Artist in Residence

LAYIA GIOURGOU

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Born: Athens
Lives in: Athens
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ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

 

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ARTIST STATEMENT
LOCAL ARTIST: Layia Giourgou (Laya Yourgou) is a writer and film/theatre director, known for Red Sky 2011, It Will Be Too Late 2002 and Country House 1994. She is a regular resident at Event Horizon, visiting to experiment with her landscape painting.

 

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Red Sky - Two close friends, Aris and Stelios, have their minds on a mutual goal; together they begin a banana greenhouse business in Crete.
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Landscape painting: Anoia, Crete
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Landscape painting: Trees, Athens
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Landscape painting: Fourni Village Crete
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Too Late Tomorrow - is a black comedy. Criminal Antonis is given a two-day leave from prison and ends up meeting prostitute Olia. Having nowhere to go, the misfits sleep in various hideouts...
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Layia is a regular resident at Event Horizon, visiting to experiment with her landscape painting.

 

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