Three Times Three #3
Curated by composer Spyros Polychronopoulos (Spyweirdos), the monthly shows Three Times Three bring together people from the fields of contemporary dance and experimental music, in order to create a code between them, a language of communication that is valid as long as the meeting lasts.
Three musicians meet three dancers at a time. At the beginning of the evening, three random couples are drawn by lot and improvise for 15 minutes. The evening ends with all participants joining together for 30 minutes.
The third meeting of the season involves:
Giorgos Moraitis – electronics
Nefeli Stamatogiannopoulou – double bass
Phoebus-Angelos Kolias – electronics
Konstantina Barkouli-Gavri – dance
Christina Skoutela – dance
Elpiniki Saripanidou – dance
Giorgos Moraitis uses different practices (sculpture, robotic and interactive installations, participatory actions, actions in public space, drawing, texts, etc.). Exploring the creative and reflective process through sound and a broader range of media, he co-constructs sound-iconoclastic situations as a mixture of specificities of perception, technology and materials. His strong interest in sound is focused on his engagement with issues of acoustics and psychoacoustics, as well as with themes related to the body, sculpture, video and a range of other subjects related to contemporary trends in science that intersect with the visual arts.
Nefeli Stamatogiannopoulou is a composer, performer and researcher based in Athens. She has composed over 50 works for theatre, dance, film and independent works, exploring the relationship between sound, movement and dramaturgy through a personal system of notation. A multi-instrumentalist, she plays double bass, electric bass, piano, electronics and experiments with the limits of the voice. Her works have been performed at venues such as the Athens Concert Hall, the Athens and Epidaurus Festival, the Grotowski Institute (Poland) and the Odin Teatret (Denmark), and she has received awards for her compositions as well as for sound editing in films. A graduate of the Royal School of Music and the Ionian University in composition, specializing in film and performing arts, she continues as a PhD candidate and teaches seminars at the Ionian University and internationally. She has collaborated with important international artists and is the founder of the artistic groups Ov Off and Spooky Redrum, as well as of Ov Off Studio, actively contributing to the contemporary and electroacoustic music scene in Athens.
Dr. Phoebus-Angelos Kollias is a seriously unorthodox composer-researcher of interactive music, who studied in England and France and is based in Berlin. His aesthetic temperament remains awkwardly rooted between electroacoustic music and classical instrumentation. His musical approach is utterly corrupted by artificial intelligence technologies and constantly disoriented by an unwarranted obsession with heavy sound and noisy textures. He has received nine awards and nine distinctions in international competitions. He has collaborated with international organizations such as ZKM (Karlsruhe), the National Opera (Athens), the German Music Council, Musikfonds (Berlin), Dell Computers (USA), Transmediale (Berlin), Ars Electronica (Leeds), IMPAKT (Utrecht).
Konstantina Barkouli-Gavri, a graduate of the National School of Dance and Deree (Harvey C. Krentzman Scholar), has worked as a dancer with: Anastasia Valsamaki, Dance Association, Chto Delat collective, Athanasia Kanellopoulou, Nanti Gogoulou, Dimitris Mytilineos, Maria Koliopoulou, Mariella Nestora, Madeleine Hollander, etc. She has been awarded by ARTWORKS (Artists’ Support Programme of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation). She teaches contemporary dance and has curated movement in theatre. As a creator, she has presented the solos ‘Nobody Wants Your Dance’ (M54) and ‘POOL’ (exhibition “A Scattering of Salts” at the American College) as well as the research DIO: a 2K experience (Duncan Center) together with Nanti Gogoulou. She held residencies at: K3 Centre of Choreography (Hamburg) and at the Duncan Centre (‘hyle-as a point of view’- Delta Pi).
Christina Skoutela is a dancer and performance maker. She studied at the National School of Dance and completed the postgraduate programme Embodied Artistic Research at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Antwerp. Her personal choreographic work approaches the body as a text, carrying memories and stories. Using improvisation and direct composition as tools, as well as her love of literature and language, her practice integrates movement, writing and reading, seeking intersections between the personal and the political. In 2023, she created the dance installation “desire is a place” at Yali Tzamisi, Chania, and in 2024 the solo performance YAKUZUSI, in Athens. In recent years, she has collaborated with Hara Kotsali, Konstantinos Papanikolaou and Sophia Danae Vorvila. She is part of the ensemble in Romeo Castellucci’s “Requiem”.
The performer and dancer Elpiniki Saripanidou is a graduate of the National School of Dance. She has participated in artistic productions as a dancer and movement curator. Her practice focuses on imagery, the creation of imaginary characters through disguise and the interaction of body, voice, sound and objects. In 2023, she presented “Burst Forth” in Athens, a solo work based on metamorphosis.