{"id":15951,"date":"2026-08-21T11:37:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T11:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esmeralda.local\/chapters\/ik-ho-rus-act-ii\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T16:49:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T14:49:21","slug":"ik-ho-rus-act-ii","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/fr\/works\/ik-ho-rus-act-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"ik-HO-rus \u2014 Acte II"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15951\" class=\"elementor elementor-15951\">\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 II<\/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-e49a622 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"e49a622\" 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 II is an art installation by Esmeralda Kosmatopoulos staging warning as the second act of an Anthropocene fable built around Icarus and Horus. Horus removes the wings made from a destroyed forest, confronting human ambition with a limit it refuses to accept.<\/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 II\">\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 II<\/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-cc1a6f7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cc1a6f7\" 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-e0b3c6b ek-body elementor-widget elementor-widget-tp-animated-text\" data-id=\"e0b3c6b\" 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;\">After witnessing the destruction caused by Icarus, Horus leaves his celestial position and attempts to interrupt the human enterprise. He takes possession of the wings made from the destroyed forest, removing the instrument through which Icarus intended to conquer the sky.<\/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;\">In the installation, the wooden wings appear suspended above a rigid metal structure. They are no longer attached to the absent Icarus, but they have not returned to the forest from which they were extracted. Held beyond his reach, they remain caught between confiscation, protection and captivity.<\/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 II freezes Horus in the act of removing the wings. The gesture has begun but never reaches a final resolution: the wings remain permanently suspended, the route remains blocked and the warning continues to be issued. The installation occupies the interval in which catastrophe could still be avoided.<\/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;\">Icarus is once again absent. He is reconstructed through his refusal to stop. Rather than reconsidering his desire, he turns away from the warning, returns to the remaining forest and cuts down the last trees to build a ladder. The instrument changes, but the direction remains unchanged.<\/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;\">This refusal connects the fable to the contemporary ecological condition. Environmental warnings are no longer invisible: exhausted resources, disappearing species, fires, floods and increasingly uninhabitable landscapes make the consequences of human expansion visible. The problem is not simply that the warning has gone unnoticed, but that it is recognised and then treated as another obstacle to overcome.<\/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 does not illustrate the entire action. It holds one decisive gesture in space: Horus removing the instrument of ascent before the human project can reach its consequence. The invisible Icarus is present through his stubborn trajectory, while Horus is understood through the limit he attempts to impose.<\/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 II distinguishes between a warning that goes unseen and one that is deliberately ignored.<\/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 warning is not missed. It is refused.<\/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 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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbfb530 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cbfb530\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"related\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e03d85 elementor-widget__width-inherit ek-h2 ek-sec-head elementor-widget elementor-widget-tp-heading-2\" data-id=\"0e03d85\" 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\">Related 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