Inauguration Week Program of documenta 14
On April 8, documenta 14 opens its exhibition in Athens. Extending over the city in more than 40 different public institutions, squares, cinemas, university locations, and libraries, over 160 international artists will show works newly conceived for documenta 14.
The main exhibition venues will be open from Tue.—Su., 11 am–9 pm, Thur. 11–11 pm. Please find individual opening hours and dates during Easter as well as ticket information on the website of documenta 14.
April 8, 2017
Inauguration of documenta 14
Nikhil Chopra
Drawing a Line through Landscape, performance, Archimedous Street 15 (Moschato), ongoing
Jani Christou
Epicycle, 1968–2017, adaptation for realization by Rupert Huber, performance, Athens Conservatoire (ΩA.2) and all other venues, 11 am–9 pm
Nevin Aladağ
Music Room (Athens), performance, Athens Conservatoire (ΩA.4), 11 am and 5 pm
Marie Cool Fabio Balducci
Permanent all day installation with daily actions when the sun enters into the gallery space, activated by Florent Frizet, EMST–National Museum of Contemporary Art (4th floor), 11 am–1 pm
Prinz Gholam
My Sweet Country, performance, Temple of Olympian Zeus, 11 am–1 pm, 6 €, reduced 3 €
Sanja Iveković
Monument to Revolution, collective oral document, Avdi Square, 11 am–9 pm
Guillermo Galindo
Original Composition from the Series Exit/έξοδος, music performance, Athens Conservatoire (ΩA.4), 12 pm, noon
Collective Exhibition for a Single Body
Dance performance, Archaeological Museum of Piraeus, 12–2:30 pm, 4 €, reduced 2 €
Students of Athens School of Fine Arts
Open studio, Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA)—Pireos Street, 12–8 pm
Rasheed Araeen
Shamiyaana–Food for Thought: Thought for Change, cooking and eating, Kotzia Square, 1–2:30 pm and 3–4:30 pm
Gilles Aubry & Robert Millis, Every Time A Ear di Soun, a documenta 14 Radio Program
The Gramophone Effect, Cannibal Radio, SW 15560 kHz all over the world, FM 90.4 MHz in Kassel or www.documenta14.de, 1 pm
Annie Vigier & Franck Apertet (les gens d’Uterpan)
Géographie-Athènes (Geography-Athens), performance, EMST—National Museum of Contemporary Art (4th floor), 2 pm–9 pm
Joar Nango
European Everything, performance, Athens Conservatoire (garden), 2 pm, 4 pm, and 7 pm
Pope.L
Whispering Campaign (2016–17), performance, five to six public spaces, 2 pm–7pm
Narimane Mari
Le Fort des Fous, preview screening, EMST—National Museum of Contemporary Art (auditorium), 3 pm
Marta Minujín
Payment of Greek Debt to Germany with Olives and Art, performance, EMST—National Museum of Contemporary Art (entrance), 4 pm
Georgia Sagri
Dynamis (Askese–on Empathy), workshop, Parko Eleftherias, Athens Municipality Arts Center, 5–10 pm
Alvin Lucier
I Am Sitting in a Room, music performance, Athens Conservatoire (ΩA.4), 6 pm
Beth Stephens & Annie Sprinkle
Cuddling Athens, performance, EMST—National Museum of Contemporary Art, 6 pm
Aki Onda, Every Time A Ear di Soun, a documenta 14 Radio Program
Nam June’s Spirit Was Talking To Me, Paranoise Radio, SW 15560 kHz all over the world, FM 90.4 MHz in Kassel or www.documenta14.de, 6pm
Anton Kats
Giant Steps, performance, Kiosk Psyrri, 6:30 pm
Manthia Diawara
An Opera of the World, preview screening, EMST—National Museum of Contemporary Art (auditorium), 7 pm
Mattin with Dafni Krazoudi, Danai Liodaki, Ioannis Sarris, and Eleni Zervou
Social Dissonance, performance, Athens Conservatoire (ΩA.3), 7 pm
Kettly Noël
Zombification, performance and scenographic installation, Athens Conservatoire (ΩA.1), 8 pm
Alexandra Bachzetsis
Private Song, performance, Piraeus Municipal Theatre, 8:30pm, 10 €, tickets
Ross Birrell & David Harding, Athens State Orchestra, Syrian Expat Philharmonic Orchestra (SEPO)
Henryk Górecki, Symphony No. 3, Op. 36, Symphony of Sorrowful Song, music performance, Megaron–The Athens Concert Hall, 8:30 pm, tickets
The music performance is a co-production of documenta 14, The Athens State Orchestra, and Megaron–The Athens Concert Hall. Part of the event’s proceeds will benefit the initiative of the Athens State Orchestra’s “Pink Box” for refugee children as well as the programs of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) for refugees both within and beyond Greek borders.
April 9, 2017
Nikhil Chopra
Drawing a Line through Landscape, performance, Archimedous Street 15 (Moschato), ongoing until 8 pm
Annie Vigier & Franck Apertet (les gens d’Uterpan)
Géographie-Athènes (Geography-Athens), performance, EMST—National Museum of Contemporary Art (4th floor), 11 am–9 pm
Jani Christou
Epicycle, 1968–2017, adaptation for realization by Rupert Huber, performance, Athens Conservatoire (ΩA.2) and all other venues, 11 am–9 pm
Marie Cool Fabio Balducci
Permanent all day installation with daily actions when the sun enters into the gallery space, activated by Florent Frizet, EMST–National Museum of Contemporary Art (4th floor), 11 am–1 pm
Prinz Gholam
My Sweet Country, performance, Ancient Agora of Athens, Odeon of Agrippa, 11 am–1 pm, 8 €, reduced 4 €
Narimane Mari
Le Fort des Fous, preview screening, EMST—National Museum of Contemporary Art (auditorium), 12 pm, noon
Ross Birrell
The Athens–Kassel Ride: The Transit of Hermes, launch event, St. Sophia’s Church of Acropolis, Dionysiou Areopagitou Street, 12 pm, noon
Collective Exhibition for a Single Body
Dance performance, Archaeological Museum of Piraeus, 12–2:30 pm, 4 €, reduced 2 €
Students of Athens School of Fine Arts
Open studio, Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA)—Pireos Street, 12–8 pm
Servanne Jollivet, Anna Papaeti, Pavlos Hatzopoulos, Nelli Kambouri, Giorgos Maniatis
Boats of History, boat trip, Pireus Port (Gate E2), 1 pm
Rasheed Araeen
Shamiyaana–Food for Thought: Thought for Change, cooking and eating, Kotzia Square, 1–2:30 pm and 3–4:30 pm
drog_A_tek, Every Time A Ear di Soun, a documenta 14 Radio Program
Signal Echo: the documenta Files, Cannibal Radio, SW 15560 kHz all over the world, FM 90.4 MHz in Kassel or www.documenta14.de, 1 pm
Joar Nango
European Everything, performance, Athens Conservatoire (garden), 2 pm, 4 pm, and 7 pm
More information: documenta 14
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