Zoe Keramea

Statement

In all my work I deal with the manipulation of surfaces; they are overlain, enfolded into themselves, cut or even tied in knots. I explore the play between surface and space.
I like to provoke the viewers to engage with the work and I encourage them to handle the work or participate in the making. Paper as an enfolded surface is the primary material; I use it to print, to draw, I fold it into 3D modular units which I sew together to form sculptural works, I fold it and cut it, and sometimes I make stencils for ceramics.
Many of the works can exist in multiple states and they can radically change according to how they are displayed such as leporello books, brainteaser limited editions or flexible modular sculptures.

Artworks

Dimoebius is a flexible modular sculpture of a joined double moebius, embracing an incorporated black linear moebius. It can be displayed flat or hung in space. It is made of flat strips of paper which are hand-folded into triangular dipyramids, forming hexahedral modular units. These are sewn together with thread into a flexible modular structure. Dimoebius addresses topology using Johnson solid triangular dipyramids folded from flat strips of paper. The unique process of sewn flexible joints allows the work to be shown in multiple states.