Andreas Angelidakis

A giant made of light has landed in Turin. A stylized human silhouette, on whose head an Ionic capital seems to be superimposed (perhaps a modern caryatid? a minotaur?), stands out vigorously, alluding to the iconography of classical, Greek and Roman statuary. The light created by the artist Andreas Angelidakis recalls the image of an athlete and was created for the occasion of the FISU World University Games Winter scheduled for January 2025 in Turin and Piedmont. Angelidakis has always drawn images, ideas, inspirations, stories and anecdotes from classical Greece, making them tools and metaphors to reflect on our present and our ways of living. The title VR Man allows us to imagine how the capital, positioned at eye level, can at the same time be a virtual reality viewer. The reference to the Olympic Games and the athletic discipline of antiquity is evident, when the body was never separated from the mind, spirit and intellectual activity. Andreas Angelidakis defines himself as an architect who does not build. In his works he uses installations, sculptures, videos, digital processing, texts and new technologies to investigate the space in which art and architecture overlap. 

Antonio Grulli, curator of Luci d’Artista