We produce countless single use items to be thrown away without being used even once. At the same time, mass production has lead to items that cannot be given value. They are priceless, as they are so cheap, that in the rich countries of the West, there is no low enough monetary unit.
For years cats have flooded the internet. They allow us to find momentary happiness and escape online. We forget the rapid increase of homelessness, the ransacked healthcare system, the ever shrinking middle class, a humanity who’s morals are dying faster than the planet.
By marrying the two, forkcats seemingly turn their backs on our problems and the barbarity. They are cute, colourful escapism. And yet, in the very material they are made of, are hidden those very problems; willful ignorance does not make the ugly truth disappear.
Stavros Tsiakalos
about the artist:
Stavros Tsiakalos
Stavros Tsiakalos was born in Bremen, Germany in 1979. He studied architecture in Birmingham, UK and Thessaloniki, Greece, earning his diploma from the school of architecture at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and a Master of Public Management from SDA Bocconi in Milan, Italy. After a short stint for an internship at the Press and Information Office of Cyprus in Lefkosia, Stavros now lives in Athens, just a short walk from the Acropolis, where he works, paints, and writes, and extorts free tickets from the National Theater.
Since 2023 he has started showing his art in group exhibitions.
Two children’s books have been published in Greek language. One novella in English was the foray into ebooks. It can be found here.
about forkcat:
a cat painted on a disposable wooden fork
We produce countless single use items to be thrown away without being used even once. At the same time, mass production has lead to items that cannot be given value. They are priceless, as they are so cheap, that in the rich countries of the West, there is no low enough monetary unit.
For years cats have flooded the internet. They allow us to find momentary happiness and escape online. We forget the rapid increase of homelessness, the ransacked healthcare system, the ever shrinking middle class, a humanity who’s morals are dying faster than the planet.
By marrying the two, forkcats seemingly turn their backs on our problems and the barbarity. They are cute, colourful escapism. And yet, in the very material they are made of, are hidden those very problems; willful ignorance does not make the ugly truth disappear.
about the artist:
Stavros Tsiakalos
Stavros Tsiakalos was born in Bremen, Germany in 1979. He studied architecture in Birmingham, UK and Thessaloniki, Greece, earning his diploma from the school of architecture at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and a Master of Public Management from SDA Bocconi in Milan, Italy. After a short stint for an internship at the Press and Information Office of Cyprus in Lefkosia, Stavros now lives in Athens, just a short walk from the Acropolis, where he works, paints, and writes, and extorts free tickets from the National Theater.
Since 2023 he has started showing his art in group exhibitions.
Two children’s books have been published in Greek language. One novella in English was the foray into ebooks. It can be found here.