{"id":15949,"date":"2026-08-21T11:37:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T11:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esmeralda.local\/chapters\/ik-ho-rus-act-i\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T16:49:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T14:49:20","slug":"ik-ho-rus-act-i","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/fr\/works\/ik-ho-rus-act-i\/","title":{"rendered":"ik-HO-rus \u2014 Acte I"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15949\" class=\"elementor elementor-15949\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f424967 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f424967\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-add9b57 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"add9b57\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b0c51d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9b0c51d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-225ac9f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"225ac9f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8d732d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e8d732d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42c9c4e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"42c9c4e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-818fc7a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"818fc7a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d935f8 elementor-widget__width-initial ek-title elementor-widget elementor-widget-tp-heading-2\" data-id=\"1d935f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;tp_anima_type&quot;:&quot;tp_fade_bottom&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"tp-heading-2.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"tp-about-3-title-box tp_fade_bottom\">\n\n\n        \n\n    <h1 class=\"tp-section-title-90 tp_text_invert tp-el-text\">ik-HO-rus \u2014 Act I<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f80ac9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"6f80ac9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ek-partof\">Part of <a href=\"\/ik-ho-rus\/\"><em>ik-HO-rus<\/em><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9759593 ek-lead elementor-widget elementor-widget-tp-animated-text\" data-id=\"9759593\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;tp_anima_type&quot;:&quot;tp_title_anim&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"tp-animated-text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<p data-stagger=\"0.08\" data-speed=\"1\" data-lag=\".2\" class=\" liko-animated-text-widget tp-el-animation-heading tp-section-title-span-padding tp_title_anim lead-chapeau\" data-role=\"lead-chapeau\"><strong><em>ik-HO-rus<\/em><\/strong> \u2014 Act I is an art installation by Esmeralda Kosmatopoulos bringing Icarus into collision with Horus, the falcon-headed Egyptian god associated with the sky and sun. The first of three autonomous acts, it stages excess as the beginning of a contemporary fable about human ambition, environmental destruction and ecological collapse.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da94913 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"da94913\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73a4a31 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"73a4a31\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-855c09b ek-label elementor-widget elementor-widget-tp-animated-text\" data-id=\"855c09b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tp-animated-text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<p data-stagger=\"0.08\" data-speed=\"1\" data-lag=\".2\" class=\" liko-animated-text-widget tp-el-animation-heading tp-section-title-span-padding \">MEDIUM<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c5d705 ek-value elementor-widget elementor-widget-tp-animated-text\" data-id=\"0c5d705\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tp-animated-text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<p data-stagger=\"0.08\" data-speed=\"1\" data-lag=\".2\" class=\" liko-animated-text-widget tp-el-animation-heading tp-section-title-span-padding \">Installation<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdedf6d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bdedf6d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8793f0 ek-label elementor-widget elementor-widget-tp-animated-text\" data-id=\"f8793f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1000\/682;width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/home\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-installation-view_04.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/home\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-installation-view_04-ek900.webp 900w, https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/home\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-installation-view_04.webp 2400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"ik-HO-rus \u2014 Act I\">\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <div class=\"pm-project-masonary-content\">\r\n                    <span class=\"pm-project-masonary-subtitle\">INSTALLATION VIEW<\/span>\r\n                    <p class=\"pm-project-masonary-title tp-el-title\"><a href=\"\">ik-HO-rus \u2014 Act I<\/a><\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div><div class=\"pm-project-masonary-item p-relative\" data-ek-r=\"1.348\">\r\n                <div class=\"fix\">\r\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1000\/1348;width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-2_02.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-2_02-ek900.webp 900w, https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-2_02.webp 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"Ik Ho Rus Act 2\">\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <div class=\"pm-project-masonary-content\">\r\n                    <span class=\"pm-project-masonary-subtitle\">ARTWORK<\/span>\r\n                    <p class=\"pm-project-masonary-title tp-el-title\"><a href=\"#\">Ik Ho Rus Act 2<\/a><\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div><div class=\"pm-project-masonary-item p-relative\" data-ek-r=\"1.348\">\r\n                <div class=\"fix\">\r\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1000\/1348;width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-1_01.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-1_01-ek900.webp 900w, https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-1_01.webp 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"Ik Ho Rus Act 1\">\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <div class=\"pm-project-masonary-content\">\r\n                    <span class=\"pm-project-masonary-subtitle\">ARTWORK<\/span>\r\n                    <p class=\"pm-project-masonary-title tp-el-title\"><a href=\"#\">Ik Ho Rus Act 1<\/a><\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f524a7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3f524a7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-835c695 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"835c695\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"about\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31346f6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"31346f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63203b1 elementor-widget__width-initial ek-h2 ek-sec-head elementor-widget elementor-widget-tp-heading-2\" data-id=\"63203b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;tp_anima_type&quot;:&quot;tp_fade_bottom&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"tp-heading-2.