Love Solidarity Death (L.S.D.): The Book
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Free Admission
Admission to the event is free and a pre-booking of your seat is required. Places are allocated on a first come, first served basis.
Reserve your seat from Monday 18 December.
In case you do not book your seat in time, seats may become available on the day of the event.
By attending this discussion, the audience members consent to their video recording.
The audience's arrival will begin at 20:00 and conclude at 20:30.
Age guidance
The Callasettes performance and catwalk are suitable for ages 16 and up.
One year after their exhibition at Onassis Stegi, we invite you to “Love Solidarity Death (L.S.D.): The Book,” a book presentation, an exhibition of artworks, and a performance that transports us to the psychedelic universe of The Callas and their twenty-year-long creative trail.
The Onassis Stegi Upper Stage morphs into a breathing installation and an event that includes the book presentation by exhibition curator Nadja Argyropoulou, as well as handcrafted clothes, an exhibition of artworks by The Callas from the Onassis Collection, and a live performance by the Callasettes.
How can one exorcize the past and shape the future? The answer is to create small utopias as weapons of resistance and survival.
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Photo: Aggelos Kaltsis
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Photo: Pinelopi Gerasimou
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Photo: Pinelopi Gerasimou
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In November 2022, The Callas landed on Onassis Stegi, bringing along an exhibition-cum-psychedelic spell to the past, present, and future of the Greek artistic and music scene, celebrating twenty years of their creative adventure.
Their pop-folk embroideries and tapestries, the sculptures and installations made of marbles extracted from the old sidewalks of Athens, the frames with the working-class Madonnas, the Psychladic paintings made of spray colors, along with the Callasettes, return for the launch of a new chapter in the project entitled “Love Solidarity Death (L.S.D.)” and the forging of a unique book.
“Love Solidarity Death (L.S.D.): The Book” is a publication that captures the process that led to the titular exhibition by The Callas, gathering a bounty of photographic material, sketches and project notes, links from the exhibition’s documentation video, discussions, and texts by all those who got entangled into the diverse universe of the Ionas brothers: Nadja Argyropoulou, Afroditi Panagiotakou, Myriam Ben Salah, Ian F. Svenonius, Paul Artrocker, and Jim Sclavunos.
The Velvet Room Projects-released publication, with the support of Onassis Stegi, is a headlong dive into the universe of The Callas, performing an exploration of their artistic, musical, and film body of work, traversing the array of their influences and references to notions such as companionship, D.I.Y., collectivity, ceaseless creativity, the essence of need, and friendship.
Credits
Book design
Anda Theodorakaki
Publisher
Velvet Room Projects
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Direction / Concept
The Callas / Lakis & Aris Ionas
Choreography
Angeliki Hatzi
Dance
Angeliki Hatzi, Daphne Kyriakidou
Performance
The Callasettes (Iria Vrettou, Anna Georgatou, Philippa Dimitriadi, Melia Papadopoulou, Anita Polychroni, Lina Rokou)
Lighting design
Aggelos Kaltsis
Sound engineer
Christos Bekiris
Production organization
Irene Zografou
