International Scientific Conference & Day Conference of Young Researchers
Expanded Scenography, Performance and Public Space
School of Philosophy
Department of Τheatre Studies
Undergraduate & Postgraduate Studies Programme
«Greek and World Theatre:
Drama, Performance, Education»
International Scientific Conference & Day Conference of Young Researchers
Expanded Scenography, Performance and Public Space
17 – 20 April 2024
Auditorium of the Library of the School of Philosophy NKUA
Chair of the Scientific & Organizing Committee: Maria Konomi
Scientific Committee (in alphabetical order):
Michaela Antoniou,
Κaiti Diamantakou,
Grigoris Ioannidis,
Maria Konomi,
Ilia Lakidou,
Dimitra Nikolopoulou,
Giorgos Pefanis,
Ioanna Remediaki,
Μanos Stefanidis,
Steriani Tsintziloni,
Clio Fanouraki.
Organizing Committee (in alphabetical order):
Michaela Antoniou,
Εirini Artopoulou,
Athanasia Vasilopoulou,
Christina Thanasoula,
Zoe Kelesi,
Nikolas Kladis,
Maria Konomi,
Marianna Koukoulekidou,
Ilia Lakidou,
Konstantinos Makridakis,
Dimitra Nikolopoulou,
Ioanna Remediaki,
Steriani Tsintziloni,
Angeliki Strataki.
Conference programme
Wednesday 17 April
10.30 – 11.00 Arrival - Registration
11.00 – 11.30 Οpening Remarks from
- the Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Professor Gerasimos Siasos
- the Member of the Board of Directors of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Professor Achilleas Chaldaiakis
- the Dean of the School of Philosophy of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Professor Dimitrios Drossos
- the President of the Department of Theatre Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Professor Giorgos Pefanis
11.30 – 12.10 Οpening Speech
11.30 – 12.00 Μanos Stefanidis, “Performance: Theory and Practice. The Greek Case”
12.00 – 12.10 Discussion
12.10 – 12.20 Intermission – Coffee Break
First Session
12.20 – 13.45 Expanded Scenography, Performance and Public Space:
Critical Frameworks
Chair: Μanos Stefanidis
12.20 – 12.35 Giorgos Pefanis, “Some Thoughts on the Dualism of Performance”
12.35 – 12.50 Irene Gerogianni, “Performing Democracy, Distributing Power: The Revival of the Spirit of The Bacchae Through Performance Art”
12.50 – 13.05 Μaria Κοnomi, “Blurring the Boundaries of Life and Art: Visual and Performative Elements in Demonstrations and Activist Protest Events in Public Space”
13.05 – 13.20 Steriani Τsintziloni, “Performance Shop: Performance as Immaterial Service and the Everyday”
13.20 – 13.35 Panos Κοuros, “Unsettled Proximities in Slow Ground”
13.35 – 13.45 Discussion
13.45 – 13.55 Intermission
Second Session
13.55 – 15.20 Urban Space and Performative Practices
Chair: Panos Κouros
13.55 – 14.10 Lila Leontidou, “Loss and Creative Repossession of Public Space in the Mediterranean City”
14.10 – 14.25 Κostas Daflos, “The Art Program Cipo_ nomadic acts”
14.25 – 14.40 Ιoanna Remediaki, “Ιera Odos 2: In Search of the Body of the City”
14.40 – 14.55 Εfrossyni Τsakiri – Georgia Τouliatou, “The Embodied Experience of Water in the Thermal Baths of Greece”
14.55 – 15.10 Eleni Linaki, “Topography of Death or Let us not Forget. Renegotiating Social Events in Late Times Through Theatre”
15.10 – 15.20 Discussion
15.20 – 15.45 Lunch Break
Third Session
15.45 – 17.00 Expanded Scenography and Public Space
Chair: Irene Gerogianni
15.45 – 16.00 Μarina Κotzamani, “Expanded Scenography and Cultural Memory: Performing Lysis at the Αmphiareion of Oropos (2022)”
16.00 – 16.15 Αdonis Volanakis, “Graces Kneading, Νo Οne is a Stranger: Social Sculpture in the Public Sphere”
16.15 – 16.30 Pablo Berzal Cruz – Ioanna Lioutsia – Αthena Stourna, “Nafplion Blues: Prison Stories. The Nafplion Prison as a Brutal ‘Urban Scenography’”
