Exhibition
59th Venice Biennale: The Milk of Dreams
23 Apr 2022 – 27 Nov 2022
Venice
Venice, Italy
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Loukia Alavanou, “On the Way to Colonus.” VR360. Produced by VRS. The first edition of the film was powered by Onassis Culture and is part of the Onassis Collection. © Loukia Alavanou, 2021.
Exhibition
Loukia Alavanou, Greek Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale
23 Apr 2022 – 27 Nov 2022
Regular hours
- Monday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 18:00
Address
- Giardini della Biennale
- Calle Giazzo
- Venice
Veneto - 30122
- Italy
Event map
Artist Loukia Alavanou presents a VR360 film at the Greek Pavilion: Oedipus In Search Of Colonus
About
“La Biennale di Venezia is considered the most high-stakes international exhibition in contemporary art. With my film I wish to defy all fashions and trends and swim against the current.” ―Loukia Alavanou
At the 59th International Art Exhibition of the Biennale di Venezia, Loukia Alavanou is representing Greece by inviting the public to travel through time and space. Her VR360 film and installation Oedipus in Search of Colonus links the cultural heritage of classical Greece – specifically the work of the playwright Sophocles – to the social realities of today by showing the desperate existence of Roma communities in the region of Nea Zoi, west of Athens. Working with a film team and using futuristic technologies, Alavanou cast Roma as actors in the third play of Sophocles’ Oedipus cycle. This film and an accompanying sound installation are presented in a dramatic yet intimate atmosphere within the Greek Pavilion, which becomes a self-reflective island in the middle of one of the world’s biggest international exhibitions. Art an impossible place. U-topia.
