For the 9th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Marina Velisioti presents Last Resort, an installation examining memory, embodiment, digital survival, and the collapse of the visible into hybrid emotional landscapes. The work draws from gaming-inspired identities, speculative technologies, decay, and collective survival.
Drawing references from 1990s sci-fi aesthetics, the universe of Carl Jung, and countercultural narratives, the installation unfolds as a ritual-like atmosphere where chaos and humour become tools of liberation and reinvention. Blurring the boundaries between physical and virtual realities, Last Resort inhabits an imaginary environment where fragmented bodies, suspended structures, and symbolic forms function as emotional residues of contemporary anxiety and desire.
Velisioti’s works merge sculpture, ceramics, sound, and installation, exploring multi-layered environments that investigate materiality, bodily transformation, and psychological experience. Her practice often explores states of vulnerability, emotional excess, and speculative futures through immersive spatial compositions and hybrid mythologies.
Working across sculpture, installation, moving image, and performative environments, Velisioti constructs immersive worlds where speculative fiction, emotional archaeology, and symbolic structures converge into fragmented experiential landscapes.
Her work has been presented internationally in exhibitions and biennials including the Torino Textile Biennial, ICAI Polyhedra, and Google Institute Sofia.
Titled everything must change. Radical Intelligence. Saloniki 9, curated by independent curator Nadja Argyropoulou and organized by MOMus, the 9th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art is now open through July 5, 2026, bringing together artists, installations, performances, screenings, and public programs across multiple venues in Thessaloniki.
