Penelope has long been celebrated as the ideal wife,
hence to he rfaithfulness, an intelligent woman who employs her intellect solely to uphold her husband’s reputation. During Odysseus’s prolonged absence, she skillfully evades the suitors' pressure for remarriage, by weaving by day and unraveling her work by night.
From a contemporary perspective, itbecomesclear

thatPenelope'smythhasbeenshapedbya

male-centeredlens.Whetheridentifiedasherfather's

daughter,herhusband'swife,orthesuitors'prize,her

identityandqualitiesweredefinedbyothers.

Thisexhibitionproposesadifferentreading:weaving

was,aboveall,acleverstrategyforlettingtimepass

by.

Penelopehasalreadyreachedasenseofpeacein

acceptingthatherhusbandwillnotreturn.Sheuses

thetacticofunweavingtolettimeworkinherfavor.

Agingbecomesanactofliberationratherthan

decline,graduallyfreeingherfrom therolesimposed

onher.

Astimepasses,shestepsawayfrom theidentityof

theever-waitingwife.Heragingdistanceherfrom

thesuitorswhooncedefinedhervaluethroughyouth

andbeauty,makinghernolongeradesirableprize,

butaself-definedpresencebeyondtheirreach.

Butwhathappenswhen,atthemomentshefinally

claimsherindependence,Odysseusreturns?

Bringingtogetherinstallation,textile,photography,

video,performance,andmixedmedia,theexhibition

explorestransformationthroughmaterialssuchas

silicone,fabric,andhair.Likeskin,thesematerials

bearthemarksoftime,revealingchangenotasloss,

butasthepossibilityofbecomingsomeonenew.