KAIROS

KAIROS challenges societal taboos, inviting reflection on our shared humanity and trauma. It wishes to remind us that the journey toward safety and healing is not just personal—it is universal.

KAIROS speaks to the urgency of confronting the past to heal and break the silence surrounding abuse and systemic oppression. My work explores the search for belonging and identity, as well as the reasons I’ve lost them—or perhaps never had them.

It all began when I left Greece amidst the crisis and moved to Switzerland. My migration was not an adventure, but a need to assert sovereignty. Photography became a therapeutic tool to validate my suffering and reclaim my voice, a defense mechanism and a means of emotional release.

The work delves into trauma, the persistence of freedom, and cultural complexities, shaped by my experiences across diverse cultures—from the south to the north of Europe, Albania to Armenia, China to Qatar. Life between cultures confronts preconceptions surrounding personal safety, gender dynamics, social injustice, loneliness, and the need for connection.

Spanning over 15 years, my journey through displacement and self-appropriation shaped an introspective photographic practice that merges personal healing with social engagement. Though personal, my work is also a call to action. Shot primarily on 35mm film, my images invite viewers into a world both familiar and elusive. I explore symbiotic relationships between humans, animals, and the environment, with physicality as a central theme—linking compassion and violence, pleasure and pain.

The images are raw and instinctive, obsessively searching for something relatable, and edited using the psychology of free association. Repetition is key in KAIROS, with symbols like the car (freedom) and house (safety) often depicted as rundown or abandoned. Food represents the deceptive side of desires, especially in the context of a woman’s struggle for agency in a society where this act is often revolutionary. The project examines toxic patterns and the difficulty of breaking free.

KAIROS challenges societal taboos, inviting reflection on our shared humanity and the trauma that connects us. In a time of declining democratic values and growing societal divisions, my photography encourages us to articulate and address the issues that affect us all. Through vulnerability, resilience, and the therapeutic power of art, my work wishes to remind us that the journey toward safety and belonging is not just personal—it is universal.