MIXED REALITYa story driven exhibition
The word ‘reality’ has a weird taste when we read it. Add ‘mixed’ to it and it gets even weirder. But our reality has always been mixed. The way we perceive it, the way we
experience it, the way we translate it for ourselves and the others. Our visions and hearings get turned to feelings, later to words and then, art. From then on, art turns to life and thus the circle starts again. The thing is that it is different every time. Reality is acknowledged through virtual meetings to come close; through compression of physical distances when we go out and move; through obliterating physical limitations, every time each one imagines a ‘what if’ and an ‘or’, making their and our reality mixed.
experience it, the way we translate it for ourselves and the others. Our visions and hearings get turned to feelings, later to words and then, art. From then on, art turns to life and thus the circle starts again. The thing is that it is different every time. Reality is acknowledged through virtual meetings to come close; through compression of physical distances when we go out and move; through obliterating physical limitations, every time each one imagines a ‘what if’ and an ‘or’, making their and our reality mixed.
What is this about?
Generation Europe Mixed Reality 2020 is a pioneering virtual exchange programme for young artists from Germany, Italy and Greece. It is a collectively creative project that aims at allowing us to express our perception of a mixed reality.Even though the current ‘mixed reality’ is a fusion of virtual and physical experiences, for us, our reality has always been mixed. Mixed between the reality of what is on stage and what is backstage, mixed between the shooting and the screening of a film, mixed between the moments that we live and try to find a way to show you and tell you about them in this programme.
ARCHÉ INATURE
Arché (Αρχή) is a greek word that describes the primordial force that dominates the world, a force from which everything is born and to which everything will return. It’s also known as the circle of life.
Red Peel Blue Peel
So, you can eat an apple with or without its peel, right? And that
decision is up to you, me, everyone. But what becomes of us when
eating the apple peel or not becomes a topic of the media and the press?
Which do YOU choose?
Deprivation
The Greek word for "return" is
nostos. Algos means "suffering." So nostalgia is the suffering caused
by an unappeased yearning to return.
Milan Kundera, Ignorance
Milan Kundera, Ignorance
What did you feel during quarantine?
ARCHÉ IIBODY
Arché (Αρχή) is a discovery of the Identity, of the Id, of the Ego and the Super-Ego: it is a type of deconstruction which invites recomposition. For example as in a crisis Arché will destroy in order to allow rebirth into a beautiful living being.
(A)symmetry
the balance of ourselves inside the society and at the same time communication between us.
Missing / Rawness
What is truly real? What is essential in life?
What do we really need to be happy and full?
Beyond appearance, beyond the filters of our sick society and our modern habits, there is a world that offers the simplest beauty we can imagine, a world that thrives through the magic essentiality of Nature, a world of pureness and tenderness, a world whose risk is to drown in a virtual screen, whose danger is to be forgotten, if nobody will take care of it.
Beyond appearance, beyond the filters of our sick society and our modern habits, there is a world that offers the simplest beauty we can imagine, a world that thrives through the magic essentiality of Nature, a world of pureness and tenderness, a world whose risk is to drown in a virtual screen, whose danger is to be forgotten, if nobody will take care of it.
Is this what living should feel like?
What did you realize during quarantine?
ARCHÉ IIIRECONNECTION
Arché (Αρχή) is an epiphany, the awareness of the connectivity to the surrounding environment. Arché is constant, ethernal, an infinite display, the natural ebb and flow, the rhythm and pulse of every living thing, it’s the circle of life.
Shapeshifters
How strong is the human capacity to adapt to what
happens around us?
This question gained more importance during the lockdown, which forced us to try to adapt to the physical limits imposed for people’s sake.
As water fits the container in which it is placed, the body had to adapt to the restricted places in which it had to live.
This question gained more importance during the lockdown, which forced us to try to adapt to the physical limits imposed for people’s sake.
As water fits the container in which it is placed, the body had to adapt to the restricted places in which it had to live.
Have you ever tried to take the shape of a tree?
Have you ever tried to take the shape of a window?
Have you ever tried to take the shape of a rock on the sea?
What do you desire for the future?
