HELENA (2014)
In Greek; the one who shines or glows.
The frequent presence of Helen in classic literature and her innumerable representations in antique ceramics and paintings, make her one of the most popular female characters of all times, which in a certain way, comes to represent the universal idea of femininity. The story of her life, however, was exclusively conceived by masculine minds, which evidences a patriarchal fear towards femaleness and its ability to break men’s will.
This project proposes Helen’s own view about her destiny, in response to a fate traced by those foreign to her female condition.
