Our gestures might carry stories of which we are unconscious. In the so-called primitive societies, one could not have a face if one did not wear a mask. In contemporary Western democracies, the opposite holds true: Individuals can experience identity only by maintaining an uncovered face. If the quest for transparency has become the core of our liberal democracies and a trivial tool of state cont
rol, how do our bodies remain opaque and mysterious, after all? A Hand’s Turn is the new choreographic work by Lenio Kaklea, a performance for a single or a couple of visitors. In the form of a 25-minute private session, the choreographer investigates functional, political, and symbolic dimensions of the left-right division, examining the tension between face and mask, body and face. After the appointment, the viewers will be able to purchase part of the choreography in the form of a book. What was an intimate exchange between the two, the visitor and the performer, can be now experienced in the visitor’s intimate space by the visitor alone. Performances will be given in the following hours:
19:00 | 19:30 | 20:00 | 21:30 | 22:00 | 22:30 | 23:00 | 23:30
Choreography - Text - Interpretation: Lenio Kaklea
Curatorial collaboration: Lou Forster
Set - Lighting design: Sotiris Vasiliou
Styling: Yonatan Zohar
Sound: Eric Yvelin
Book design: Studio Christos Lialios
Translation - Proof writing: Eleni Tranouli
Monitoring / Administration: Agnes Henry – extrapole
Production / Promotion: Anne Becker – PLATÔ
Production: Athens & Epidaurus Festival
Executive Production: Le O (abd)
Part of the project [DNA] Departures and Arrivals, co-financed by the Creative Europe programme / European Commission. Under the auspices of the Institut Français de Grèce