CREDITS
Generation Europe Mixed Reality Exchange 2020
Generation Europe Mixed Reality Exchange 2020 is a project by ROOTS & ROUTES Cologne e. V. (RRCGN), Synergy of Music Theatre (SMouTh) and Centro di Creazione e Cultura (CCC), funded by Erasmus+ Youth in Action and the Ministry for Children, Family, Refugees and Integration of North Rhine–Westphalia (MKFFI NRW). Additionally, it was supported by the City of Cologne’s operating grant for RRCGN.
The Generation Europe 2020 activities in Florence are co-funded by the Department of Youth Policies and Universal Civil Service and by the Tuscany Region through the call “Giovani al centro”.
Generation Europe Mixed Reality Exchange 2020 is part of the programme “Generation Europe – Young Democracy in Action” by the International Association for Education and Exchange (IBB e. V.) Dortmund, which is additionally funded by the BMFSFJ, Stiftung Mercator and others.
#generationeurope #geneu2020 #geneu #mixedrealityexchange #virtualexchange #rootsnroutes #rrcgn #synergyofmusictheatre #centrocreazionecultura #international #exchange
Created by Aglaia Naka, Aikaterini Becou, Aikaterini Kokkinou, Alessandro Lizzio, Alexandra Di Capua, Alexandros Chartonas, Anais Giannakopoulos, Andreas Almpanis, Thanos Kyratzis, Bahar Gökten, Catalina Roldan, Christin de-Sousa Figueira, Christoph Stöber, Costas Lamproulis, Despoina Bounitsi, Despoina Therimioti, Dimitra Zacharouli, Dimitris Vallas, Eleni Katsiouli, Filippos Zoukas, Francesca Pignanelli, Gabriele Cinti, Garyfallenia Tsinopoulou, Giannis Chatziantoniou, Gilberto Poggi, Ioannis Mihailidis, Janna Hadler, Jasper Beckmann, Jean Yves Sanwidi, Jess Opitz, Jessi Trommenschläger, Jimi Renfro, Konstantina Savva, Lorenzo Ciacciavicca, Maria Chandrinou, Marina Bistolfi, Martina Bartolini, Mattia Bacchetti, Maximien Aldebert, Mehregan Behrouz, Miriam Düx, Nefeli Magouta, Paraskevi Zacharia, Pinelopi Brachou, Rahel Düx, Rebecca Lena, Sara Capanna, Sascha Düx, Susannah Iheme, Vanessa Lonau, Billy Prim, Vasiliki Tsaknaki and Young-Jean Maeng.
Project management: Janna Hadler, Sascha Düx, Yves Sanwidi and Mehregan Behrouz for ROOTS & ROUTES Cologne e. V. (RRCGN), Andreas Almpanis, Dimitra Zacharouli and Costas Lamproulis for Synergy of Music Theatre (SMouTh), Marina Bistolfi for Centro di Creazione e Cultura (CCC)
Media coaches: Lorenzo Ciacciavicca (CCC), Ioannis Mihailidis and Young-Jean Maeng (RRCGN)
Creative writing coach: Costas Lamproulis (SMouTh)
Dance coaches: Susannah Iheme (CCC), Bahar Gökten (RRCGN), Despoina Bounitsi and Dimitra Zacharouli (SMouTh)
Music coaches: Filippos Zoukas (SMouTh), Jimi Renfro and Mehregan Behrouz (RRCGN)
Interdisciplinary performing arts coaches: Costas Lamproulis (SMouTh), Susannah Iheme (CCC) and Yves Sanwidi (RRCGN)
Theatre coach: Katerina Becou (SMouTh)
Light design coach: Conrad Kausch (RRCGN)
Documentary videographers and photographers: Alexandros Chartonas, Dimitris Vallas and Giannis Chatziantoniou (SMouTh), Rebecca Lena (CCC), Young-Jean Maeng and Yves Sanwidi (RRCGN)
Sound work: Maximien Aldebert (CCC)
Pageflow editor: Lorenzo Ciacciavicca (CCC)
