Τhe mysteries of nature and the emotional experience of a story are central themes in the work of Marios Spiliopoulos (born in 1957). Using natural and unprocessed material that allude to early primordial memories and remind of religious or mythic symbols he creates installations that contain a ritual character and references to component elements of the Greek cultural identity. The work "I am a man, in my midst" (1993) from the 3rd Art Symposium (1993) incarnates the main features of the artist’s visual approach. The phrase reads the same backwards as forwards and is written cyclically to highlight the supernatural sense that it conveys. The solar light, which plays a prominent role in the project, gives a special charge to the ceremonial and mystic atmosphere of the work. Finally, for the artist, the values of human existence are rooted in the beginning of everything and extend endlessly in the future.