Sound of Color #6
A vibrant meeting place between musical improvisation and visual arts, Sound of Color offers new audiovisual encounters and different dynamics between sound and image every month at KET.
Curated by Jannis Anastasakis and Natalia Manta, over the course of eleven years it has evolved into a unique forum for artistic exchange, with a decisive influence on the Greek experimental scene.
The sixth event of the season features Jannis Anastasakis (guitar, analog synths, live electronics), Natalia Manta (live visuals), Tara Cunningham (guitar), Simos Riniotis (drums), and Erato Tzavara (live visuals).
🔷 Tara Cunningham is a guitarist who operates predominantly within improvisational and experimental music. Ongoing projects as a collaborator and side person include: Modern Nature, Red Snapper, Sebastian Rochford, Liam Noble, Laura Jurd and Caius Williams.
🔶 Musician and improviser Simos Riniotis creates soundscapes with drums and various small objects, exploring the boundaries of sound and genres. He has collaborated with important musicians and artists in Greece and abroad. His work has been presented at institutions and festivals (National Theater, Onassis Foundation, Aarhus Jazz Festival, etc.).
🔷 Video artist Erato Tzavara specializes in moving images for live performances and digital scenography. She participates in performances and improvisational concerts, creating moving collages from various video sources. In her personal work, she explores the experience of the contemporary urban subject through photography, video essays, and texts. Her work has been presented in theaters, art spaces, and festivals in Europe, Canada, and India.
🔶 Natalia Manta is an artist based in Athens. Although clay is her primary medium, she also skillfully uses metal, wax, photosensitive chemicals, and video. Collaboration with various artistic disciplines is an integral part of her practice. From 2017 to 2020, she taught sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts, the same university where she earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees. For the past 10 years, she has been co-organizing and curating the audiovisual improvisational series “Sound of Color” with Jannis Anastasakis. Her works have been presented in exhibitions and institutions in Greece and internationally. In 2022, she was awarded the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship by ARTWORKS and has participated in important residency programs abroad. Her creations can be found in private and public collections.
🔷 One of the most distinctive guitarists and musicians on the Greek improvisational scene, Jannis Anastasakis has developed a recognizable personal sound that moves between ambient and psychedelia, balancing melody and noise. He is the founder of JAM Pedals, a company that manufactures handmade pedals used by leading musicians (Bill Frisell, John Scofield, Daniel Lanois, John Medeski, Nile Rodgers, Lee Ranaldo, etc.). He has collaborated with important artists from the Greek and international music scene, such as Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset, Christian Fennesz, Giuseppe Doronzo, Savina Giannatou, Haig Yazdjian, Thodoris Rellos, Michalis Siganidis, Floros Floridis, Lena Platonos, Spyros Polychronopoulos, Dionysis Savvopoulos, Haris Lambrakis, and others. He is developing the audiovisual project “Sound of Color” with sculptor Natalia Manta on live visuals.