09/01/2022
Urban Vampire goes podcast!
This is the audio part of the performance "Urban Vampire: Reviving Fragments of Stigmographed Urban Dreams" hosted at the International Conference of Place Branding Association in November 2019, just before the pandemic of covid-19 took over Greece and the rest of the world.
It is a pile of selected surreal stories which all together form the meeting of a lonely Him and a lonely Her in times of Christmas and crisis and their subsequent parting into the chaos of life towards death in the urban setting.
Their momentary union is vampirized according to the urban paradigm.
Best listened to just before sleep or during the REM stage. Write down your dreams as soon as you wake up in the morning.
Possible side effects include the immersion of the dream world with what pragmatists call 'reality'.
Proceed with sensitivity, vulnerability and care.
Compassion is highly recommended.
Director's Note: "Cities are vampires. Absolutely still yet so moving. Sometimes alone yet always lonely. Neither living nor dead. Pretty undead. I myself am such a city."
Story line (stories as extracted from
http://stigmography.tumblr.com)
1.Sepia Weather: sepia and doubt taking over the city
2. City Grenadine: his preparation of a dream cocktail
3. Insect-catcher: her illusionary trap for desire
4. Adult imagineering: nebula union on top of christmas festivities
5. Dream-catcher: her holding on to urban tokens
6. Greek Landscape: his vanishing into thin urban horizon
7.Interminable Cities: urban love redemption
Music
- We praise thee (russian orthodox chant Chesnokov)
- Carol of the bells (instrumental)
- Carol of the bells (original)
Artistic concept/ Direction/ Performance:
Arianna Hatzigalanou
Stigmography Concept/ Stories:
Neoklis Mantas
Sound Design/ Editing:
Yorgos Panagiotopoulos
Original Photo:
Stephie Grape
Photo Editing:
Neoklis Mantas
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This is the audio part of a performance hosted at the International Conference of Place Branding Association in November 2019, just before the pandemic of covid-19 took over Greece and the rest of the world.It is a pile of selected surreal stories which all together form the meeting of a lonely Him....
