Onassis AiR Open Day #4

7-10 pm
Reflecting upon the struggles of motherhood in relation to her artistic practice, Sofia Georgovassili will present video excerpts from her new short film that is built together with her months-old daughter, out of a series of videos she has accidentally shot through her cellphone.

Chrysanthi Koumianaki will present visual material such as a questionnaire, drawings and scores from her research on a new piece about the traditional panigiris and its translation in contemporary society.

Panos Sklavenitis will present research material, including drawings, notes, text and objects, from a secret custom that draws elements from the Greek and wider Balkan and Mediterranean traditions.

Nikolas Ventourakis will exhibit a series of images from the first two parts of his ongoing project Rituals for Our Safety, that investigates the notion of safety as well as the perceived—by states and societies—dangers that lead to the curtailing of freedoms and personal rights.

Ioanna Zouli will share preliminary research material from her project that looks into live networked performance through productions that emerged in the Greek context during the pandemic of Covid-19.

7-8:00 pm Screening (12 mins, in loop) // 8-8:30 pm Discussion with the filmmaker

Yannis Nikolaidis will screen his new short film Cabin 9 about two characters that seek intimacy inside the timeless universe of a country house.

8:30 pm Audio-visual talk (45 mins)

Felipe Steinberg will present the Opening, an in-progress audio-visual talk, which aims to set in motion the various lives and histories of the Playhouse Theatre in Houston, Texas, considered the first theater-in-the-round ever built in the world.

7 pm & 8pm & 9:30pm Screening and discussion with the artists

Federica Bueti and Shuruq Harb, will present audio-visual material from their ongoing film project on ruins and relicts and maritime histories of the Mediterranean Sea.

9-10 pm Durational performance

Anna Papathanasiou will present a sketch of a durational performance that explores the theme of exhaustion through an ongoing interaction between a human body and AI.

Functioning like an open studio, the Open Days is a series of monthly events that will run throughout the year and are open to the public. This is an opportunity to meet and exchange with our fellows as well as to learn more about their artistic research through short talks, presentations, workshops or screenings that aim to shed light on their research trajectory and work in-progress. The format of the Open Days is shaped based on the needs and artistic practice of the fellows each time. Running between September 2022 to July 2023 the Tailor-made Fellοwships is an open-ended program offering time and space, tailored to the individual research needs of each participant.