Mystery 60 ΜetamorphoSEA

Sjoerd Wagenaar; Σέτα Αστραίου Καρύδη(Seta Astreou Karides); Μανώλης Τσίπος(Manolis Tsipos); Σπύρος Δέτσικας(Spyros Detsikas); Ιωάννα Καρατέγου(Ioanna Karategou); Ηρώ Καρρά(Iro Karra); Iσαβέλλα Κασιμάτη(Isavella Kassimati); Θοδωρής Βράχας(Thodoris Vrachas); Jolanda Bazzi; Laila el Bazi

Mystery 60 ΜetamorphoSEA

project

Description

MetamorphoSEA is a site-specific walking performance in the modern city of Eleusis’ seaside scenery, as well as an invitation to a new Odyssey. The focus is on the 14th chapter of James Joyce's """"Ulysses"""", which deals with the myth of the horrific slaughter of sun-god Helios' sacred Oxen on the island of Thrinacia, drawing inspiration from Homer's Odyssey's rhapsody M. metamorphoSEA seeks a modern cleansing of this ancient sacrilege by using the story of hubris perpetrated by Odysseus' company as a vehicle. The audience is invited to confront the new Sirens as they roam the industrial complex of TITAN in modern Eleusis. The voices of a city that no longer exists, as well as the ancient Hierophant of the Eleusinian Mysteries' call KONX OM PAX, will be heard in the """"vrachákia"""" area. After passing through today's Scylla and Charybdis, the audience will arrive at the symbolically charged waterfront of Vlycha Bay. The half-submerged and decommissioned ships, tankers, barges, and passenger ships stand as witnesses to another kind of infamy that has been committed there, involving the annihilation of the famous - and praised since antiquity - nature of the Eleusinian coastline. At metamorphoSEA, we seek out any beauty that may still be hidden among the ruins. To help us, Odysseus' contemporary travelling companions, undergo the necessary personal transformation necessitated by the modern era, a new language will emerge. metamorphoSEA is presented within the artistic programme of 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture, and is part of the civic and cultural project Ulysses European Odyssey (UEO), a modern Odyssey in 18 European cities, which is implemented within the Creative Europe programme, that aims to produce artistic responses in public space to contemporary social and cultural issues inspired by the 18 episodes of James Joyce’s iconic novel “Ulysses.”"

Artists

Sjoerd Wagenaar, Σέτα Αστραίου Καρύδη(Seta Astreou Karides), Μανώλης Τσίπος(Manolis Tsipos), Σπύρος Δέτσικας(Spyros Detsikas), Ιωάννα Καρατέγου(Ioanna Karategou), Ηρώ Καρρά(Iro Karra), Iσαβέλλα Κασιμάτη(Isavella Kassimati), Θοδωρής Βράχας(Thodoris Vrachas), Jolanda Bazzi, Laila el Bazi

Stages of Implementation

Community engagement activity: 08/03/2023 - 11/03/2023, 08/05/2023 - 11/05/2023, 06/06/2023 - 08/06/2023 Preparation and presentation period: 01/09/2023-01/10/2023 Rehearsals: 06/09/2023 - 24/09/2023 Performances: 26/09/2023, 27/09/2023, 29/09/2023, 30/09/2023 Art Residency: September 2023

Partners

CHORUS, Brave New World Producties(BNWP)

Tickets Policy

Free Admission