performance installation exhibition by Suzana Phialas

    Based on post-photographic stills of the artist's
    latest custom trained Ai model "BDSTYL"

    31 May 8:30pm

    Reservations in advance due to LIMITED SEATING
    On-Stage performance ~ limited seating (70)
    venue info & reservations
    ⤸ 77 77 77 45

    Creative Team

    Concept, creation, artistic direction: SUZANA PHIALAS
    Co-creation, scenario: PAVLOS VRIONIDES
    Choreographic direction: SUZANA PHIALAS in collaboration with the performers
    Performers: BELINDA PAPAVASILIOU, JULIA BRENDLE, KATERINA TYLLIRIDOU
    Creative consultant: ANDRIA MICHAELIDOU
    Light design: VASILIS PETINARIS
    Music compositions: KALAQS, FRANK MANZANO, SUZANA PHIALAS
    Live Band: MUSHA
    Set design: STHEPHANIE MOUROUZI, GIORGOS MARATHEFTIS
    Video: PAVLOS VRIONIDES, SUZANA PHIALAS
    Poster photo, trailer: PAVLOS VRIONIDES
    Make-up: MELANIE CHRISTOU
    Choreographer’s assistant: BELINDA PAPAVASILIOU
    Stage assistance: LORNA LADOMATOU
    Exhibition images: Custom Trained Ai Model by SUZANA PHIALAS
    MUSIC
    scene 1: ccO music: various tracks composed by SUZANA PHIALAS
    scene 2: Carnival of Souls by Combustible Edison: Re-mixed by SUZANA PHIALAS, KALAQS
    scene 3: Song Blue Velvet: Re-mixed by KALAQS
    scene 4: Sounds: Frank Manzano soundscapes re-mixed by SUZANA PHIALAS
    scene 5: Live music: KALAQS, SHUFFLE, MARINOS THEODOSIOU
    MUSHA BAND

    “AiNa” comes to life as an IRL simulation of the artist’s post-photographic Ai body of work “Performing anatomies”. Phialas’ work & improvisations with the performers are based on images & videos of a custom AI model she has trained.While the majority of creations within this collection take the form of still images and animations, the inception of AiNa marks the artist’s initial venture into creating an IRL simulation in the genre of performance based on this model.I think of the still image works as “microcosmic performances" extracted from the fabric of daily existence. Each image encapsulates mundane moments and familiar scenarios, seamlessly weaving together domestic interiors and outdoor settings. While universally relatable, these depictions are elevated by a nuanced interplay of wit and irony, infusing them with a distinctive flavor. The resulting amalgam is an assortment of absurd, illogical, and whimsically surreal episodes plucked from the canvas of ordinary life.

    𒆜👁Exhibition images contain nudity👁𒆜

    ⚠️ 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗕𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 ⚠️

    acknowledgements

    Created within the framework of TERPSICHORI program
    Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture.
    With the support of Limassol MunicipalityOrganized by the Department of Contemporary Culture, Deputy Ministry of Culture and the Rialto Theatre.

    Special Thanks to

    Zalou Thrift Store, Giannis Ioannou, Nadia Anaxagorou,
    Katrin Moschovaki, Adonis Kyprianou, +ergeio Ipogeia Skini
    Nina Sumarac, Evis Michaelides, Andreas Pavlou

    share. Remix, rework, recreate. This only works if we all take part.
    Art only exists because of other art, so go make something.

    𓆩♡𓆪

    BDSTYL 2013