Programme

In an intimate documentary performance combining narration, live music and video mixing, Arka Kinari’s founding artists Nova Ruth & Grey Filastine tell the story behind the story. Together we’ll cross the oceans, peak behind the fences of seedy ports, and survive in deserted radioactive atolls. Truth can be stranger than fiction.

Inner Child a.k.a. Sara Niksic is a marine biologist, musician and bioacoustician. Her research has taken her across the world’s oceans, focusing on marine mammal culture and communication. Besides having a master’s degree in marine ecology and nature conservation, she also finished music school and different courses in electronic music production.

Marinada is a unique musical group from Rijeka that bases its music on experimentation with different genres, including pop, electronica, a cappella and more. This eclectic approach to music offers a wide variety of sounds and styles, making Marinada one of the most intriguing groups on today's music scene.

Ras Padsystema aka King Millenium is a reggae/dub selector from Rijeka, founder of the radio show and collective Worries in the Dance on Radio Roža. Active on the scene since 2009, he is known for spreading dub and reggae culture through the airwaves, online platforms, festivals, clubs and beaches.

Experience on reservation. Duration: 45 min.

Untitled (Mother Trade Sitting 2), Bale structures, used fishing ropes, recycled nylon fabrics, 80 x 380 x 120cm

Opening to the general public on Friday, October 3rd, from 5:30 p.m.

Spontaneous Symphony for Barrels is a participatory sound happening where oil barrels and self-made instruments are offered to the audience as percussive objects, played with drumsticks. The performance unfolds as a spontaneous act—an impulsive eruption of sound without premeditation or external prompt. Rhythm and tempo emerge organically through the collective dynamics of the audience, transforming participation into process.

Antonis Vais, in collaboration with 12 performers of the ASFA Laboratory 12 (Professor Poka Yio), reclaim the pier of Gate E8 at the port of Piraeus. In this land’s edge, whose only border is the sea, they wish to reposition corporeality at the core of site-specific research. Seeking ways, situations, and conditions in which the individual, as part of a larger whole and as a unit, relates to the arrival, departure from, and stay in intermediate places of temporary habitation – such as the port – they activate a perpetual movement: that of the multitude, whose function aims to overemphasize the importance of transience.

The internationally acclaimed choreographer Andonis Foniadakis transcends Maurice Ravel’s signature score into a fight for endurance and balance and so creates a dance that celebrates the power of life.

Fofi Tsemeli, also known as Fo, is a DJ, music editor, curator, and consultant with extensive experience and expertise in electronic music. She is the founder of the HER project, a platform aimed at empowering women and underrepresented groups in the music industry.

Drift Lattice by Theo Triantafyllidis is an immersive simulation of an underwater ecosystem where marine life and synthetic debris intertwine. Aquatic species navigate through masses of seaweed, nets, and plastics, alongside cleanup drones that attempt to restore balance.

What can the youth of Greece teach us about climate change and climate justice?

Come along to learn about the GreenACT Project, read up on climate change, and play an interactive game with young people driving change in Athens! Explore Youth Empowerment by seeing how young people develop leadership skills through climate initiatives, understand Climate Justice by discovering the link between social inequalities and climate change, and engage in Climate Action. 

Myths, fairy tales and literary texts selected by the French Institute of Greece come to life in a read-aloud session for children and young people

Curious about skateboarding? Come try it out, express yourself, and move freely with others!