Saturday, April 16, 2011

COME AND SEE MY FREAKS AT THE BENAKI MUSEUM IN ATHENS- GREECE. ARRRGH!- MONSTERS IN FASHION


An exhibition with works by: John Galliano, Walter Van Beirendonck, Hideki Seo, Alexis Themistocleous, Gareth Pugh, Issey Miyake, Cassette Playa, Bronwen Marshall, Charlie Le Mindu, Jean-Charles De Castelbajac, Bas Kosters, Maison Martin Margiela, Andrea Ayala Closa, Bernhard Willhelm, Mareunrol’s, Pyuupiru and manymore...
More details coming soon...
Opening: 14th of May

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Theo – Mass Lexileictous: A super hero is born.

In 2005 - six years ago, Alexis Themistocleous presented his first solo exhibition entitled “From evolution to revolution” at the Morfi Gallery “G.M” in Limassol, Cyprus. Alexis was exploring the subject of cloning and the possible monstrous births that fault experiments can bring. The facts that took place during these six years are mentioned below. Theo-Mass Lexileictous is the anagram and alter ego of Alexis Themistocleous.


This is the story of super hero Theo-Mass Lexileictous. The mutation of a scientist, brought to life after a toxic explosion, during the “From evolution to revolution” experiment at the G.M genetic laboratory. The mad scientist had been trying desperately to clone and create life for over six years, yet to no avail, as all experiments failed one after the other.

It was a rainy day, when the scientist woke up to find himself overwhelmed by a strange feeling. Something was about to happen. Something unbelievable. Something extraordinary. He felt deep inside that this was the day that everything would change.

On his way to the lab, the sky turned black. The streets flooded in seconds, and a great thunderstorm frightened all living creatures, when a blackout saw the entire city covered in darkness. The weather posed no threat to the scientist. His vision became an obsession. This was the day his experiment would succeed. Or so he thought.

Once he reached the lab, he opened the door, looked over at the hundreds of fetuses and said “the time has come”. Little did he know that these would be his last words - as all previous efforts, that day’s experiment resulted in yet another immediate failure. An alarming explosion caused the release of gamma rays. The scientist fell on the floor.

This is not to say that his experiment was a complete failure. In fact, that day’s experiment had succeeded, only nine hours after the death of the scientist. What killed him, ironically gave life to the fetuses. Gamma rays penetrated the incubators and the mutation of the fetuses began. The hybrids became monsters, the so-called freaks. They escaped their incubators, attacked the scientist injecting poison into their creator repeatedly for a period of nine hours. Eighteen hours later, the scientist, Alexis Themistocleous was reborn. But he was not the same. It was his alter ego: Theo –Mass Lexileictous. Lying on the floor, covered in poisonous substances, the super hero opened his eyes, slowly rose to his feet, looked around him and said: “MY INSANITY WILL BECOME YOUR IMAGINATION”.

TO BE CONTINUED…

Sunday, April 10, 2011

THEO-MASS LEXILEICTOUS

This is the story of super hero Theo-Mass Lexileictous. The mutation of a scientist, after a toxic explosion during the “From evolution to revolution” experiment at the G.M genetic laboratory............(the whole story will be uploaded here in a few days).

MY INSANITY WILL BECOME YOUR IMAGINATION





Portraits of Theo-Mass Lexileictous

THE BIRTH OF THEO-MASS LEXILEICTOUS