Prize(s) Honorable Mentions
Lighting Design/Product Company ASlight studio
Lead Designers Anna Sbokou
Other Designer's names Aliki Aravantinou
Architecture Company trail practice
Client Eleusis European Capital of Culture
Photo Credits Yiannis Kouskoutis
Other Credits Curated by: Panos Giannikopoulos
Completion Date November 2023
Project Location Elefsina, Greece
Entry DescriptionMystery 151 A Rave Down Below explores the political dynamics of the body in motion from a simultaneously geological and cultural underground point of departure. Alchemical wanderings from the historical past towards mythology and a post-industrial present culminate in a delirious dance.
The exhibition’s narrative unfolds through the myths and history of the city of Elefsina and its Mysteries, with dance serving as a means of climax, a sacred ritual, and a method for exploring concepts of death and loss.
Through installations, painting, sculpture, sound, and performance, the exhibition seeks to redefine the boundaries of dance, reflecting on the (collective) body and its absence, memory, and the necessity of movement.
Set in a high-ceiling warehouse, the exhibits & installations allow ample room for the visitors to occupy the space. In the same spirit, the lighting design aimed to accommodate the narrative, leaving room for darkness and mystic in the vast warehouse space, isolating the objects, using oblique angles to create long shadows and textures. The synthesis is completed with the selective use of colour, to evoke the ‘rave’ feeling.
During the opening night, the dark parts of the exhibition were filled with pools of light, marking the route of a performance, thus creating a momentary stage, with the audience still in the darkness of their wondering.
