. Around this triphtych of concepts, a story was woven that involved the myth of Perilaos and the Brazen Bull, and the biblical stories of Joseph’s dreams. The three stages of sculpture were involved as visual cues for a lecture performance - the clay prototype, the plaster cast, the ceramic reproduction.

Series of five textile works that feature selected patterns from obsolete Greek banknotes, issued in 1917 and 1939. The fabrics have been embroidered with custom designs, and subsequently printed on.

Daily weaving of Athens’ stock market general index. Each column is one day. The green and red beads represent the rising or falling index respectively. Once completed, the bead weaving is attached to a metal frame.