Pageflow administration: Ioannis Mihailidis (RRCGN)
Pageflow server technician: Klaus Jettkant (RRCGN)
Backoffice RRCGN: Tim Junge (RRCGN)
Special thanks to: Jasaman Behrouz, Antje Valentin, Gerd Kühlkamp, Ruven Mensing and the whole Landesmusikakademie NRW team, Jochen Schmidt, Christa Vocke and the whole ACG Catering team, Heavy, Claudia Düx, Katharina Teiting, Michi Bergmann, Elke Wegener and the whole IBB Dortmund team
Overall Story Dramaturgy
Aikaterini Kokkinou, Alexandra Di Capua, Christin de-Sousa Figueira, Gabriele Cinti, Gilberto Poggi, Jasper Beckmann, Maria Chandrinou, Mattia Bacchetti, Pinelopi Brachou and Thanos Kyratzis
Word clouds: Thanos Kyratzis
Dramaturgy coaches: Costas Lamproulis, Lorenzo Ciacciavicca, Ioannis Mihailidis
Arché
A project by Alexandra di Capua, Anais Giannakopoulos, Catalina Roldan, Gilberto Poggi, Jasper Beckmann and Paraskevi Zacharia
Performers: Alexandra di Capua, Anais Giannakopoulos and Paraskevi Zacharia
Voice-over: Alexandra di Capua
Sound recording: Alexandra di Capua, Anais Giannakopoulos, Catalina Roldan, Gilberto Poggi, Jasper Beckmann and Paraskevi Zacharia
Camera: Catalina Roldan, Francesca Pignanelli, Jasper Beckmann, Paraskevi Zacharia and Pinelopi Brachou
Video editing: Catalina Roldan
Music production: Jasper Beckmann
Red Peel, Blue Peel
A project by Despoina Therimioti, Gabriele Cinti, Nefeli Magkouta and Thanos Kyratzis
Performer: Despoina Therimioti
Script: Thanos Kyratzis
Direction and Scenography: Nefeli Magouta and Thanos Kyratzis
Camera: Thanos Kyratzis
Video editing: Gabriele Cinti and Francesca Pignanelli
Music production: Billy Prim
Special thanks to: Aikaterini Becou, Billy Prim, Christin de-Sousa Figueira, Eleni Katsiouli, Giannis Chatziantoniou, Jasper Beckmann, Maria Chandrinou and Martina Bartolini
Deprivation
A project by Rebecca Lena, Francesca Pignanelli, Christin de-Sousa Figueira, Eleni Katsiouli and Sara Capanna
Direction: Rebecca Lena and Francesca Pignanelli
Performers: Sara Capanna, Christin de-Sousa Figueira and Eleni Katsiouli
Camera: Rebecca Lena, Francesca Pignanelli, Alexandros Chartonas and Young-Jean Maeng
Video editing: Rebecca Lena
Music production: Maximien Aldebert
Special thanks to: Aglaia Naka, Bahar Gökten, Giannis Chatziantoniou and Susannah Iheme
Agorá
A project by Alessandro Lizzio, Gabriele Cinti, Gilberto Poggi and Vanessa Lonau
Performer: Vanessa Lonau
Camera: Gabriele Cinti, Gilberto Poggi, Pinelopi Brachou and Young-Jean Maeng
Video editing: Gabriele Cinti and Vanessa Lonau
Voice: Vanessa Lonau
Music: Catalina Roldan
Sound production: Jasper Beckmann
(A)symmetry
A project by Aglaia Naka, Aikaterini Kokkinou, Jess Opitz, Pinelopi Brachou and Vasiliki Tsaknaki
Performers: Jess Opitz and Vasiliki Tsaknaki
Camera: Pinelopi Brachou and Young-Jean Maeng
Video editing: Pinelopi Brachou
Music production: Aikaterini Kokkinou
Special thanks to: Aikaterini Becou, Bahar Gökten, Billy Prim, Christin de-Sousa Figueira, Despoina Bounitsi, Dimitra Zacharouli, Eleni Katsiouli, Filippos Zoukas, Giannis Chatziantoniou, Thanos Kyratzis and Yves Sanwidi
Missing / Rawness
