36 portraits (drawings) of Greek actresses from 100 years of Greek film history by Georgios Kolios
FilmFemales Video Art Homage with the song „Where are you?“ by George Theodorakis (music) and Irina Kastrinidis (lyrics, vocals)
Video Art by Georgios Kolios & Asteris Kutulas based on the 36 drawings shown in the exhibition, which were digitally edited for the film project and the song „Loneliness is a bad wolf“ by the Athenian musician George Theodorakis and the Greek-Swiss author and actress Irina Kastrinidis (lyrics, vocals).
Georgios Kolios
Featuring: Nina Afendaki | Cybele Andrianou | Rika Dialina | Virginia Diamadi | Sofia Dorival | Eleni Erimou | Anna Fonsou | Katerina Gogou | Mary Hronopoulou | Eli Fotiou | Martha Karagianni | Aleka Katseli | Tasso Kavadia | Eva Kotopouli | Emilia Ipsilanti | Tzeni Karezi | Maro Kodou | Marika Kotopouli | Elli Lambeti | Zoe Laskari | Marinella | Melina Merkouri | Linda Miranda | Miranta Myrat | Elena Nathanail | Sapfo Notara | Irene Papa | Katina Paxinou | Eleni Prokopiou | Mery Sagianou-Katseli | Anna Synodinou | Nora Valsami | Georgia Vassiliadou | Maria Vassiliou | Rena Vlahopoulou | Aliki Vougiouklaki
Ina & Asteris Kutulas & Georgios Kolios
FilmFemales Video Art Homage
Concept by Asteris & Ina Kutulas | Drawings by Georgios Kolios | Edited by Giorgos Kolios & Asteris Kutulas | Music by George Theodorakis | Lyrics & vocals by Irina Kastrinidis | Directed by Asteris Kutulas
EGOciety – 365 DAYS | 365 SHORT POEMS | 365 VIDEO BLINKS
A work-in-progress video art diary by Ina Kutulas, Hanna von Beeskov and Asteris Kutulas
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EGOciety | Ina, Hanna and Asteris, the three main protagonists of EGOciety, merge their individual diaries into a video manifesto of subjectivity.
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Ina writes a tristichon – a three-liner – every day for a year, 365 short poems in total, while Hanna and Asteris record their impressions on film every day. All three are self-confessed creative egoists, nervous and restless, each for himself, each in company. Walking down the street, crossing squares, working at the table and in the sky, sound material, plastic, rice, Immortelle, screen, housewares, plaster, sleep, acrylic, fibers, scissors, spray, liquid … control room door.
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Not a well-rehearsed team moving through the months, weeks and days, through changes of weather, light and mood. Each in their own space, but all three in Berlin, the city where they express themselves and where their individual artistic languages permeate and connect with each other.
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EGOciety | A poetry-movie-installation with 365 video blinks on 365 short poems (German, English & Greek versions)
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The common, invisible point of the EGOciety project is like something out of a fairy tale: The three gather, stick three knives into a tree stump, walk away, and when one or another of them returns, the knife blades are shiny or rusty. The process involves selective reassurance of each other, otherwise the three scatter in all four directions, in all four seasons, in the United States of Love.
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EGOciety – the very own thing, the relationship box, the power room of existence and being here.
CREDITS Poems by Ina Kutulas Concept by Asteris Kutulas Films by Hanna von Beeskov & Asteris Kutulas Directed by Asteris Kutulas & Hanna von Beeskov
Many thanks to WestBam, Georgios Kolios, Achilleas Gatsopoulos, Malvina Lorida, Marcell Besir, Patrick Barleben, Mike Geranios, The Greek Film Festival in Berlin and many others
THE GREEK FILM FESTIVAL IN BERLIN work-in-progress preview: 21.-23.3.2024 | 6pm to midnight | Babylon, Mirror Room, Rosa Luxemburg Square, Berlin
Preview poster for the test screening of „EGOciety“ (part 1)
EGOciety – 365 Video-Blinks mit 365 Kurzgedichten für alle und niemand
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Ina fängt seit mehr als einem Jahr ihre ganz persönlichen Impressionen eines jeden Tages in lyrischen Tristichen und in Bildern ein. Hanna fotografiert, filmt und plastiziert ebenfalls täglich, genauso wie Asteris Tag um Tag fotografiert, filmt, schneidet, designt, produziert, schreibt.
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Alle Drei bekennende schöpferische Egoisten, nervös und rastlos, täglich unterwegs, jeder für sich, jeder in Gesellschaft. Wege-Gehen, Straßen-Ablaufen, Plätze-Überqueren, Arbeit am Tisch und am Himmel, Klangmaterial, Kunststoff, Reis, Immortellen, Bildschirm, Homeware, Gips, Schlaf, Acryl, Fasern, Schere, Spray, Liquid … Regieklappe Zimmertür.
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Kein eingespieltes Team, das sich hier durch alle Monate, Wochen, Tage bewegt, durch Wetter-, Licht- und Stimmungswechsel. Jeder in seinem Aktionsraum, doch alle Drei in Berlin, in der Stadt, in der sie sich ausagieren und ihre individuellen Kunst-Sprachen sich durchdringen und miteinander verbinden lassen. Permanente Anfremdungen und Versammnisse.
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Was der gemeinsame, unsichtbare Punkt bei diesem Work-In-Progress-Projekt ist, das mutet an wie in einem Märchen: Die Drei versammeln sich, stecken drei Messer in einen Baumstumpf, gehen fort, und wenn eine oder einer von ihnen dorthin zurückkehrt, glänzen die Messerklingen oder sie sind rostig. Der Prozess beinhaltet das punktuelle Einander-Rückversichern, ansonsten verstreun sich die Drei in alle vier Himmelsrichtungen, in allen vier Jahreszeiten, in den United States of Love.
EGOciety – das ganz eigene Ding, die Beziehungskiste, der Kraftraum des Daseins und Hierseins.
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EGOciety by Ina Kutulas, Hanna von Beeskov & Asteris Kutulas
Many thanks to WestBam, Georgios Kolios, Achilleas Gatsopoulos, Malvina Lorida, Marcell Besir, Patrick Barleben, Mike Geranios, The Greek Film Festival in Berlin and many others
