7th International Video Poetry Festival Athens: Performance and Video Poetry

Official Program

100 video artists and poets from 26 countries | 2 performances | 32 poets + 8 concerts + 3 DJs + BookFair | FREE ENTRANCE / ΕΙΣΟΔΟΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΗ

FRIDAY 14 DECEMBER

VIDEO POETRY SHOW starts at 17.00

MEXICO: Cristina Bustamante. Minuit De Lacroix feat.Charlene Gálea USA: Sarah Sloat. Cheryl Gross. Lisa Seidenberg. Tova Beck-Friedman. Adam E.Stone. Matt Mullins. Pamela Falkenberg. Jack Cochran. Vasilios Papaioannu & Emma Piper-Burket AUSTRALIA: Jason Lam. Ian Gibbins. Clare Rosslyn Wilson. Marie Craven ENGLAND: Shauna Robertson. Sam Loveless. Brian Reid. Adele Myers. Kate Sweeney. Dominic Weston. Tom Sastry. Helen Dewbery. Timothy David Orme. Chaucer Cameron. Adam Steiner. Iris Lewis. Shauna Robertson. Hari Marini- PartSuspended. Sarah Tremlett. Helen Kay. Jane Glennie INDIA: Kuzhur Wilson SPAIN: Adria Guardiola. Rafel Arnal. Blas Payri. Pedro Jaen R. Laen Sanches ITALY: Alessandro Sedda. Virgo29 Production Kenosis. Dimitri RuggeriBOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA: Amina Avdic GREECE: Nopi Fountoukidou. Lokatola. Stelios Oikonomidis. Antonis Touloumis, Spyros Pantazis, Katerina Michalopoulou. Niki Andrikopoulou. Christine Papanicola. Grigoris G. Gaitanaros. Peanuts Bowl. Thanasis Panou. Evgenia Oikonomopoulou. Io Armata KOREA:Finn Harvor CANADA: Fiona Tinwei Lam. Sharron Mirsky PERU: Rodrigo Luque FRANCE: Anna Niarakis, bobie (yves bommenel) FINLAND: Hanna Ojala AUSTRIA: Melanie Ludwig ISLE OF MAN: Janet Lees BELGIUM:  Gaetan Saint-Remy. Serge Goldwicht. Pierre Lebecque UKRAINE / TURKEY: Lokal Anestezi BOLIVIA: Lucia Sellars LUXEMBURG: Agnes Marton POLAND: Marcin Jagnus SLOVENIA: Tina Šulc Resnik ARGENTINA: Yanin Lorey SWEEDEN: Jerker Beckman . Tomas Stark

PERFORMANCES

SPIRALS- main showroom – starts at 19.00- duration 20 minutes
Spirals is a poetic journey that crosses geographical borders and unites European female voices in an exchange of languages, cultures, personal narratives and modes of expression. Through the symbol of the spiral, the project explores thresholds, migration, path, nature, home and sense of belonging; the spiral acts as a sign of becoming, transforming and awareness. Poems written by contemporary female poets, recorded material, music and movement are part of a series of performances, photography and video-work. Women create and walk on spirals in a variety of places, such as London, Broadstairs, Coventry, Barcelona, Athens and Belgrade.
– Created by Hari Marini – PartSuspended (UK)

ECSTASY #1 – starts 21.30 on the second floor – duration 2 hours

The Institute for Experimental Arts presents Ecstasy # 1 performance with the participation of 8 performers, a wandering on the dark side of the instinct, an exploration of patience, body and mind, an experience of breaking the constraints and doubts

– Created by Sissy Doutsiou – Performers: Dimosthenis Halkias, John Voulgaris, Panagiotis Ber, Konstantina Baka-Fili, LU, Ifigeneia Antonidou, Evagelia Papantoniou, Nikolas Papoulias

SATURDAY 15 DECEMBER 
MULTIMEDIA POETRY CONCERT starts at 17.00

POETRY PERFORMANCES:

Lucia Sellars (Bolivia). Helen Kay (U.K.).

LIVE CONCERT

Σίσσυ Δουτσίου | Πόππη Δέλτα | Lokatola | Tάσος Σαγρής + WhoDoes | Yannis Raouzeos + Dead Poets Society feat. Zafar Iqbal & Monochrome

William Rowe (UK)+Helen Dimos | Vasiliki Legaki + Agnes Marton (Luxemburg) | Blakaut

SOUNDSCAPES: Junior X. Crystal Zero. War

During 7th International Video Poetry Festival 2018 Vasiliki Legaki (composer) and Agnes Marton (poet) will present three of their collaborative works

Captain Fly’s Bucket List (first part) -GREEK PREMIERE
Chamber opera (opera duet) for baritone voice and classical guitar
Waiting for Spring Fancy-dressed (a paraphrase of Nietzsche’s eternal return) -WORLD PREMIERE

Cordeliade (a response to Shakespeare’s King Lear) -WORLD PREMIERE

VIDEO ART ZONE

BRAZIL: Marcello Sahea POLAND: Slawomir Milewski URAGUAY: Carolina de la Vega GREECE: Antonis Rozakis . Tasos Sagris UK: A616- Joshua Alexander-Erkembode. Akram Kham Company INDIA: Aditya Dawar

ΕΚΘΕΣΗ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΥ/ all festival BOOK FAIR:

Κενότητα. Futura. Θράκα. Τυφλόμυγα. ΕΝΕΚΕΝ. Σαιξπηρικόν. ΑΓΧΙΒΑΣΙΗΝ. Κίχλη. Bibliotheque, Περιοδικό Σκαντζόχοιρος. Κουρσάλ. Βιβλιοπέλαγος

Photography Show – In memory of Ren Hang

The 7th International Video Poetry Festival is dedicated to the photographer and poet ), one of the leading lights of the new generation of Chinese photographers. Ren Hang was arrested many times for his sexually explicit, joyously celebratory photography. Although he was globally renowned, he never gained the recognition he deserved in his home country, in part because he was repeatedly denied the opportunity to display his work in Beijing and throughout China.

The Institute [for Experimental Arts]

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