Nikoletta Tzanne ARTICUL CTION A C o n t e m p o r a r y A r t R e v i e w Special Issue being connected to an art piece is utterly unpredictable. With their reminders to the contrast between softness and stiffness, Sleeping unveils the bond between materiality and perception. As viewers, we often tend to forget that a work of art is first of all a physical artefact with intrinsic tactile qualities, and we really appreciate the way, through sapient materic translation, your artistic production highlights the materiality among the viewer: how important is for you to highlight the physical aspect of your artworks? Nikoletta Tzanne: It is very important . Assuming that artwork has purpose -advancing a theme or point of view,display an expressive property, arouse a feeling or nothing of the above but simply be devoted to engendering a certain idea- in my practice that can be accomplised with the use of forms made out of various matterials.Experimenting with different kind of matterials and their properties apart from being a very interesting process gives me numerous possibilities in defining the idea that I am interested in. You are an established artist and over the years you have internationally exhibited in several occasions: how do you consider the nature of your relationship with your audience? By the way, as the move of Art from traditional gallery spaces, to street and especially to online platforms — as Instagram and Vimeo — increases, how would in your opinion change the relationship with a globalised audience? Nikoletta Tzanne: I am very interested in the reactions of the viewers when they are looking at my work.Most of the times I feel that there is a moment of awkwardness which Is followed by