Yorgos Yatromanolakis – The Splitting of the Chrysalis & the Slow Unfolding of the Wings

Yorgos Yatromanolakis photographs the liminal moments between night and day, and the transformation of nature. In this poetic way, he aims to capture and reflect the process of inner metamorphosis.

The Greek photographer had to return to his homeland unexpectedly. As a consequence, he stood face to face with his traumatic past and memories. Artistic practice became a rite of passage for him during that time. In The Splitting of the Chrysalis & the Slow Unfolding of the Wings, he slowly distances himself from all things familiar and intimate. Photography allows him to create a new world – a mysterious and liminal space, in which he moves towards achieving fulfilment and discovering a new existential reality.

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Yorgos Yatromanolakis artistic practice revolves around experimental photography techniques and analogue printing processes. His works have received many awards, including the prestigious FOAM Talent (2020). They have been displayed all over the world, in such places and during such events as ApertureGallery, PhotoEspana, Circulation(s) Festival, International Felifa in Argentina, Moving Museum of Photography in Azerbaijan, Month of Photography in Los Angeles. He is the co-founder of the artist-run space Zoetrope Athens and the chief editor of Phases Magazine.

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Art_Inkubator, Tymienieckiego 3

DID YOU KNOW THAT Art_Inkubator is located in the former factory of Karol Scheibler II, son of the greatest factory owner in Łódź? 

Every firstborn son in the Scheibler family was named Karol. The factory is a part of Księży Młyn, also called a “town in town” or “Polish Manchester”. Scheibler Senior built the largest textile factory in this part of Europe, as well as an estate of workers’ houses, many palaces, hospitals, schools, and parks. Karol Scheibler’s legacy was later developed by Karol Scheibler II, who erected factories at Tymienieckiego and Milionowa Streets. The factory still has the original Russian gauge railway tracks! You will find them near the passage to the new “Fuzja” estate.