A project by Konstantina Savva, Mattia Bacchetti and Rahel Hannah Düx
Performers: Konstantina Savva, Maria Chandrinou, Mattia Bacchetti and Rahel Hannah Düx
Camera: Gabriele Cinti, Mattia Bacchetti, Pinelopi Brachou and Miriam Düx
Video editing: Mattia Bacchetti
Sound production: Billy Prim, Mattia Bacchetti and Rahel Hannah Düx
Shapeshifters
A project by Billy Prim, Maria Chandrinou and Martina Bartolini
Text and direction: Martina Bartolini
Performers: Billy Prim, Maria Chandrinou and Martina Bartolini
Camera: Billy Prim, Francesca Pignanelli and Pinelopi Brachou
Video editing: Pinelopi Brachou
Sound production: Billy Prim
Natural Sounds: Billy Prim and Martina Bartolini
Cover Picture: Maria Chandrinou
Special thanks to: Attila Blaho, Dimitra Zacharouli, Gabriele Cinti, Susannah Iheme and Thomas Papoulakos
Outro Music
Voice: Mehregan Behrouz
Synthesizer and production: Sascha Düx
Field recordings: Young-Jean Maeng, Bahar Gökten, Ioannis Mihailidis and the Heek group
© 2020 ROOTS & ROUTES Cologne e. V., Synergy of Music Theatre, Centro di Creazione e Cultura, the ROOTS & ROUTES International Association and all artists involved
Generation Europe Mixed Reality Exchange 2020 is a project by ROOTS & ROUTES Cologne e. V. (RRCGN), Synergy of Music Theatre (SMouTh) and Centro di Creazione e Cultura (CCC), funded by Erasmus+ Youth in Action and the Ministry for Children, Family, Refugees and Integration of North Rhine–Westphalia (MKFFI NRW). Additionally, it was supported by the City of Cologne’s operating grant for RRCGN.
The Generation Europe 2020 activities in Florence are co-funded by the Department of Youth Policies and Universal Civil Service and by the Tuscany Region through the call “Giovani al centro”.
Generation Europe Mixed Reality Exchange 2020 is part of the programme “Generation Europe – Young Democracy in Action” by the International Association for Education and Exchange (IBB e. V.) Dortmund, which is additionally funded by the BMFSFJ, Stiftung Mercator and others.
#generationeurope #geneu2020 #geneu #mixedrealityexchange #virtualexchange #rootsnroutes #rrcgn #synergyofmusictheatre #centrocreazionecultura #international #exchange
Created by Aglaia Naka, Aikaterini Becou, Aikaterini Kokkinou, Alessandro Lizzio, Alexandra Di Capua, Alexandros Chartonas, Anais Giannakopoulos, Andreas Almpanis, Thanos Kyratzis, Bahar Gökten, Catalina Roldan, Christin de-Sousa Figueira, Christoph Stöber, Costas Lamproulis, Despoina Bounitsi, Despoina Therimioti, Dimitra Zacharouli, Dimitris Vallas, Eleni Katsiouli, Filippos Zoukas, Francesca Pignanelli, Gabriele Cinti, Garyfallenia Tsinopoulou, Giannis Chatziantoniou, Gilberto Poggi, Ioannis Mihailidis, Janna Hadler, Jasper Beckmann, Jean Yves Sanwidi, Jess Opitz, Jessi Trommenschläger, Jimi Renfro, Konstantina Savva, Lorenzo Ciacciavicca, Maria Chandrinou, Marina Bistolfi, Martina Bartolini, Mattia Bacchetti, Maximien Aldebert, Mehregan Behrouz, Miriam Düx, Nefeli Magouta, Paraskevi Zacharia, Pinelopi Brachou, Rahel Düx, Rebecca Lena, Sara Capanna, Sascha Düx, Susannah Iheme, Vanessa Lonau, Billy Prim, Vasiliki Tsaknaki and Young-Jean Maeng.
