Dictionary of Departures
In ‘Dictionary of Departures’ (2006) an archive has
been appropriated and drawn into space. The work is concerned with the
relation of word to meaning, examining the latter as geography. Pavlakis
has borrowed all verbs indicating ‘departure’ or ‘assimilation’ from
the Oxford Dictionary and treats them as specters materializing in space.
The work visits borders, passages, ports, stations, airstrips and waiting
lounges, drawing its meanings from the conflicting relationship of word
to sound.
EDUCATION
2005- 2004 MFA,
Duncan of Jordanstone, University of Dundee
2003- 2000 BA,
Film & Photography, Napier University, Edinburgh
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007 Art
Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Rooms, Kappatos Gallery, Athens
2006 Soundlab,
Contemporary Art Museum Naples
Rotterdam
[Inter]national, Kunstambassade Discparc
003, Cooper Gallery, Dundee
2005 Institutional Signs for the Body, Total Kunst, Edinburgh
RESIDENCIES
2006 Stichting
Duende Aktiviteiten, Rotterdam
Scottish
Sculptural Workshop, Lumsden
2004 Corte dei Miracoli, Siena
