Euripides “converses” with Yannoulis Chalepas at the National Glyptotheque.
Following Medea through a verbatim reading of Euripides’ play, the theatrical performance focuses on her journey as a symbol of “uprooting.” A refugee, torn from her homeland, Colchis, she arrives in a second home — the city of Corinth — without any political rights. She is doubly exiled: from her homeland and her kin, experiencing social exclusion as a “foreigner” as well as the exile of the soul, betrayed by the god eros/demon in the person of Jason.
Three performers narrate the story of Medea, incorporating fragments of words from Medea and Jocasta by Giannis Kontrafouris into the text.
The performance unfolds at the National Glyptotheque and “converses” with the eponymous work by one of the greatest Greek sculptors, Yannoulis Chalepas, Medea III (Plaster, 72 × 44 × 26 cm), through the lighting “presences” and the particular reflections of the glass case, offering impressive, different visual perspectives to every viewer.
The performance Medea Exodus III highlights the philosophical dimension of uprooting, the eternal displacement of female populations, the female entity, the conflict with the identity of the “foreigner,” the harsh integration into “new homelands,” and social exclusion.
Venue: National Glyptotheque, Alsos Stratou, Goudi
Dates: February 25 to March 15, Wednesday to Sunday
Start time: 19:30
Duration: 70’
Entrance fee: 15€
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Credits:
Direction/Text Compilation/Adaptation: Konstantinos Hatzis
Butoh: Ioanna Garagouni
Lighting/Costumes: Chroma Group
Photographs: Angelos Hill
Performers:
Gina Thliveri
Thanos Stasinos
Konstantinos Hatzis
The performance Medea Exodus III is held under the auspices and with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture.
The performance is in Greek.