Project management: Janna Hadler, Sascha Düx, Yves Sanwidi and Mehregan Behrouz for ROOTS & ROUTES Cologne e. V. (RRCGN), Andreas Almpanis, Dimitra Zacharouli and Costas Lamproulis for Synergy of Music Theatre (SMouTh), Marina Bistolfi for Centro di Creazione e Cultura (CCC)
Media coaches: Lorenzo Ciacciavicca (CCC), Ioannis Mihailidis and Young-Jean Maeng (RRCGN)
Creative writing coach: Costas Lamproulis (SMouTh)
Dance coaches: Susannah Iheme (CCC), Bahar Gökten (RRCGN), Despoina Bounitsi and Dimitra Zacharouli (SMouTh)
Music coaches: Filippos Zoukas (SMouTh), Jimi Renfro and Mehregan Behrouz (RRCGN)
Interdisciplinary performing arts coaches: Costas Lamproulis (SMouTh), Susannah Iheme (CCC) and Yves Sanwidi (RRCGN)
Theatre coach: Katerina Becou (SMouTh)
Light design coach: Conrad Kausch (RRCGN)
Documentary videographers and photographers: Alexandros Chartonas, Dimitris Vallas and Giannis Chatziantoniou (SMouTh), Rebecca Lena (CCC), Young-Jean Maeng and Yves Sanwidi (RRCGN)
Sound work: Maximien Aldebert (CCC)
Pageflow editor: Lorenzo Ciacciavicca (CCC)
Pageflow administration: Ioannis Mihailidis (RRCGN)
Pageflow server technician: Klaus Jettkant (RRCGN)
Backoffice RRCGN: Tim Junge (RRCGN)
Special thanks to: Jasaman Behrouz, Antje Valentin, Gerd Kühlkamp, Ruven Mensing and the whole Landesmusikakademie NRW team, Jochen Schmidt, Christa Vocke and the whole ACG Catering team, Heavy, Claudia Düx, Katharina Teiting, Michi Bergmann, Elke Wegener and the whole IBB Dortmund team
Overall Story Dramaturgy
Aikaterini Kokkinou, Alexandra Di Capua, Christin de-Sousa Figueira, Gabriele Cinti, Gilberto Poggi, Jasper Beckmann, Maria Chandrinou, Mattia Bacchetti, Pinelopi Brachou and Thanos Kyratzis
Word clouds: Thanos Kyratzis
Dramaturgy coaches: Costas Lamproulis, Lorenzo Ciacciavicca, Ioannis Mihailidis
Arché
A project by Alexandra di Capua, Anais Giannakopoulos, Catalina Roldan, Gilberto Poggi, Jasper Beckmann and Paraskevi Zacharia
Performers: Alexandra di Capua, Anais Giannakopoulos and Paraskevi Zacharia
Voice-over: Alexandra di Capua
Sound recording: Alexandra di Capua, Anais Giannakopoulos, Catalina Roldan, Gilberto Poggi, Jasper Beckmann and Paraskevi Zacharia
Camera: Catalina Roldan, Francesca Pignanelli, Jasper Beckmann, Paraskevi Zacharia and Pinelopi Brachou
Video editing: Catalina Roldan
Music production: Jasper Beckmann
Red Peel, Blue Peel
A project by Despoina Therimioti, Gabriele Cinti, Nefeli Magkouta and Thanos Kyratzis
Performer: Despoina Therimioti
Script: Thanos Kyratzis
Direction and Scenography: Nefeli Magouta and Thanos Kyratzis
Camera: Thanos Kyratzis
Video editing: Gabriele Cinti and Francesca Pignanelli
Music production: Billy Prim
Special thanks to: Aikaterini Becou, Billy Prim, Christin de-Sousa Figueira, Eleni Katsiouli, Giannis Chatziantoniou, Jasper Beckmann, Maria Chandrinou and Martina Bartolini
Deprivation
A project by Rebecca Lena, Francesca Pignanelli, Christin de-Sousa Figueira, Eleni Katsiouli and Sara Capanna
Direction: Rebecca Lena and Francesca Pignanelli
Performers: Sara Capanna, Christin de-Sousa Figueira and Eleni Katsiouli
Camera: Rebecca Lena, Francesca Pignanelli, Alexandros Chartonas and Young-Jean Maeng
Video editing: Rebecca Lena
Music production: Maximien Aldebert