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"tp-about-3-title-box tp_fade_bottom\">\n\n\n        \n\n    <h2 class=\"tp-section-title-90 tp_text_invert tp-el-text\">About<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49bcbe2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"49bcbe2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e9c9aa ek-body elementor-widget elementor-widget-tp-animated-text\" data-id=\"1e9c9aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;tp_anima_type&quot;:&quot;tp_fade_bottom&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"tp-animated-text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<div class=\"tp-animated-text-paragraphs\"><p data-stagger=\"0.08\" data-speed=\"1\" data-lag=\".2\" class=\" liko-animated-text-widget tp-el-animation-heading tp-section-title-span-padding tp_fade_bottom tp-animated-text-paragraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:1.5em;\">Act I opens the fable with an act of extraction. Icarus dreams of entering the celestial kingdom of Horus. To build the wings that will carry him beyond the human condition, he cuts down the trees surrounding him, transforming the living world into material for his ascent.<\/p><p data-stagger=\"0.08\" data-speed=\"1\" data-lag=\".2\" class=\" liko-animated-text-widget tp-el-animation-heading tp-section-title-span-padding tp_fade_bottom tp-animated-text-paragraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:1.5em;\">Yet Icarus never appears in the installation. His presence is reconstructed entirely through the consequences of his actions: a broken trunk, dry soil and the remains of a depleted landscape. Nature has been reduced to fragments after being consumed by the human project.<\/p><p data-stagger=\"0.08\" data-speed=\"1\" data-lag=\".2\" class=\" liko-animated-text-widget tp-el-animation-heading tp-section-title-span-padding tp_fade_bottom tp-animated-text-paragraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:1.5em;\">Above this desolate ground, the monumental golden eye of Horus watches and weeps. Horus sees what Icarus, absorbed by his ambition, is unable or unwilling to recognise. His tears introduce grief before warning or retaliation. He does not yet intervene; he witnesses the destruction and mourns the world being consumed.<\/p><p data-stagger=\"0.08\" data-speed=\"1\" data-lag=\".2\" class=\" liko-animated-text-widget tp-el-animation-heading tp-section-title-span-padding tp_fade_bottom tp-animated-text-paragraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:1.5em;\">The scene holds this action in suspension. Horus remains caught in the act of looking and weeping, while the damaged landscape preserves the action of the absent Icarus. The forest is no longer being cut, yet its destruction has not settled into the past. Cause and consequence remain physically present within the same frozen moment.<\/p><p data-stagger=\"0.08\" data-speed=\"1\" data-lag=\".2\" class=\" liko-animated-text-widget tp-el-animation-heading tp-section-title-span-padding tp_fade_bottom tp-animated-text-paragraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:1.5em;\">By removing Icarus from the scene, the installation shifts attention away from the heroic figure traditionally placed at the centre of the myth. The wounded landscape and the god who contemplates it become the protagonists. Human ambition is represented through what it extracts and leaves behind rather than through the person who performs it.<\/p><p data-stagger=\"0.08\" data-speed=\"1\" data-lag=\".2\" class=\" liko-animated-text-widget tp-el-animation-heading tp-section-title-span-padding tp_fade_bottom tp-animated-text-paragraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:1.5em;\">Act I resembles a fragment of a stage set into which the visitor can enter. Its broken trunk, suspended eye and barren ground form a spatial fable whose relationships must be reconstructed through movement. An almost childlike directness and underlying absurdity give the scene the apparent simplicity of a cautionary tale, while its emptiness reveals the violence beneath it.<\/p><p data-stagger=\"0.08\" data-speed=\"1\" data-lag=\".2\" class=\" liko-animated-text-widget tp-el-animation-heading tp-section-title-span-padding tp_fade_bottom tp-animated-text-paragraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:1.5em;\">Act I marks the beginning of the cycle: nature is consumed in the pursuit of elevation, while the human remains absent from the damage he has produced.<\/p><p data-stagger=\"0.08\" data-speed=\"1\" data-lag=\".2\" class=\" liko-animated-text-widget tp-el-animation-heading tp-section-title-span-padding tp_fade_bottom tp-animated-text-paragraph\">The instrument of ascent begins with an act of destruction.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-889c883 e-con-full ek-gallery-wrap e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"889c883\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e33732 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6e33732\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07e1c95 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"07e1c95\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26aa6b6 ek-gallery-rest elementor-widget elementor-widget-tp-portfolio-card\" data-id=\"26aa6b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tp-portfolio-card.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><div class=\"esm-project-gallery-masonry esm-cols\"><div class=\"esm-col\"><div class=\"pm-project-masonary-item p-relative\" data-ek-r=\"1.348\">\r\n                <div class=\"fix\">\r\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1000\/1348;width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-3_01.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-3_01-ek900.webp 900w, https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-3_01.webp 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"Ik Ho Rus Act 3\">\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <div class=\"pm-project-masonary-content\">\r\n                    <span class=\"pm-project-masonary-subtitle\">ARTWORK<\/span>\r\n                    <p class=\"pm-project-masonary-title tp-el-title\"><a href=\"#\">Ik Ho Rus Act 3<\/a><\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div><div class=\"pm-project-masonary-item p-relative\" data-ek-r=\"1.348\">\r\n                <div class=\"fix\">\r\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1000\/1348;width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-3_02.