Marianna Parisi
Arts & Craft Associate Degree
Wdka Willem De Kooning Academy
Graduates: 2025
Specialisms: Fine Art / Digital Arts / Installation/Sculpture
My location: Nicosia, Cyprus
Marianna Parisi
First Name: Marianna
Last Name: Parisi
University / College: Wdka Willem De Kooning Academy
Course / Program: Arts & Craft Associate Degree
Graduates: 2025
Specialisms: Fine Art / Digital Arts / Installation/Sculpture
My Location: Nicosia, Cyprus
About
Hi, I'm Marianna, a Cypriot artist based in Nicosia and a recent graduate of [de]fine arts at Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, Netherlands.My practice revolves around material activism, focusing on the transformative power of reclaimed waste. Emerging from experimental and intuitive processes, I aim to redefine what we consider valuable in the context of artistic expression and to challenge the materiality of everyday life through visual storytelling. I create visual and tactile experiences, intending to encourage viewers to question the potential of discarded resources, reflect on personal and systemic habits, and invite a more mindful, sustainable, and conscious engagement with the world.
A confluence of what we leave behind. An audiovisual installation created from discarded resources, capturing the transformative potential hidden in everyday life. This project reclaims wasted materials such as found objects, human hair, food waste, old experimental textile samples, and mundane, overlooked moments; giving them new life and value through a blend of photography, direct animation, and handcrafted paper-making. It aims to challenge disposable culture through material transformation. Rooted in a rejection of late capitalist consumerism, in a world driven by overproduction and environmental neglect; the work’s intention is to question the systems that dictate what is considered valuable or disposable, and to challenge the material hierarchies that define which materials are deemed worthy or professional enough for artistic expression. By transforming these fragments into tactile and visually crusty aesthetic forms, this creative process repositions "waste" as a means of resistance, unlocking traces of the past embedded within each material and revealing the inherent beauty of matter. This re-framing invites viewers to slow down, look closer, and reconsider the real value of their surroundings. The soundscape, composed by Odysseas Vlamis, weaves together layered sonic fragments sourced from found sounds and field recordings, echoing themes of reuse, memory, and regeneration. Get hypnotized by what this capitalistic system deems worthless.
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