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Body Echoes is a conceptual performance filmed on Super 8, created to confront my experience of abuse and how violence against women continues to be ignored, hidden, and silenced. Inside a fragile cube made from mirrored tiles, my body interacts with the surfaces, leaving marks and imprints, a reflection on the weight trauma leaves behind and how the body responds to it.

Throughout the sequence, AI-generated male eyes appear on my skin through stop-motion. I chose these artificial eyes to speak to the facelessness of many abusers, and the ways violence hides in plain sight, through physical acts, gaze, gestures, words and digital spaces.
The space is cold, almost clinical, with the mirrors cracking under pressure. This discomfort mirrors the daily realities survivors face, caught between hyper-visibility and confinement.

The performance was filmed by Liliana Zaharia, with movement direction by Konstantina Katsikari. Their presence created a space of solidarity and trust that helped me confront these experiences after years of silence.
The sound was composed to hold discomfort, echoing the noise trauma leaves inside the body.

Body Echoes is both an act of confrontation and a space to reclaim the narrative.

Due to the sensitive nature of the work, the video is available for private viewing upon request, please contact me directly.








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