Eleni Kamma - Exhibition 

Taking Place: Parrhesiastic Theater as a model for artistic practice 

2021 / West Den Haag, from 26th of November until 30th of January 2022

Overview & description of the exhibition

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Selection of images

All photos are made by Gert Jan van Rooij and commisioned by PhDArts

'Casting Call: The Collector of Proverbs, The Animal, The Fool, The Selfie-Junkie, The Innocent, The Child, The Drunk, The…'

From left to right: costumes of the characters The Collectors of Proverbs, HD video with The Fool, The Child, The Innocents, 04 min 43 sec, colour, stereo sound,16:9, 2021, (right image) costume of The Fool

From left to right: costumes, videos, props of the characters The Child, The One that Brings the World Upside Down, Moving Between Speech and the Irrational, The Narrator, The Angry. In the middle photo: the video 'Democracy' (also here below under the video section), HD video, 6 min 31 sec, colour, stereo, 16:9, English, NL/BE, 2021

Left: drawings, videos and costume of The Disguised. Right photo: Drawings and costumes of The Healer / Caretaker / Supermarket Shaman

From left to right: 3D print, replica of Eleni Kamma's head (scale 1:3), used as a prop for the character The Narrator, Maastricht Theater Scene, HD video, 07 min 27 sec, colour, stereo sound, 16:9, 2021, drawings of the character (The Drunk, The One Who Cannot Keep His Mounth Shut, Challenging Common Sense), Fort-Europa/ 'Migration' HD video (also below under the Video section), 4 min 29 sec.

Selection of video works

Democracy

HD video, 6 min 31 sec, colour, stereo sound,16:9, English spoken, 2021 

Written by Pieter De Buysser*; performers: Shila Anaraki, Sahra Huby, Simone Schuffelen, Joep Vossebeld, Eleni Kamma; director’s assistant: Bernardo Zanotta; cinematographer: Vincent Pinckaers; sound recording & sound mix: Laszlo Umbreit; spoken by Shila Anaraki, Sahra Huby, Simone Schuffelen, Joep Vossebeld, Philippine Hoegen; color grading: Miléna Trivier. Shot along the bridge and in front of the Government office (Provincie Huis), Maastricht, Netherlands in 2019.

Language (Connect)

HD video, 07 min 41 sec, colour, stereo sound,16:9, 2021 

Written by Dimitris Dimopoulos*; interpreters: Shila Anaraki, Gaetan Bulourde, Tarek Halaby, cinematographer: Vincent Pinckaers; sound recording & sound mix: Laszlo Umbreit; color grading: Miléna Trivier. Shot at Place de Jeu de Bal, Brussels in 2018.

Migration 

HD video, 8 min 14 sec, colour, stereo sound,16:9, English spoken, 2021 

Written by Pieter De Buysser*; performers: Joep Vossebeld, Shila Anaraki, Joost Bakker, Denise Castermans, Sahra Huby, Juliette Bastiaens, Simone Schuffelen, Peter Snellens, Sam van der Velden, Julie van der Velden; voice-over: Martin O’Shea; director’s assistant: Bernardo Zanotta; cinematographer: Vincent Pinckaers; sound recording & sound mix: Laszlo Umbreit; color grading: Miléna Trivier; voice over recorded by Harald Ansorge at Irrklang. Shot at Flint Museum – The Eben-Ezer Tower in 2019.