Kalliopi Monoyios
Accumulated Depreciation, 2022
Discarded cords & wires, PTFE (Teflon) tape, stereo wire variable
Accumulated Depreciation is composed of discarded cords of all types — casualties of planned obsolescence. I coil and wrap them in Teflon tape, then bind them into collections of cells that divide and grow, taking on a life of their own.
Kalliopi Monoyios
Landlines, 2022
Old telephone & stereo cords, PTFE tape, wire, reed 25 in. x 25 in. x 31 in.
Inspired by the lyrical forms of Japanese bamboo baskets, this sculpture is created from discarded telephone and stereo wires. In the same way that baskets have fallen out of humanity’s list of essential items, so too have telephone and stereo wires as technology replaces them with cell phones and bluetooth devices. How quickly we discard these technologies that have supported humankind when the next exciting thing comes along. I wonder what our society would look like if we made more of a commitment to the objects we decided to purchase, if we felt an obligation to them in the same way that we feel obliged to each other. Would we be as inundated with stuff we don’t need or want? Would we face the same plastic pollution problem?
Kalliopi Monoyios
Year of Plastic, Family of Four, 2021
single-use plastic packaging, polyester thread 26' x 26'
Beginning in January 2019, a family of four collected their plastic for me for an entire year. Each 2’ wide banner represents the plastic they would have thrown in the trash each month.
