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Oedipus in search of Colonus

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Overview

At the 59th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale 2022, Loukia Alavanou represents Greece with the exhibition Oedipus in Search of Colonus curated by Heinz Peter Schwerfel.
The artist and filmmaker invites the audience to travel through time and space with a fifteen-minute VR360 film, a mix of documentary and fiction shot in the Roma community of Nea Zoi Aspropyrgos in Western Attica with amateur actors. The film is installed in a vaulted projection space that features special standing chairs based on designs by the late architect Takis Zenetos. The exhibition at the Hellenic Pavilion connects the work of Sophocles with contemporary social realities, highlighting overt political issues.
The catalog accompanying the exhibition contains introductory notes by Lina Mendoni, Nikolas Giatromanolakis and Lina Tsikouta, the editorial text by Heinz Peter Schwerfel, a discussion between Loukia Alavanou and the British art critic and psychoanalyst Darian Leader, a text by Giorgos Tzirtzilakis about Takis Zenetos and the work of Loukia Alavanou, and finally, research material for the installation at the Greek pavilion, as well as impressions/images from the pre-production stage of the VR360 film in the Nea Zoi slum.

Contents

FOREWORD

  • Lina Mendoni
    Minister of Culture and Sports
  • Nicholas Yatromanolakis
    Deputy Minister of Culture and Sports
  • Lina Tsikouta
    National Gallery - Alexandros Soutsos Museum

Lina Mendoni

Minister of Culture and Sports

Nicholas Yatromanolakis

Deputy Minister of Culture and Sports

Lina Tsikouta

National Gallery - Alexandros Soutsos Museum

Curator's text

  • Heinz Peter Schwerfel
    From antiquity to utopia: A metachronistic journey through time

Heinz Peter Schwerfel

From antiquity to utopia: A metachronistic journey through time

Exiles

  • Loukia Alavanou in conversation with Darian Leader

Loukia Alavanou in conversation with Darian Leader

ARTWORKS

  • On the way to Colonus
    Images from the VR film
  • Making of
    Impressions from the pre-production of the VR film in Nea Zoi
  • Material for the installation at the Greek Pavilion

On the way to Colonus

Images from the VR film

Making of

Impressions from the pre-production of the VR film in Nea Zoi

Material for the installation at the Greek Pavilion

XENOSTASIS

  • Yorgos Tzirtzilakis
    Ars Technica in the Wilderness

Yorgos Tzirtzilakis

Ars Technica in the Wilderness

FOREWORD

  • Biographical Notes
  • Image Credits
  • Team
  • Exhibition Partners
  • Greek translations

Biographical Notes

Image Credits

Team

Exhibition Partners

Greek translations