Katerina Drakopoulou (Greece) / Ioulia Ladogianni (Greece)
Updated: 13-03-2017 17:22– Performance#1
Title: 22 stops
a. Venue: Vrilissia (Square)
Date: 19 March 2017
Hour: 11:00 - 13:00
b. Venue: N. Engonopoulos Hall
Hour: 21:30 - 22:00
Date: 19 March 2017
– Performance#2
Title: 22 stops
Venue: Romantso
Date: 20 March 2017
Hour: 19:00 - 22:00
A two-hour, walking, site-specific, Butoh performance that takes place in Vrilissia, Athens, in the context of ANIMFEST, and specifically MULTIMATION-Metamorphosis#1, curated by Vermeire Geert.
2 hours, 22 sites, 22 improvisational Butoh compositions. During a two-hour walk, the body, being responsive to the urban environment and using the principles of Butoh dance, such as slow movement, energized stillness, and sculptural form, will create 22 improvisational compositions in 22 sites. These 22 dance compositions will attempt not only to illuminate the beauty of the familiar and the everyday, but also to explore the different dynamics by which the body may permeate a space or may be absorbed by it.
The specific performative journey will be recorded via photography and the photographic material, after being transmuted into video, will invigorate a new Butoh performance that will be presented the same evening at "N. Engonopoulos" Hall at Vrilissia.
The Butoh body will coexist and converse with a series of photographs in an attempt to recreate, reconstruct, and re-enact in the present moment sites and dances that are etched in the body’s memory.
"22 stops" invites us to see again and re-imagine shared spaces, practices and art forms.
Concept, Creation, Performance: Katerina Drakopoulou
Photography: Ioulia Ladogianni
Video: Tasos Papadopoulos
Katerina Drakopoulou CV
Ioulia Ladogianni CV
Ioulia is a visual artist, specialized in photographic image and in fine art as social practice. She took part in group exhibitions in Greece, England and Spain. Her work was displayed in a solo exhibition during the International Month of Photography in Athens. She collaborated on the project 22 stops, displayed at Benaki Museum during Athens Photo Festival and the Beton 7 gallery. She has a BA(Hons) degree in photography and fine art as social practice from the School of Art & Design of Wolverhampton University in the U.K. She is photography teacher in several Colleges and seminars of creative photography. She is a member of Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece.
Tasos Papadopoulos CV
Tasos Papadopoulos is visual artist specialized in photography. He took part in group exhibitions in Athens, Thessaloniki, England and Spain.
He got a Ba(Hons) in Photography & Fine Art as social practice from Wolverhampton University and Msc in Cultural Management from Panteion University. He works as a photographer and videographer. He is teaching in several seminars in creative photography. He is a member of Chamber of Greek Visual Artists.
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