Untitled brulotti, 2022.
A painting series presented at the exhibition "Civil Disobedience: fake or fact (the truth is history)"
18-19, 25-26 November 2023
at the art space HGW std in Athens, Greece.
The queer visual arts festival: “Civil Disobedience” is back for a 16th time at the new art space HGW std for two weekends. The theme of this year is the truth, it’s manipulation, myths, facts and lies and the power that comes from managing them. What is truth? Nine visual artists will give answers through their own queer viewpoint.
Brulotto ('mpourlóto' in Greek), is a word of Italian origins, which means fire ship.
A fire ship or fireship is a large wooden vessel set on fire to be used against enemy ships during a ramming attack or similar maneuver.
They were used to great effect by the outgunned English fleet against the Spanish Armada during the Battle of Gravelines, the Dutch in the raid on the Medway, Chinese warlord Sun Quan in the Battle of Red Cliffs, and the Greeks in their war of independence.