From November 18 to January 28, 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture presents the group exhibition Mystery 151 A Rave Down Below featuring the participation of acclaimed artists from Greece and abroad and showcasing a series of new productions, curated by Panos Giannikopoulos.
Mystery 151 A Rave Down Below focuses on the potential for creating corporeal archives, nonlinear knowledge transmission, and storytelling with unexpected cross-cultural affinities. The ephemeral, physicality, uncertainty, and performativity elements serve as critical starting points and accompany the audience through the viewing and participation process.
Mystery 151, A Rave Down Below, Lito Kattou, Whisperers, 2023
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. It contemplates utopian declarations of dance subcultures, their glorification, thwarting, and commercial exploitation, hovering between desire, disappointment, and expectation. It examines the relationship between dance movements and community formation, as well as demands for social justice, portraying dance as a translinguistic activity for creating a new world: a delirious grammar that is impossible to parse, slippery in mind and unwieldy in the mouth, passing through muscle spasms, chemical compounds, machines and pixels.
Mystery 151 A Rave Down Below coincides with the celebration of “Mesosporitissa” connecting different historical periods of Elefsina while marking the transition into winter.
The opening of the exhibition features a series of performances and an all-night party with local and international DJs.
Venue: Old Olive Oil Factory of Elefsina, 1 Kanellopoulos, Elefsina.
Exhibition Duration: 18 November 2023 to 28 January 2024 | Opening: Saturday 18 November, 20.00
Venue Information:Old Olive Oil Factory of Elefsina, 1 Kanellopoulos, Elefsina. Phone: 21 0556 5613 | https://2023eleusis.eu/
