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VENIERI Lydia, Pasiphae, 2018,Video Projection, 6’56’, sound. Courtesy of the Artist, Pasiphae’s Dance composition and arrangement by Dimitri Vassilakis (C) (P) AEPI

The artist with this work deals with contemporary means an ancient myth of the Mediterranean and more specifically the myth of the Minotaur. Pasiphae, Helios’ daughter is cursed by Poseidon with the lust for a white bull destined to be sacrificed. In order to save the bull, she persuades Daedalus to construct a portable wooden cow through which she can take the bull. From this union, she gives birth to Minotaur. In Venieri’s work the desire of Pasiphae shifts from cloth to bullhorns and crescent. This work explores the way human passions remain constant across the globe and centuries and how we see them appearing through different stories.