Special thanks to: Aglaia Naka, Bahar Gökten, Giannis Chatziantoniou and Susannah Iheme
Agorá
A project by Alessandro Lizzio, Gabriele Cinti, Gilberto Poggi and Vanessa Lonau
Performer: Vanessa Lonau
Camera: Gabriele Cinti, Gilberto Poggi, Pinelopi Brachou and Young-Jean Maeng
Video editing: Gabriele Cinti and Vanessa Lonau
Voice: Vanessa Lonau
Music: Catalina Roldan
Sound production: Jasper Beckmann
(A)symmetry
A project by Aglaia Naka, Aikaterini Kokkinou, Jess Opitz, Pinelopi Brachou and Vasiliki Tsaknaki
Performers: Jess Opitz and Vasiliki Tsaknaki
Camera: Pinelopi Brachou and Young-Jean Maeng
Video editing: Pinelopi Brachou
Music production: Aikaterini Kokkinou
Special thanks to: Aikaterini Becou, Bahar Gökten, Billy Prim, Christin de-Sousa Figueira, Despoina Bounitsi, Dimitra Zacharouli, Eleni Katsiouli, Filippos Zoukas, Giannis Chatziantoniou, Thanos Kyratzis and Yves Sanwidi
Missing / Rawness
A project by Konstantina Savva, Mattia Bacchetti and Rahel Hannah Düx
Performers: Konstantina Savva, Maria Chandrinou, Mattia Bacchetti and Rahel Hannah Düx
Camera: Gabriele Cinti, Mattia Bacchetti, Pinelopi Brachou and Miriam Düx
Video editing: Mattia Bacchetti
Sound production: Billy Prim, Mattia Bacchetti and Rahel Hannah Düx
Shapeshifters
A project by Billy Prim, Maria Chandrinou and Martina Bartolini
Text and direction: Martina Bartolini
Performers: Billy Prim, Maria Chandrinou and Martina Bartolini
Camera: Billy Prim, Francesca Pignanelli and Pinelopi Brachou
Video editing: Pinelopi Brachou
Sound production: Billy Prim
Natural Sounds: Billy Prim and Martina Bartolini
Cover Picture: Maria Chandrinou
Special thanks to: Attila Blaho, Dimitra Zacharouli, Gabriele Cinti, Susannah Iheme and Thomas Papoulakos
Outro Music
Voice: Mehregan Behrouz
Synthesizer and production: Sascha Düx
Field recordings: Young-Jean Maeng, Bahar Gökten, Ioannis Mihailidis and the Heek group
© 2020 ROOTS & ROUTES Cologne e. V., Synergy of Music Theatre, Centro di Creazione e Cultura, the ROOTS & ROUTES International Association and all artists involved
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MIXED REALITY
What is this about?
Wordcloud Nature
NATURE
ARCHÉ I
Red Peel Blue Peel
Red Peel Blue Peel
Deprivation
Deprivation
What did you feel during quarantine?
AGORA ONE
Wordcloud Body
BODY
ARCHÉ II
(A)symmetry
(A)symmetry
Missing / Rawness
MISSING
RAWNESS
What did you realize during quarantine?
AGORA TWO
Wordcloud Reconnection
RECONNECTION
ARCHÉ III
Shapeshifters
Have you ever tried to take the shape of a tree?
Tree
Have you ever tried to take the shape of a window?
Window
Have you ever tried to take the shape of a rock on the sea?
Rock
What do you desire for the future?
AGORA THREE
CREDITS
LOGOS
MIXED REALITY
What is this about?
Wordcloud Nature
NATURE
ARCHÉ I
Red Peel Blue Peel
Red Peel Blue Peel
Deprivation
Deprivation
What did you feel during quarantine?
AGORA ONE
Wordcloud Body
BODY
ARCHÉ II
(A)symmetry
(A)symmetry
Missing / Rawness
MISSING
RAWNESS
What did you realize during quarantine?
AGORA TWO
Wordcloud Reconnection
RECONNECTION
ARCHÉ III
Shapeshifters
Have you ever tried to take the shape of a tree?
Tree
Have you ever tried to take the shape of a window?
Window
Have you ever tried to take the shape of a rock on the sea?
Rock
What do you desire for the future?
AGORA THREE
CREDITS
LOGOS