a series of works by Pandelis Diamantides

The collection seeks to explore place and identity as mutually defining forces whose interactions cannot be simplified or easily represented. "While creating the narrative of the performance I wanted to discover for myself what it is that connects me with the region (Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean) where I grew up and developed the foundation of my personality and view of the world. I realised that what we people accept as place of origin, is what the establishment imposes on us which is usually the fabricated idea of nation and country. I visited the area again and again trying to understand what it means to me; nothing more than an introvert way of living, the experience of my reality, not a poor representation of it." - Interview Pandelis Diamantides X Oddstream, Festival Arnhem, the Netherlands

Go Back to Hiding in the Shadows Art Collection

a series of works by Pandelis Diamantides

The collection seeks to explore place and identity as mutually defining forces whose interactions cannot be simplified or easily represented. "While creating the narrative of the performance I wanted to discover for myself what it is that connects me with the region (Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean) where I grew up and developed the foundation of my personality and view of the world. I realised that what we people accept as place of origin, is what the establishment imposes on us which is usually the fabricated idea of nation and country. I visited the area again and again trying to understand what it means to me; nothing more than an introvert way of living, the experience of my reality, not a poor representation of it." - Interview Pandelis Diamantides X Oddstream, Festival Arnhem, the Netherlands

Go Back to Hiding in the Shadows - Material & Technique

A digital granary of processed instrumental and electronic sounds, field recordings, rock formations, plants, animals and swarms unfolds a narrative of becoming. The prime material of the artworks consists of deconstructed human voices, physical instruments and field recordings dissolved in an imagery of photographs, videos and processed visual material collected around the Troodos mountain range on the island of Cyprus.

Diamantides worked with custom software to algorithmically process the source material, generatively creating configurations of visuals and sound; a collaboration between human and algorithm, the work constitutes an audiovisual 'narrative of becoming' and questions the relationship between the digital and the organic. - Sedition Art, London, United Kingdom

Go Back to Hiding in the Shadows Audiovisual Performance

Go Back to Hiding in the Shadows is conceived first as a live audiovisual performance. The work is created from the perspective of a stage. After many performances, I started thinking about how to abstract the compositions, record and render in the studio what was taking place during the live performance. To create an artwork that is at the same time fluid and open to improvisation but also structured in a way that can be reproduced in the studio, I use generative and algorithmic techniques. I design and develop custom software that allows me to achieve the aesthetic output I envision. It was a long and difficult process that resulted in a series of works that are now going to be released collectively as an album. - Interview Pandelis Diamantides X Trippen Concept Store, Berlin, Germany

Go Back to Hiding in the Shadows Music Album