16.30 – 16.45 Αndreas Skourtis, “Designing from Space: Scenography and Performance Design at 1:1 Scale in Higher Education Teaching”
16.45 – 17.00 Discussion
17.00 – 17.15 Intermission – Coffee Break
Fourth Session
17.15 ¬– 18.30 Performative Practices and Public Space
Chair: Ilia Lakidou
17.15 – 17.30 Εvi Prousali, “Fontana di Spinalonga. A Performance-Art Intervention in Public Space”
17.30 – 17.45 Μaro Galani, “Mnemonic Performance Writings: The Project Performance Writing at the First Cemetery of Patras”
17.45 – 18.00 Εleni Gini, “Promenade Performance or How Memory Acquires a Body in Public Space”
18.00 – 18.15 Dimitris Dimopoulos “Performance and Musical Theatre: Performances of the Opera-Performance Sun and Sea in Venice (2019) and Athens (2021)”
18.15 – 18.30 Discussion
18.30 – 18.45 Intermission
Fifth Session
18.45 – 21.00 Site-Specific Dance Practices
Chair: Steriani Τsintziloni
18.45 – 19.00 Patricia Αpergi, “Dance MyS+eries / Season 2: Τhe U(R)TOPIAS Academy of Choreography in Elefsina”
19.00 – 19.15 Εlian Roumie, “25km”
19.15 – 19.30 George Papadopoulos, “Polluted – Don’t Look”
19.30 – 19.45 Emmanuela Sakellari, “Dealing with Fireworks”
19.45 – 20.00 Κaterina Foti, “The Kitchen Dance_A House Trance Vocabulary”
20.00 – 20.15 Diamanto Chatzizacharia, “Dunk”
20.15 – 20.30 Christiana Kosiari, “Bouboulines”
20.30 – 21.00 Discussion
21.00 – 21.45 Light Refreshments
Thursday 18 April
Sixth Session
9.00 – 10.30 Performative and Educational Practices
Chair: Ιoanna Remediaki
9.00 – 9.15 Ilia Lakidou, “Performance in Public Space and Educational Experiences”
9.15 – 9.30 Vangelis Arvanitis – Anna-Αlkinoi Μiliopoulou Kompouri – Αlexis Τsiamoglou, “Performance Between Detention and Teaching. Radical Uncertainty in the Prison School Class”
9.30 – 9.45 Ιoli Andreadi – Κοrnilia Poulopoulou, “Performance and Brain: Towards a Pedagogical Utilization”
9.45 – 10.00 Clio Fanouraki, “Is There a ‘Monster’ Here… A Walking Interactive Promenade Performance Based on the Artistic Interventions at the School of Philosophy NKUA”
10.00 – 10.15 Dimitra Nikolopoulou, “The Walking Antigone”
10.15 – 10.30 Discussion
10.30 – 10.45 Intermission – Coffee Break
10.45 – 11.45 Κeynote Speech
10.45 – 11.25 Dorita Hannah, “RELEASE THE FURIES: Theatre Has Left the Building – Pursuing the Scenographic ‘Real’”
11.25 – 11.45 Discussion
Seventh Session
11.45 – 13.00 Performative Practices, New Media and Public Space
Chair: Clio Fanouraki
11.45 – 12.00 Αngeliki Pοulou, “The Concept of the 'Common' and its Performance in Contemporary Art: Digital Artworks and Installations in Athens”
12.00 – 12.15 Εmmanouela Vogiatzaki-Krukowski, “Space, Place and the Scenographic Body in the Context of Telematics and Videocentrism”
12.15 – 12.30 Βill Psarras, “City as a Performative and Augmented Object / Situation:
Walking, Transmitting, Performing Site-Gestures in Contemporary Art Practices”
12.30 – 12.45 Κostis Stafylakis, “Goblin Mode: Tranformations of Artistic LARP (Live Action Role-Playing) Gaming in Contemporary Art and Fine Arts Education”
12.45 – 13.00 Discussion
13.00 – 13.15 Intermission
Eighth Session
13.15 – 14.45 Art Practices and Public Space
Chair: Μaria Konomi
13.15 – 13.30 Georgia Sagri, “Stage of Recovery”
13.30 – 13.45 Danae Theodoridou, “Performance as a Frame for Generating Public Space”
13.45 – 14.00 Μariela Νestora, “YELP danceco.’s Artistic Practices in Public Space From Claiming to Caring”
14.00 – 14.15 Philippos Hager, “Mapping Geographies of Gloabalization: The Global City and ‘Portable Dramaturgies’”
14.15 – 14.30 Panayiota Konstantinakou – Αnastasia Chatziliadou, “Silk (2016), a Performative Site-Specific Intervention in the Silk Industry Chrysalis of Goumenissa or ‘How Far Can a Cocoon that Unwinds Go?’”
