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BEFORE, NOW, AFTER
Narrative Paths - Leros Island
‘Before, Now, After’ is an interdisciplinary project that brings together contemporary dance, traditional music, oral history, documentary film, photography and the human geography of Leros island. Through a contemporary journey on the island, the hidden histories of locals with heritage from Asia Minor are unveiled. The project creates movement while focusing on the meeting with ‘the other’ body: that of the local population, the co-creator, the place, the natural and human made landscapes of Leros. We explore the excavation of the past as an opportunity to listen through the body and encounter the events of another era. A chance to converse through art with the local community, to mobilize different ways to relate to our history and to explore the collective undertaking of shaping our future.
Wander with us on the island of Leros and the local Asian Minor history. Discover the 4 QR codes in the locations below, scan with your mobile phone, and indulge in an immersive experience, traveling back in time through true stories of Asian Minor refugees, as they were passed down to us by their living descendants. Each narrative path has been created in direct dialogue with landscape and its history and with the peripatetic body in mind. The visitor is invited to experience a transformation of their relationship to place, through these choreographically curated walks.
Where to find the paths in Leros:
1. Aγία Κιουρά
2. Παρθένι (αεροδρόμιο)
3. Παντέλι (βρύσες στο λιμανάκι)
4. Λακκί (παλιά αγορά)
*για μια ολοκληρωμένη εμπειρία, συνίσταται η χρήση ακουστικών.
concept, texts, narration, sound: Chloe Aligianni & Polena Kolia Petersen
photography: Giorgos Kalkanidis
video documentation: Xenia Tsilochristou
The production took place within the framework of the 2022 program, of the "All of Greece One Culture" institution by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, as well as a creation grant from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports for the first stage of creation. The project is also supported by the Municipality of Leros, the cultural and educational association Artemis, the Asian Minor Association of Leros, the Center for Asian Minor Studies and with the sponsorship of Blue Star Ferries.
We kindly thank all the people and families who opened their homes and hearts for the research process,
as well as all the Lerians who welcomed us to the island.
ΟΔΟΙΠΟΡΟΙ _ CITY STEPS
a walking participatory performance
Οδοιπόροι_City Steps, is a walking participatory performance which invites persons-residents and visitors of Athens to participate in the city in an alternative way for three days. Each day eight participants along with four performers, co-form a contemporary ritual of passage, which signifies the personal identity unfolded into a tripartite process composed by the three actions of escorting, wandering, and gestural imprinting within the city center. Throughout the four-hour duration of this happening, public and personal spheres converse, highlighting unique, ephemeral and weird aspects of life. The project is inspired by multiple traditions from Australian indigenous people to Situationists and the concept of psychogeography, seeking to function as an interpersonal communal experience of alternative contact with the self, the others and the environment in the context of exploring and engraving new roads. The new ephemeral trails arise from the involvement of each citizen, highlighting the uniqueness as an indispensable ingredient for the creation of a Contemporary City, which is rejuvenated constantly by the action of our steps.
This performance is part of a series of projects exploring communication into the intermediate space between ‘the personal’ and ‘the public’ and its first presentation was carried out with the support of the Culture Office of the City of Athens in the frame of the Athens City Festival.
concept, design of performance: Katerina Kataki
visual curation: Ira Spagadorou
performers: Dimitra Kolokitha, Katerina Kataki, Tasos Tirogalas, Fanis Sakellariou, Chloe Aligianni
facilitators: Chloe Aligianni, Ioanna Galani
constructions: Giannis Kapellos
photography: Alexander Koromilas
video documentation: Xenia Tsilochristou
part of Athens City Festival 2023
With the support of the Culture Office of the City of Athens