“Into a wandering night”

“Into a wandering night”, a multisensory performance, lament choir, an olfactory textile and hair installation. Six women artists invite you to collectively dive deep into an experimental show that was created from their stories and memories on death. 

Their performance is a flow, an errance, a peregrination, a procession by six women, the voices of every one, that recall the voices of ancestors. It starts with a naive improvised call from the forest. Vulnerable voices shivering sing Meredith Monk (1973, “Dark ost”). Then they slide into a song about the last days of someone who passed away, a composition by Guillaume de Machaut (1350, “Puisque ma douleur”). Later, Hildegard Von Bingen’s spirit slides in their bodies and they discover an improvised “vocalscape”, an experimental lament landscape is composed live by them, following the method of Morton Feldman (“Three Voices”, 1982) based on rhythmic breaths to regenerate and mourn. The wandering journey also goes through three poetic psalms of dark days, written by Eleni Kastanioti, Dina Koumouli, Maria Isadora Vincentelli and Celia Stroom. They end the ritual with a Funeral song by Josquin Des prez “Thousands of regrets, I mourn then die to join you” from the Mass “Mille regretz” performed in Holy Week in 1510.

The performance takes place inside a spider net of fabrics, tapestry of hair, by the textile artist Celia Stroom, with drawings of Elianna Otta on shrouds, infused with a perfume by the artist Elektra Stampoulou. The audience follows the ritual guided by a large scale video installation that maps the space. They are part of the performance themselves, wandering inside the spider net to all connect to past memories. 

This show was first created in 2015, in residency in the ancient laboratory of Marie Curie, Paris. A second version was born again in the Delphi Theater in Berlin in 2017. A third one was created in the Writers’ house in Tbilisi in 2019. This new version was created in Athens in 2024, at KOKTO Art space, and will be transformed according to the aura of KET in January 2025. 

“Into a wandering night” is constantly transformed and is based on stories on Death from the performers and some members of the audience. In this context, we aim to see performing arts not as an entertainment but a way to heal, share, care and transform all together.

Perfume: Elektra Stampoulou

Tapestry of crystal & hair: Elsa Stroom

Drawing on shrouds: Eliana Otta

Voices and poetry: Dina Koumouli, Eleni Kastanioti, Maria Isidora Vincentelli, Celia Stroom

Textile installation, lights, video, dramaturgy: Celia Stroom

● Two performances take place every night: one at 20:30 and one at 22:00. After the performance, the doors close and admission is not possible.

● The performance is addressed to a limited audience (up to 25 people) and reservations are required: more.com & 213 00 40 496