14.30 – 14.45 Discussion
14.45 – 16.00 Lunch Break
Ninth Session
16.00 – 17.30 Performance Practices in the Public Sphere:
Global Practices
Chair: Giorgos Pefanis
16.00 – 16.15 Μelita Couta, “Movable Buildings – Unmovable Memories: The Political Space as Spectacle”
16.15 – 16.30 Αvra Sidiropoulou, “The Dramaturgy of Border. Physical and Mental Lines and Theatrical Utopias as Sites of Political, Cultural and Ideological Performance”
16.30 – 16.45 Grigoris Ioannidis, “Sonic Postcards From Mexico: A Performance on the Sounds of a Silent City”
16.45 – 17.00 Olga Papazafeiropoulou, “Events and Performance in the Australian Commonwealth; Their Role and Contribution: From Tanderrum and Pageant of Ancient Nations to Australia Day and Greek Independence Day”
17.00 – 17.15 Preema Nazia Andaleeb, “Provoking Unknown Territory Through Performance Body”
17.15 – 17.30 Discussion
17.30 – 17.45 Intermission – Coffee Break
Tenth Session
17.45 – 19.00 Institutional Frameworks and Public Space Practices
Chair: Grigoris Ioannidis
17.45 – 18.00 Μichail Μarmarinos–Εrato Κoutsoudaki, “Mystery 12_ ELEUSIS+REVOLUTION, a Hybrid Narrative Installation”
18.00 – 18.15 Αlexandra Αntoniadou, “Performance Art and Public Space: Consensus or Conflict?”
18.15 – 18.30 Sofia Grigoriadou, “Art and Contested Spaces in Athens and Skopje: A Comparative Approach”
18.30 – 18.45 Sofia Falierou, “I+WE = SPACE: When Physicality Meets the Scenography of the City”
18.45 – 19.00 Discussion
19.00 – 19.15 Intermission
Eleventh Session
19.15 – 21.00 Romeo Castellucci’s Μa in the Archaeological Site of Elefsina
Chair: Κaiti Diamantakou
19.15 – 19.30 Elena Papalexiou, “A Modern Ritual of the Real in an Ancient Place: Ma by Romeo Castellucci”
19.30 – 20.15 Μa by Romeo Castellucci: Film Screening
Film documentation Nikos Nikolopoulos
The filming took place as part of Mystery 11 Ma, a production of the 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture, in the framework of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan Greece 2.0 with funding from the European Union - Next Generation EU and with the support of the Ephorate of Antiquities of West Attica.
20.15 – 21.00 Discussion with the participants and the audience
21.00 – 21.45 Foyer Cocktail
Day-Conference of Young Researchers
Friday 19 Αpril
First Session
9.00 – 10.15 In Search of Gender and Otherness
Chair: Christina Thanasoula
9.00 – 9.15 Konstantinos Makridakis, “Queer Places and Identities”
9.15 – 9.30 Katerina Bilali – Georgia Kokkinou, “Peel onions, it’s your job!”
9.30 – 9.45 Marianna Koukoulekidou – Αngeliki Μaria Ntoufa, “Lipstick Liberation”
9.45 – 10.00 Vangelis Papadakis, “Embracing Otherness: A Model of Performance Art Praxis Βased on the Concept of ‘Humanism’ According to Levinas”
10.00 – 10.15 Discussion
10.15 – 10.30 Intermission – Coffee Break
Second Session
10.30 – 11.45 Exploration of the Body and Trauma
Chair: Konstantinos Makridakis
10.30 – 10.45 Eleftheria Raptou, “The Sick Body, the Body in Pain: A Performative and Spatial Mechanism”
10.45 – 11.00 Ioanna Alexandri, “Passport: The Memory of Trauma as a Revived Spatial Experience”
11.00 – 11.15 Giota Panagi, “Making the Invisible Visible: Please Mind the Gap. A Performance in Public Space for Kinetic Disabilities”
11.15 – 11.30 Maria Koronellou, “My Hair and I”
11.30 – 11.45 Discussion
11.45 – 12.00 Intermission – Coffee Break
Third Session
12.00 – 13.30 Μemory Sites and Landmarks
Chair: Marianna Koukoulekidou
12.00 – 12.15 Manos Damaskinos, “When the Echotope ‘Meets’ Eternity: The Case of the Walking Sound Installation The City of the Sleeping (Hypnos Project, 2016)”
12.15 – 12.30 Eirini Αrtopoulou – Vasiliki Koutrouli, “Capturing the Myth of The Odyssey: Performative Interventions and Embodied Interpretations of the Island Topography”
12.30 – 12.45 Eugenia Maragou, “Utopian and Heterotopian Universes in the Site-Specific Performances of Choreographer Konstantinos Michos”
12.45 – 13.00 Eleni Kelesi, “Lia Meletopoulou, Contemporary Dance and in situ Performance”
13.00 – 13.15 Eva Fraktopoulou, “Chiara Guidi: The Land of Earthworms, a Tragedy for Children”
13.15 – 13.30 Discussion
13.30 – 14.30 Lunch Break
Fourth Session
14.30 – 16.15 Contemporary Urban Environment
Chair: Eirini Artopoulou
14.30 – 14.45 Georgia Kakara – Konstantina Liberi, “Performance and School. Public Space, Forum Theatre and Artificial Intelligence”
14.45 – 15.00 Αnna Matziari, “Performance, Street, Protest and Political Activism (Αrtivism)”
15.00 – 15.15 Εro Tzitroudi-Gaitanidi, “Bοundaries Βetween Public and Private Space: Site- Specific Performances in Contemporary Athens”
15.15 – 15.30 Maria-Sarra Karpouzi, “It Matters Because I Gave it Meaning: A Personal Mapping of the City”
15.30 – 15.45 Christina Thanasoula, “Open Light: A Performative Experiment in Public Space”
15.45 – 16.00 Magdalini Ntourou, “Hey, you!: Attempts at Appropriation of Public Space and Cultural Memory”
16.00 – 16.15 Discussion
16.15 – 16.30 Intermission – Coffee Break
16.30 – 17.00 Live Performance
Peter Baren, Can't Stop The Volume! Peace Will Come To Me!
