Πόλεμος Τοπίων/Guerre des Paysages | cd-book presentation
original music / viola: Michalis Katachanas
original music / guitar, loops: Vassilis Tzavaras
voice: Fotini Banou
video art: Erato Tzavara
sound engineering: Philip Marinelis
On stage, the three performers cross a space between the past and the present, meeting the ghosts and music of the Civil War era, songs from Epirus, rebetika, Russian melodies… while improvising, they always return to themselves, to the sounds and reality of the present.
The video art of the presentation is based on visual material by Ilias Poulos and archival material from the Πόλεμος Τοπίων/Guerre des Paysages performance.
The cd-book of the performance will be available at the entrance of KET.
Πόλεμος Τοπίων / Guerre des Paysages:
The starting point is the book by Ilias Poulos “Tashkent / Memories in Exile” – based on interviews by soldiers of the Democratic Army who were transferred in October 1949, after the end of the greek civil war, to Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. The second starting point is the narrative “Guerre des Paysages” by Dimitris Alexakis. These two texts were presented on stage by the french director Irène Bonnaud. Irène Bonnaud created a musical/theatrical performance that is close to poetry, to a concert or to documentary theater.
Credits:
Text: Ilias Poulos, Dimitris Alexakis
Translation of the text “Guerre des Paysages” from french to greek: Fotini Banou
Dramaturgy – direction: Irène Bonnaud
Performance – singing: Fotini Banou
Viola: Michalis Katachanas
Guitar, loops: Vassilis Tzavaras
Original Music: Michalis Katachanas, Vassilis Tzavaras
Lights and technical support: Giannis Zervas
Shadows: Athos Danellis
Sound Engineering: Philippos Marinelis
Video: Irène Bonnaud
Video Mapping: Comoddor Ve & Dionysis Sidirokastritis
Photos / material of the performance: Ilias Poulos
Photos of the press release: Dimitris Alexakis
The premiere of the performance “Πόλεμος Τοπίων / Guerre des Paysages” took place on the 6th of May 2017, as a co-production by Κέντρο Ελέγχου Τηλεοράσεων, La Comédie de Reims, La Commune CDN Aubervilliers and Cie 813, and with the support of the Institut Français de Grèce / French Institute of Greece. After two cycles of successful performances in Athens, at Κέντρο Ελέγχου Τηλεοράσεων (2017-18), the performance was presented in France, in Reims Scènes d’Europe festival (La Comédie de Reims / February 2018) and in La Commune CDN Aubervilliers (Paris/Aubervillires, 15 – 19 May 2019).