Love Solidarity Death (L.S.D.): The Callas at the Onassis Stegi Exhibition Hall

Twenty years after first appearing on the scene, Aris and Lakis Ionas (The Callas) are taking over the Onassis Stegi Exhibition Hall -1 to present “Love Solidarity Death (L.S.D)”, a hallucinatory exhibition suffused with Mediterranean psychedelia, curated by Nadja Argyropoulou.

With this psychedelic spell of an exhibition, cast over the past, present, and future of the Greek visual arts and music scenes, The Callas are celebrating 20 years of artistic output, at the Onassis Stegi Exhibition Hall -1 and are presenting new work, including their pop-folk embroideries and textiles, sculptures and installations made from cut up marble slabs that once paved Athens streets, paintings of working class Madonnas, crate-temples / DIY Parthenons, film screenings and happenings, and collaborations with guest contributors from the international and Greek scenes: everyone from Ian F. Svenonius to PapithedogTV.

Saturday 26.11 – The Callas performance

Main Lobby Foyer, Exhibition Hall –1, 18:00 – 23:00

18:00 Opening / 21:00 Performance Catwalk (20΄)

The Callasettes, namely Philippa Dimitriadi, Dionysia Bosmi, Anita Polychroni, Lina Rokou, and Daphne Kyriakidou, along with dancers Martha Pasakopoulou, Christina Karagianni, and Angeliki Hatzi, choreographed by Angeliki Hatzi and directed by The Callas, use the exhibition’s facilities as a stage presenting a hybrid catwalk.

Saturday 03.12 & Sunday 04.12 – Film screenings

Upper Stage, 19:00 – 23:15

The Walk, Embroidered Tapestry. Photo: The Callas

• 19:00 | L.S.D. – Love Solidarity Death video clip by Jackie Lentzou (premiere): Runtime: 7´, Written & Directed by Jackie Lentzou/Cast: Sofia Kokkali, Nikolas Papadomichelakis/Cinematography: Konstandinos Koukoulios/Produced by Faye Minopetrou-Kasimati, Nikolas Kouloglou
• 19:00| Lustlands, 2013: A film noir under the hot Mediterranean sun. During midsummer, four female friends leave the city and unemployment behind and find shelter on a seaside farm. Far from tension and trouble the four young friends let themselves free to summer laziness and lust. Male friends from the past invade the girls’ lives, teen romances are rekindled, friendships are tested, and long-forgotten secrets resurface as threats. Runtime: 73´, Written & Directed by The Callas/Cast: Angeliki Hatzi, Terpsihore Savvala, Anita Polychroni, Aphrodite Psarra, Kostas Varotsos, Ilias Papazaharias, Anastasia Drouza, Dimitris Kotselis/Cinematography: Dimitris Kotselis/Editing: Dimitris Kotselis/Produced by The Studio Art Projects / Velvet Room Projects – Haos film
• 20:30 | Great Eastern (16+): Isolation, hope, lust, and darkness. Five people standing like trees are waiting on an isolated island for the ocean liner “The Great Eastern” to pick them up for a journey towards some kind of hope. A tiny butterfly flies between them and everything turns shit. Runtime: 83´, Written & Directed by The Callas/Cast: Iro Sofoulaki, Dimitris Politakis, Katia Dimopoulou, Valisia Odell, Elias Papazacharias/Cinematography: Dimitris Kotselis/Editing: Dimitris Kotselis/Executive Producer: Venia Vergou/Produced by The Studio Art Projects / Velvet Room Projects
• 22:00 | Sick (16+): An experimental, handmade movie filmed with mobile phones and selfies during lockdown in Athens and Los Angeles. A poetic, internet romance dealing with isolation, staring at ceilings, memory’s fragmentation, and existential problems arising from ball-shaped or straight cheese puffs. Runtime: 73´, Written & Directed by The Callas/Cast: Melia Kreiling, Nikos Zeginoglou/Cinematography: Lakis and Aris Ionas/Editing: Lakis and Aris Ionas, Melina Tavoulari/Produced by The Studio Art Projects / Velvet Room Projects

*All films with subtitles in English

Friday 16.12 – live performances

• 20:00 | Escape-ism (Ian F. Svenonius), live (30’):
• 21:30 | The Callas, live and performance with The Callasettes (40΄)

*Three new songs by The Callas accompanying the performances

Saturday 17.12 – live performances

• 20:00 | Ian F. Svenonius, talk (30΄): Ian Svenonius, through his Radical Elite multifaceted journey in music and books, presents his latest book “Against the Written Word” and talks about the text he has written for the publication “The Callas – Notes on L. S. D.” taking the work ‘Punkthenon’ by The Callas as a reference point.
• 21:00 | PapithedogTV, live (30΄): PapithedogTV are an underground dog pop group from Athens that lands at Onassis Stegi for a 30min woof blast.
• 22:00 | The Callas, live and performance with The Callasettes (40΄): The Callas present three new songs and their new collection of handmade knitwear/visual artworks. The Callasettes, namely Philippa Dimitriadi, Dionysia Bosmi, Anita Polychroni, Lina Rokou, and Daphne Kyriakidou, along with dancers Martha Pasakopoulou, Christina Karagianni, and Angeliki Hatzi, choreographed by Angeliki Hatzi and directed by The Callas, use the exhibition’s facilities as a stage presenting a hybrid catwalk.

*Three new songs by The Callas accompanying the performances