pektries / savoir vivre edition
Etiquette and good manners, a didactic audiovisual narration. A performative act, in which rules of "proper behavior" and savoir vivre are presented, as these are to be found in manuals adapted to the Greek society in the past decades. The selected excerpts satirize female stereotypes interspersed with contemporary self-presentating references such as selfies, photo filters, retouching and duck faces.
Pektries is a side-project by COMOTIRIO in which each time a visual performance is formed based on the respective point of accommodation and involves cultural and mythological semiotics related to hair. Πέκω (pek-e/o) > in Greek: to hackle, to comb hair. Πόκος (pokos) > sheep wool. Πέκτρια (pektria) > the woman who cards the sheep wool. A consonant to παίκτριες (paiktries) meaning “the female players”, a spelling error embracing the jesting, gambling and fun element.
