Dionysus

In 2008 in Xiamen, China I recreated a 2nd century A.D. mosaic pattern situated in my hometown Corinth, Greece.
I remember being fascinated by this mosaic during my regular visits to the local museum as a child. In order to make the pattern, I chewed Chinese colored gum. In this way I established not only a new form of cross-cultural exchange but a link between history and modernity as well.

Dionysos mosaic, original

Mosaic floor from a roman villa of ancient Corinth, showing Dionysos in the center.
Museum of Ancient Corinth, Greece.

recreation of Dionysus

My recreation of the mosaic with colored Chinese chewing-gum.

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Dionysus-view

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view of Dionysus

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walking-on-Dionysus

close-up-Dionysus

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