Mystery 73 Cinema Paradise: Industries of Coexistence
project
Description
Mystery 73 Cinema Paradise: Industries of Coexistence was a series of screenings, curated by Marina Fokidis, curator and art theorist, with new media artworks, non-narrative films and documentaries, created by 22 globally renowned artists. It was presented from 13 to 24 September 2023 at the Elefsina Film Club and attended by the filmmakers themselves.
As Marina Fokidis said, Mystery 73, Cinema Paradise: Industries of Coexistence is “a collection of film narratives about a variety of communities, rituals, seas, the destruction of the planet, work and displacement, aspiring to momentarily occupy space and provoke cathartic conversations – for as long as they last – between different individuals and groups. An experiment on how artworks can be presented outside museums and art institutions, in venues of daily entertainment, like an open-air cinema with a sea view, a historical cinema built by American soldiers who served in Elefsina during the Cold War and which, though it changed ownership through the years, survived thanks to the loyalty of local cinephiles.”
“The title Cinema Paradise evokes the symbolism of the passage from the ‘world of the living’ to the ‘world of the dead,’ a theme that ever since antiquity permeates the mythology of Elefsina and the human soul. The subtitle Industries of Coexistence refers to the wider concept of work and the workforce in labour and production, the people who work incessantly, keeping our world in motion, even at personal risk, throughout the pandemics and a series of global geopolitical conflicts. The essential coexistence of all the different ‘worlds’ is the issue at stake in this particular project.”
The screenings were followed by a Q&A and discussion with the artists.
Archival Research
Artists
Μαρίνα Φωκίδη (Marina Fokidis), Αριστείδης Αντωνάς (Aristeidis Antonas), Marwa Arsanios, Κωστής Βελώνης (Kostis Velonis), Johan Grimonprez, Tamar Guimarães & Kasper Akhøj, Εύη Καλογηροπούλου (Evi Kalogiropoulou), Μενέλαος Καραμαγγιώλης (Menelaos Karamaggiolis), Jumana Manna, Hira Nabi, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Θοδωρής Προδρομίδης (Thodoris Prodromidis), Ben Russell, Allan Sekula & Noël Burch, Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin De Burca, Πάνος Χαραλάμπους (Panos Charalambous), Driant Zeneli, James Bridle, Πέτρος Μώρης (Petros Moris), Εύα Παπαμαργαρίτη (Eva Papamargariti), Agnieszka Polska
Stages of Implementation
Screenings: 13, 15, 16, 17, 19 to 24 September 2023
Time: 20:30
Tickets Policy
Free admission.
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