“MARCEL DUCHAMP”
An anniversary performance for the 15 years of Nova Melancholia's presence

27 March – 7 June 2022
STATE OF CONCEPT / THE EIGHT / TAVROS / ENTERPRISE PROJECTS

Premiere: Sunday, March 27, at 9:00 pm, State of Concept
Reservations: https://www.ticketsource.eu/Nova-Melancholia

The new performance of Nova Melancholia uses as a ready-made title the name of the legendary artist of the avant-garde of the 20th century, Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), who influenced and continues to influence, as few, our perception of the art. An independent spirit, a lover of games and irony, Marcel Duchamp was a cubist painter, a member of Dada, a surrealist, a denier of painting, an inventor of the ready-made, a professional chess player, an organizer of exhibitions, a forerunner of conceptual art and an important reference for Pop Art and postmodern aesthetics; an intelligent and successful man, a lucky one…

We are interested in the "Marcel Duchamp" method, the strategies, the ideas, the practice. It is a performance that claims a certain legacy: the pervasive spirit of challenge, the constant irony and self-irony, the search for subversion, for the new and the challenging, the playful approach to things, the inclusion of the random in the artistic process, the significant gesture.

The title of the performance functions as a platform for additional signification and loose connection between different materials. "Marcel Duchamp" can only be the pretext, the wrapper of a content. And the content is Nova Melancholia itself that tries to define - over the years - a genealogy of people, artists, methods, ways of working; a specific sensitivity to things.

The show is a celebration of the 15 years of the group's presence (2007-2022) in the changing landscape of theatrical and artistic performance. It will be hosted successively in four spaces of the contemporary art scene of Athens, at the State of Concept, at the EIGHT, at TAVROS, at the Enterprise Projects, for five days in each space, and will be spread over a period of four months.

* A first version of this performance was presented in Anafi, in phenomena (Association Phenomenon & Kerenidis Pepe Collection) in July 2021, as a diptych together with an artwork by VASKOS under the common title "Data: 1st The Momentary Immobility, 2nd The Cracks".

* The production of the show is carried out with the subsidy of the Ministry of Culture.

Concept & coordination: Vassilis Noulas & Kostas Tzimoulis
Directed by: Vassilis Noulas
Sets-costumes: Kostas Tzimoulis
Assistant director: Elisavet Xanthopoulou
Production: Nova Melancholia, with the financial support of the Greek Ministry of Culture

Performers: Mario Banushi, Despina Hatzipavlidou, Stavros Karambatsos, Christina Karagianni, Nikos Ntasis

Schedule of performances

27-28-29-30-31 March 2022
STATE OF CONCEPT
Tousa Botsari 19, PC. 11741
https://stateofconcept.org/

8-9-10-11-12 April 2022
THE EIGHT
Polytechniou 8, PC 10433
https://8athens.wordpress.com/

18-19-20-21-22 May 2022
TAVROS
Anaxagora 33, PC 17778
https://tavros.space/

3-4-5-6-7 June 2022
ENTERPRISE PROJECTS
Chalkidonos 58, PC 11527
http://enterprise-projects.com/

Start time: 9:00 p.m.
Performance duration: 80 minutes
Minimum contribution: 5 euros
Reservations: https://www.ticketsource.eu/Nova-Melancholia