Picture: Haris Akriviadis | Video: archlabyrinth

Loom

Megaron the Athens Concert Hall, Athens 2022

The GesamtAtelier duo, Kyriaki Nasioula and Argyris Angeli, participate in the dialogue about how personal experiences and the collective identity of a place are woven together.

In collaboration with a group of talented emerging artists, they draw inspiration from the folklore and traditions of Greek lands, and they study the loom as a tool for producing works as well as social conditions. They perceive the hand-woven textile as a carrier of history, a canvas upon which human and personal life motifs take colour and come into shape. Testimonies, materials, and bodies intertwine composing a collective biography.

@ Alekos & Christos Bourelias / archlabyrinth

Loom is an intermedia performance which blends transformative structures with contemporary dance, spoken word, sound composition, interactive video projections and audience engagement.

REFERENCES FROM GREEK FOLK TRADITION

«Aυτόν τον κόσμο τον καλό
τον χιλιομπαλωμένο
Bρε ράβε, ξήλωνε, ράβε, ξήλωνε
δουλειά, δουλειά, δουλειά να μην σου λείπει»

Aυτόν τον κόσμο τον καλό, Βασίλης Ανδρεόπουλος

«...τα πόδια μας μπερδεύονται στις κλωστές που δένουν τις καρδιές μας»

Έξι νύχτες στην Ακρόπολη», Γιώργος Σεφέρης

"Αν ήτανε κορίτσι τση λεγε να τση ζήση η κλωστρούσα φέρνοντάς τση και μια ρόκα με μπαμπάκι ομπρός τση".

Χειρόγραφη συλλογή του Αρχείου Χειρογράφων Πρωτογενούς Λαογραφικής Ύλης Σπουδαστηρίου ΛΑογραφίας της Φιλοσοφικής Σχολής του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών, 1074, σ.32

"Το χωράφι 'ν' άμε κι έλα, το σκαπέτι 'ναι γλεντζές
το παντέρμο μου τ' αδράχτι όλο πίκρες και χολές"

Πιτυκάκης, Μ. 1980. Η Υφαντική στην Κρήτη. Αμάλθεια. Ανάτυπο τ. 43,44,45. Άγιος Νικόλαος. σ.208

The piece includes (in order of appearance) lyrics and/or music from:

● Τάκου τάκου ο αργαλειός μου (transl. Takou takou my loom), Song. Music: Theodoros Papadopoulos, Lyrics: Argyris Eftaliotis.

● Αράχνη (transl. Spider), Poem by Dimitris Tantalidis. Contemporary Greek Anthology Skokou, Zikakis Poetry Library, Issue no. 12, 1923.

● Μια γαλάζια περιστέρα (transl. A light blue dove), Folk song.

**“So, at the loom of life, we weave**
**Our separate shreds, that varying fall,”**

*“Weaving” by Lucy Larcom*

CREATORS

Kyriaki Nasioula | Argyris Angeli

CREDITS

Direction & Concept Development: Kyriaki Nasioula, Argyris Angeli
Choreography: Kyriaki Nasioula
Sound Composition: Jeph Vanger
Script: Argyris Angeli
Video Projections Design: Eleni Xynogala, Argyris Angeli
Video Projections Interactive Design/Programming: Eleni Xynogala
Scenography – Performative Structures: Argyris Angeli, Kyriaki Nasioula
Costume Design: Vasiliki Syrma
Light Design: Apostle Strantzalis
Material Creation – Performance: Mina Ananiadou (Dancer), Theodora Georgakopoulou (Actress), Candy Karra (Dancer), Dimitra Mertzani (Dancer)
Dramaturgy Consultant: Iro Vasalou
Assistant choregrapher: Anastasia Valsamaki
Production Management Gesamtatelier: Katerina Kotsou
Photography - Filming: Alekos & Christos Bourelias / Archlabyrinth
Substitude Dancer: Ioanna Karategou
Production Assistant Gesamtatelier: Nefeli Francesca Vlachouli
Publicity: Maria Nathanail, Babis Moskofoglou
Construction Assistants: Ioannis Angeli, Nikos Komiotis
Folklore Research: Argyris Angeli, Aggeliki Agalianou
Art Of Weaving Consultant: Alexandra Bissa
Clarinet Performance (Recording): Christos Anastasiades

With the financial support of the Ministry of Culture and Sports.
Produced by Megaron - The Athens Concert Hall
Supported by Duncan Dance Research Centre and Penelope Iliaskou

THANKS