THESSALONIKI PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL - PROGRAM

Published: 16/09/2011

Thessaloniki Performance Festival

September 19-25, 2011

Curator & coordinator: Eirini Papakonstantinou (SMCA)

 

The Performance Festival constitutes an international meeting of this rather radical and unconventional artistic practice within the framework of the 3^rd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art. As in its emergence, in May 2009, the Festival will focus utterly on the art of performance, aiming at evolving into a meeting place and an interactive platform of Greek and foreign artists that search for the ultimate value of the human body, in terms of its form and content, and set off the social-political dimension of this particular expression of art. The aim of the Festival is to collect and to present all the heterogeneous elements that make up performance art and to portray all the possible dimensions for a thorough exploration of all the pertinent aspects, meanings and ideas. Alongside the live performances, the festival will encompass lectures, masterclasses, screenings, workshops, concerts, tributes and an exhibition, in an attempt to approach the meaning, the history and the development of performance in Greece and abroad.

The Festival will take place in various places in the city, indoors and outdoors, and will offer to the broader public the opportunity of communication and interaction.

The French avant-garde artist ORLAN will be the Guest of Honour of the Performance Festival. Screenings of historical performances will be included (19.09-30.10, Thessaloniki Music Hall, Building M2) as well as a presentation of her work, through a discussion with the 3rd Thessaloniki Biennale Director, Katerina Koskina (19.09, Thessaloniki Music Hall, Building M2, 18:00)

Artists: Efi Birba & Aris Servetalis (Greece), Nezaket Ekici (Turkey), Regina José Galindo (Guatemala), Evi Georgi (Greece). Christina Georgiou (Cyprus), Silvio De Gracia (Argentina), HOPE (Greece), Mikhail Karikis (Greece), Alastair MacLennan (N.Ireland), Mohammad [Nikos Veliotis, Coti K. ILIOS](Greece), Liza Morozova (Russia), Kira O’ Reilly (U.K.), Luigi Presicce (Italy), Georgia Sagri (Greece), Wafaa Yasin (Palestine).  

Special Tribute to: Theodoros

 

PROGRAM

Monday 19 September

Mikhail Karikis

Highflyer

12.00, 30’ Thessaloniki's City Hall (Foyer)

 

Regina José Galindo

Alud

22.00-24.00, 2 hours

Dynamo Project Space (5 Typou St.) 

 

 

Tuesday 20 September

Georgia Sagri

Owen

10.00-06.00, 20hours                            

Plateia Dikastirion (Venizelos Statue)

 

Luigi Presicce                  

Allegoria astratta dell'atelier del pittore all'inferno tra le punte gemelle

20.00-22.00, 2 hours                  

first come first served

Andreas Voutsinas Theater (18 Leontos Sofou St., 5th floor, Alamani Megaron)

 

 

Wednesday 21 September

Christina Georgiou  

Eternal return

17.00-21.00, 4 hours 

Bar SPITIMOU.groundfloor (3 Fragon Str.)

 

untitled, A study on Samuel Becket

Concept-Director: Effie Birba

performance: Aris Servetalis

22.00, 40’

Aristoteleion Theater (2 Ethnikis Aminis St.)

 

 

Thursday 22 September

Nezaket Ekici                       

On the way-Safety and Luck                                      

18.00-19.00, 1hour           

Thessaloniki Port, 1st Pier behind the Pumping Station

 

Kira O’ Reilly                    

Stair Falling

20.00-00.00, 4 hours 

Olympion (interior staircase)  

 

 

Friday 23 September

Alastair MacLennan      

Bare to Bear

18.00-20.56, 2hours 56’

White Tower (outdoors)

 

HOPE                            

Across the floor of the Giant’s lodge                                   

22.00, 35’                              

Warehouse B1, Thessaloniki Port

 

Saturday 24 September

Walking with Duchamp

Silvio De Gracia

starting: Aristotelous Square&Nikis Av. 14.00-15.00           

Ending: Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art 15.00-15.30                      

 

MOHAMMAD (Nikos Veliotis, Coti K., ILIOS)                                                

Spiriti 22.00-23.15, 1 hour 15'

Café Bar Coo, basement (4 Vasileos Erakleiou St.)

 

 

Sunday 25 September

Liza Morozova                  

Under the Blanket

16.00-19.00,3hours

first come first served                                                    

Ex Camp Pavlos Melas, Stavroupoli (Tahidromeio bus stop)

 

Wafaa Yasin                            

We all belong to the same line 

21.00, 45'

Café Bar Coo, basement (4 Vasileos Erakleiou St.

 

Evi Tzortzi 

Antanaclasis                         

22.00, 10'                                  

Bar Partizan (29 Valaoritou St.)   

 

 

 

 

TRIBUTES

 

Guest of Honour

ORLAN

19 September, 18:00

Thessaloniki Concert Hall, M2 Building

Screenings:

19 September – 30 October

 

Screenings of past video recorded performances and a discussion between the artist and the 3^rd Thessaloniki Biennale Director, Katerina Koskina.

 

 

 

Theodoros Tribute

24 September, 20:00

Moni Lazariston (21 Kolokotroni St. Stavroupoli)

 

Presentation of Theodoros’ work by Alexandra Antoniadou and an open tali between the artist and the audience.

 

WORKSHOP

17-21 September

9:00-14:00

Moni Lazariston (21 Kolokotroni St. Stavroupoli)

MASTERCLASS

Georgia Sagri

23 September

11:00-12:30

Moni Lazariston (21 Kolokotroni St. Stavroupoli)