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-3_02-ek900.webp 900w, https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-3_02.webp 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"Ik Ho Rus Act 3\">\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <div class=\"pm-project-masonary-content\">\r\n                    <span class=\"pm-project-masonary-subtitle\">ARTWORK<\/span>\r\n                    <p class=\"pm-project-masonary-title tp-el-title\"><a href=\"#\">Ik Ho Rus Act 3<\/a><\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div><div class=\"pm-project-masonary-item p-relative\" data-ek-r=\"1.348\">\r\n                <div class=\"fix\">\r\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1000\/1348;width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-3_03.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-3_03-ek900.webp 900w, https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-3_03.webp 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"Ik Ho Rus Act 3\">\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <div class=\"pm-project-masonary-content\">\r\n                    <span class=\"pm-project-masonary-subtitle\">ARTWORK<\/span>\r\n                    <p class=\"pm-project-masonary-title tp-el-title\"><a href=\"#\">Ik Ho Rus Act 3<\/a><\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div><div class=\"pm-project-masonary-item p-relative\" data-ek-r=\"1.348\">\r\n                <div class=\"fix\">\r\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1000\/1348;width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-3_04.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-3_04-ek900.webp 900w, https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-3_04.webp 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"Ik Ho Rus Act 3\">\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <div class=\"pm-project-masonary-content\">\r\n                    <span class=\"pm-project-masonary-subtitle\">ARTWORK<\/span>\r\n                    <p class=\"pm-project-masonary-title tp-el-title\"><a href=\"#\">Ik Ho Rus Act 3<\/a><\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div><\/div><div class=\"esm-col\"><div class=\"pm-project-masonary-item p-relative\" data-ek-r=\"1.348\">\r\n                <div class=\"fix\">\r\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1000\/1348;width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-1_03.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-1_03-ek900.webp 900w, https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-1_03.webp 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"Ik Ho Rus Act 1\">\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <div class=\"pm-project-masonary-content\">\r\n                    <span class=\"pm-project-masonary-subtitle\">ARTWORK<\/span>\r\n                    <p class=\"pm-project-masonary-title tp-el-title\"><a href=\"#\">Ik Ho Rus Act 1<\/a><\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div><div class=\"pm-project-masonary-item p-relative\" data-ek-r=\"1.348\">\r\n                <div class=\"fix\">\r\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1000\/1348;width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-2_03.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-2_03-ek900.webp 900w, https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-2_03.webp 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"Ik Ho Rus Act 2\">\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <div class=\"pm-project-masonary-content\">\r\n                    <span class=\"pm-project-masonary-subtitle\">ARTWORK<\/span>\r\n                    <p class=\"pm-project-masonary-title tp-el-title\"><a href=\"#\">Ik Ho Rus Act 2<\/a><\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div><div class=\"pm-project-masonary-item p-relative\" data-ek-r=\"1.348\">\r\n                <div class=\"fix\">\r\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1000\/1348;width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-2_04.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-2_04-ek900.webp 900w, https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-2_04.webp 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"Ik Ho Rus Act 2\">\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <div class=\"pm-project-masonary-content\">\r\n                    <span class=\"pm-project-masonary-subtitle\">ARTWORK<\/span>\r\n                    <p class=\"pm-project-masonary-title tp-el-title\"><a href=\"#\">Ik Ho Rus Act 2<\/a><\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div><div class=\"pm-project-masonary-item p-relative\" data-ek-r=\"1.348\">\r\n                <div class=\"fix\">\r\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1000\/1348;width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-2_06.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-2_06-ek900.webp 900w, https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ikh-ik-ho-rus-act-2_06.webp 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"Ik Ho Rus Act 2\">\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <div class=\"pm-project-masonary-content\">\r\n                    <span class=\"pm-project-masonary-subtitle\">ARTWORK<\/span>\r\n                    <p class=\"pm-project-masonary-title tp-el-title\"><a href=\"#\">Ik Ho Rus Act 2<\/a><\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48dab8a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"48dab8a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3eb870 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b3eb870\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"exhibitions\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adb060c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"adb060c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1b1c47 elementor-widget__width-initial ek-h2 ek-sec-head elementor-widget elementor-widget-tp-heading-2\" data-id=\"f1b1c47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;tp_anima_type&quot;:&quot;tp_fade_bottom&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"tp-heading-2.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"tp-about-3-title-box tp_fade_bottom\">\n\n\n        \n\n    <h2 class=\"tp-section-title-90 tp_text_invert tp-el-text\">Exhibitions<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39dab11 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"39dab11\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2779b0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f2779b0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edf636c elementor-widget elementor-widget-tp-award\" data-id=\"edf636c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tp-award.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n    \n<div class=\"row\">\n    <div class=\"col-xl-4 col-lg-4 col-md-12\">\n        <div class=\"tp-award-list-thumb-wrap p-relative\">\n            <div id=\"tp-award-thumb\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col-xl-8 col-lg-8 col-md-12\">\n       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