Petros Moris explores how fragments of history can help us think differently about the future, transforming remnants of the past into symbols of renewal.
The ‘ALONE’ project is inspired by a personal encounter which the artist had in an abandoned urban playground in his home city of Lamia, Greece – a site that was left unbuilt due to archaeological discoveries. Here he found a marble tile mosaic crafted by his parents in 1985 which had been painted over by a local graffiti artist with the word ‘ALONE’.
Moris was fascinated by how this intervention transformed the original work into a multilayered artefact comprising the work of different people, raising questions about authorship and collaboration, and of the fates of urban spaces, craft traditions and personal heritage. He continues and builds upon this legacy through ‘ALONE’ – the outer layers of these recent works are tiled with discarded marble stone which he collected from his parents’ mosaic studio.
Created using a mixture of digital fabrication and traditional techniques, the hybrid shape and animalistic forms of these five sculptures combine and layer different attributes, including references to ancient artefacts which are exhibited in an archaeological museum in his hometown.
Further works from the ‘ALONE’ series are exhibited across other Liverpool Biennial 2025 venues Bluecoat and Walker Art Gallery.
Courtesy of the artist, with thanks to TAVROS, Athens.