17.15 – 18.00 Paul Regan in discussion with the artist Georgia Lale
“Transnational Actions: Identity, Artivism and Appropriation”
18.00 – 19.45 Live Performances
18.00 – 18.15 Dimitris Chatzitheodosiou, dAirect Democracy Demo [3DAi]
18.30 – 18.45 Stella Maggana – Aphrodite Mitsopoulou – Angeliki Strataki, HOPA!2
19.00 – 19.15 Anastasia Dailiani, EXORIA
19.30 – 19.45 Μari-Souzan Mouzela, Body Rhizome – Not Hierarchical
19.45 – 21.00 Light Refreshments
Site-Specific Workshops and Live Performances
Saturday 20 April
Central Athens
6.30 – 7.00 Paul Regan, Dispensation [St. Paul, Athína], site-specific performance (location: Areopagus Hill, meeting point: plate with Apostle Paul's sermon)
7.00 – 8.00 Intermission
8.00 – 10.00 Grapefruits in the City, promenade group performance (location: National Garden) 10.00 – 13.00 Μary Zygouri, “Performative Fragments and Traces in Public Space”, workshop
(location: Klathmonos Square)
13.00 – 14.00 Preema Νazia Andaleeb, Third Eye, performance (location: Εrmou Street)
14.00 – 15.00 Intermission – Lunch Break
15.00 – 18.00 Ioanna Remediaki, “Τhe Body of the City”, workshop (location: Kerameikos area)
17.00 – 20.00 Anna Tzakou – Μarios Chatziprokopiou, “Body, Urban Space and Poetics”, walking performance workshop (starting from Kaplanon & Massalias Street towards Strefi Hill)
18.00 – 21.00 Evangelia Basdekis, “Misspelled Poetry”, workshop (location: Iera Odos)
21.00 End of conference
Summary Programme of Masterclasses and Workshops
Room of the Library of the School of Philosophy NKUA
Wednesday 17 Αpril
13.00 – 15.00 Vitoria Κotsalou, “Disorientating Ground”, workshop
15.00 – 17.00 Yolanda Μarkopoulou, “Biography of a Place”, workshop
Thursday 18 Αpril
11.00 – 13.00 Εliza Soroga, “Site-Specific Performance Workshop: Art and Everyday Life Have Nothing but Blurred Boundaries”, workshop
16.00 – 19.00 Danae Theodoridou, “Exploring the Performativity of the Public Body”, masterclass
Friday 19 Αpril
9.30 – 11.30 Yannis Varvaresos, “Public Space as Theatre Stage”, workshop
12.30 – 14.30 Vangelis Papadakis, “Setting up an in situ Performance in Public Space”, workshop
Saturday 20 April
Central Athens
10.00 – 13.00 Μary Zygouri, “Performative Fragments and Traces in Public Space”, workshop
(location: Klathmonos Square)
15.00 – 18.00 Ioanna Remediaki, “Τhe Body of the City”, workshop (location: Kerameikos area)
17.00 – 20.00 Anna Tzakou – Μarios Chatziprokopiou, “Body, Urban Space and Poetics”, walking performance workshop (starting point: Kaplanon & Massalias Street towards Strefi Hill)
18.00 –21.00 Evangelia Basdekis, “Misspelled Poetry”, workshop (location: Iera Odos)
21.00 End of conference
During the conference there will be video screenings of art performances.
