Dissident Bodies: FOCUS / LITO KATTOU

We asked curator Sara Castelo Branco for a closer look to the works of our current Exhibition Dissident Bodies:

Part 6 / Lito Kattou

The work of Lito Kattou explores the body as a hybrid and speculative form, situated between the human, the technological, and the mythological. Through sculpture and installation, her practice constructs figures that seem to belong to alternative realities—spaces where identities are fluid and constantly shifting.

Kattou’s works often combine industrial materials with symbolic or organic references, creating bodies that feel both ancient and futuristic. These forms suggest transformation and adaptation, as if they are evolving in response to new environments or conditions. The presence of metallic surfaces, fragmented structures, and stylized gestures evokes a post-human aesthetic, where the body is reimagined beyond its traditional limits.

Rather than presenting stable identities, her figures appear as avatars or intermediaries—beings that exist between worlds, carrying traces of history, fiction, and technology. This ambiguity challenges fixed categories such as human and non-human, natural and artificial, opening space for more complex and layered understandings of embodiment.

Lito Kattou lives and works in Athens. After studying at the Athens School of Fine Arts and the Royal College of Art in London, she developed an artistic practice that combines sculpture, installation, and digital processes. Through her work, she explores hybrid bodies, speculative identities, and the relationships between humans, technology, and the environment. Her sculptures and installations often draw on mythology, science fiction, and post-human narratives to imagine alternative forms of existence and transformation.