{"id":10795,"date":"2025-05-05T11:39:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T08:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cubearteditions.com\/product\/the-worn-out-dancing-shoes\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T11:39:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T08:39:26","slug":"the-worn-out-dancing-shoes","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/cubearteditions.com\/el\/product\/the-worn-out-dancing-shoes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"s2\"><span class=\"s3\">The book \u201c<\/span><span class=\"s3\">The worn-out dancing shoes<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u201d has been published on the occasion of the artist\u2019s exhibition at the <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Zoumboulakis<\/span><span class=\"s3\"> gallery in May 2025. <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Ralli firmly believes that a child\u2019s favourite fairy tale reveals something about his\/her psyche. Her own favourite fairy tale was <\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u201c<\/span><span class=\"s3\">The Twelve Dancing Princesses<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u201d<\/span><span class=\"s3\"> by the Brothers Grimm. However, ever since childhood, <\/span><span class=\"s3\">she<\/span><span class=\"s3\"> has resisted\u2014and continues to resist\u2014the story\u2019s ending, which she perceives as reinforcing the disciplining of independent will, the imposition of authority, and ultimately, punishment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s3\">She, then, <\/span><span class=\"s3\">frees herself from the conventional depiction of the human body\u2014which she has thoroughly explored in the past\u2014and seeks new forms: genderless, colourful, with multicultural characteristics that swirl within the two-dimensional space of paper and ultimately detach and expand into the surrounding space<\/span><span class=\"s3\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s3\">She then<\/span><span class=\"s3\"> invited four writers \u2014C\u00e9cile Inglessis Margellos, Lenia Safiropoulou, Maria Kaliabetsou, and Christos Sakellaridis\u2014<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">to rewrite the tale with a different ending. At the same time, Ralli asked Astrinos Karagiorgakis to compose original music for the artworks, which <\/span><span class=\"s3\">has been playing<\/span><span class=\"s3\"> throughout the exhibition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s3\">The installation featuring 24 pairs of handmade knitted women\u2019s shoes, crafted from wire, fabric and thread, 12 painted couples (diptych tempera on paper) and 72 smaller paintings symbolizes free will and self-determination, as well as the artist\u2019s freedom to express herself through any medium.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nTexts: Lenia Zafeiropoulou, Cecil Iglesi Margellou, Maria Kaliampetsou, Astrinos Karagiorgakis, Eleni Kyprou, Ioanna Ralli, Christos Sakellaridis<br \/>\nDesign: Studio Lialios Vazoura<\/p>\n<p>Size: 170\u00d7240 mm<br \/>\nPages: 408 pages<br \/>\nFormat: Soft cover<br \/>\nLanguage: Greek<br \/>\nEdition: 400 copies<\/p>\n<p>2025<\/p>\n<p>ISBN: 978-618-5204-17-4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The book \u201cThe worn-out dancing shoes\u201d has been published on the occasion of the artist\u2019s exhibition at the Zoumboulakis gallery in May 2025. Ralli firmly believes that a child\u2019s favourite fairy tale reveals something about his\/her psyche. Her own favourite fairy tale was \u201cThe Twelve Dancing Princesses\u201d by the Brothers Grimm. 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