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A Certain Kind of Freedom (2024)

Marinos Koutsomichalis

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Άφρικα: A Certain Kind of Freedom is pivoting on artistic exploration and re-interpretation of a 'difficult' recent past. In part soundwalk, in part performance art, in part punk archaeology, in part getting lost in the dark; the work is a nocturnal rumination bringing together historical bewilderedness with first-person embodied experience of a place. The artist leads a night walk towards and inwards Agios Achillios island in Small Prespa Lake in Greece – near the borders of Albania, and North Macedonia – and back. En route, the walking audience is exposed to wildlife sounds and animal vocalisations, to orchestrated drama, and to historical records directly or indirectly concerning the broader geographical area and its significance during the Greek civil war.

sv
Άφρικα: A Certain Kind of Freedom kretsar kring konstnärligt utforskande och omtolkning av ett "svårt" nära förflutet. Delvis soundwalk, delvis performancekonst, delvis punkarkeologi, delvis att gå vilse i mörkret; verket är ett slags nattligt grubblande som sammanför historisk osäkerhet med förstapersonsförkroppsligade upplevelse av en plats. Konstnären leder en nattvandring mot och inåt ön Agios Achillios i Small Prespa Lake i Grekland – nära gränserna till Albanien och Nordmakedonien – och tillbaka. På vägen exponeras den vandrande publiken för verkliga och skapade ljud från djur, för orkestrerad dramatik och för historiska dokument som direkt eller indirekt rör det större geografiska området och dess betydelse under det grekiska inbördeskriget.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsart archaeology, punk archaeology, performance archaeology, soundwalk, difficult history, art archaeology, punk archaeology, performance archaeology, soundwalk, difficult history
date27/11/2023
published22/10/2024
last modified22/10/2024
statuspublished
share statusprivate
copyrightMarinos Koutsomichalis
licenseCC BY-NC-ND
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/2407165/2893901
doihttps://doi.org/10.22501/vis.2407165
published inVIS - Nordic Journal for Artistic Research
portal issue12. VIS Issue 12

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