Όταν αναδύεται το μπλε, A performative archaeology

In a long-lost letter from late 1911, C. P. Cavafy mentions to a friend the existence of a remake to the well-known poem “The God Abandons Antony”. This strangely optimistic poem, adverse to the poet’s ironic temperament, cannot be traced in his archive nor has been found since.

What is the impact of a poem? And what can be the impact of a poem that we only know little about but can not read? A group of early stage scholars come together with Daniel Wetzel and collectively venture to create this poem following the methods of progressive theater.

Which were the poem’s verses, what words did the poet use? Apparently, as one does the parkours - actions of finding and losing, the confrontation with things fading in fire, the gaze in a mirror, the writing of words, their own names as well as wishes and curses had been elements one explores by passing from station to station. This is not intended to be an academic event but a ludic and playful approach to the art of performing poetry with no single line recited.

“Όταν αναδύεται το μπλε, A performative archaeology” is a digital workshop run by the artist and director Daniel Wetzel based on the fictional fact of a lost C. P. Cavafy poem.

All participants will be asked to participate and co-create something like a staging of the lost poem creating a parkour of performative actions from “station” to “station”, either working individually or in teams.