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Mystery 20 Performing Arts Initiator – Narrative Archaeology 2024


Mystery 20 Performing Arts Initiator - Narrative Archaeology 2024

Mystery 20 Performing Arts Initiator − Narrative Archaeology, one of the most significant action-models of the 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture programme, returns curated and directed by Gemma Hansson Carbone, in collaboration with Hliana Kaladami, on 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11 & 12 October at the iconic archaeological site of Ancient Eleusis.

CONTRIBUTORS

Supervision – Concept: Michail Marmarinos
Curated & Directed by: Gemma Hansson Carbone
Special Scientific Consultant: Ioulia Kaoura
Associate Director: Hliana Kaladami
Researchers – Artists – Performers: Thanasis Akokkalidis, Elektra Angelopoulou, Ilektra Kartanou, Giota Kouitzoglou, Vasilis Mavrianos, Foivos Michos-Rammos, Eleni Moleski,, Nikoleta Xenariou, Serafina Sideri

Collaborators During Previous Phases: Isavella Kasimati, Konstantza Kapsali, George Kritharas, Phaedon Moudopoulos, Vladimiros Nikolouzos, Iosifina Perdikidou, Gary Salomon
Production Management: Mentor

A production by 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture

Supported by the Ephorate of Antiquities of West Attica

The project Mystery 20 Performing Arts Initiator – Narrative Archaeology is realised in the framework of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan “Greece 2.0” with funding from the European Union – NextGenerationEU.

INFORMATION

Dates: 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11 & 12 October
Location: Archaeological site of Ancient Eleusis
Arrival time: 10:30, 13:00 & 17:00
Duration: 110 min

Maximum number of people per performance: 30 people

Reserve seats here.
The entrance fee of 6€ (full) and 3€ (reduced) is payable on arrival at the archaeological site on the day of the performance.

In close collaboration with the archaeologists working at the archaeological site of Ancient Eleusis, the members of the permanent Mystery 20 Performing Arts Initiator – Narrative Archaeology working group and new collaborators selected following the Open Call by 2023 Eleusis present this March the fruit of a long evolutionary process that began in February 2022, with a performance/on-site interaction with this iconic landscape in the city. The history of the archaeological site of Ancient Eleusis meets the present of this tour, which is constantly reconfigured, regenerated and evolving, transcending the conventions of temporality.

Drawing upon the performing arts, this innovative activity explores the concealed Narrative of the archaeological landscape, transforming scientific information into an experience for the visitor. Through movement, sound, music and new media, in this “performance of the narrative” the characters guide the audience on a visit to the silent presence of the Past as a living body.

 

A few words about Mystery 20 Performing Arts Initiator – Narrative Archaeology

Mystery 20 Performing Arts Initiator – Narrative Archaeology is a Legacy Project of 2023 Eleusis, which continues, after the end of the year of the title, as methodology – model. Approaching methodological tools of artistic and research projects that have been successfully carried out in Italy under the curatorship and artistic direction of Michail Marmarinos, in collaboration with the Archaeological Society of Florence and the city’s National Archaeological Museum, artists-researchers from different fields of Arts and Sciences embarked on a long evolutionary process in the context of an on-site conversation with the archaeological site of Elefsina, in close cooperation with the archaeologists working there. In the framework of the European Capital of Culture, this prominent site is creating a model field of encounter between Arts and Archaeology, aiming to become an example of applied methodology for other cultural heritage sites in Greece and beyond. For more information: 2023eleusis.eu.

Mystery 20 Performing Arts Initiator − Narrative Archaeology seeks the answers to two fundamental questions:

Why do we visit an archaeological site today?
What do we seek there?

The action is informed by the following principles:

Every archaeological site is a Necropolis
Every visit there is a Νekyia – a voyage to the realm of shadows
Every archaeological site is a theatre of human History
Every archaeological site is silent and mute
Every archaeological site is an encryption of Time

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