'kato' exhibition catalogue_EN

A simple declension of the cases
2019 - 2021 |module - installation of projects|mixed
media |variable dimensions
text: Dimitris Ameladiotis
phtographs: Michele Troiani (right), Vasilis Charizanis (back)
The declension of the cases refers to a category of nouns
in grammar that reflects different relationships related
to the function, properties, and position of a word within
a sentence structure 1 . These relationships are formed
through the word’s ending, which indicates its declension.
Drawing on the mechanisms of language, the concept of
“case” is understood as the regular or irregular transition
of inflectional forms from one form to another, while “declension”
implies the deviation of a word from its original,
basic, and nominal form.
Within the framework of these linguistic regulations,
dissimilar objects are placed and piled upon one another,
each carrying their own declensions and deviations. They
exist in crumbling positions and relations, accepting their
state of decline as a given.
These arrangements and transpositions of objects create
chaotic ensembles that resist categorization and release
the burden of time that keeps them confined to drawers,
storage rooms, and attics.
1 it refers to the Greek syntax