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Freespace Dance 2024: Dimitris Papaioannou – INSIDE video installation (+ BACKSIDE backstage documentary) Introduction

A meditative theatrical video installation documenting a live onstage performance and a slowly changing landscape of choreographed daily routines

Presented as part of the Freespace Dance 2024 programme of cutting-edge work exploring concepts of time and space, INSIDE and BACKSIDE by acclaimed Greek avant-garde artist and choreographer Dimitris Papaioannou, documents a performance that took place in Athens in 2011, and offers a reflective intersection of physical, filmed and meditative space.

The theatrical installation includes two videos – INSIDE, a six-hour, unedited documentation of the live performance, and BACKSIDE, a behind-the-scenes perspective of the live action as the original performance was taking place.

INSIDE

Framed like a large painting, INSIDE invites you to watch the action as if gazing at a landscape where time feels extended and movement slowly ebbs and flows. Through multiplied actions, and layers of spaces and rooms – both visible and invisible – people appear and disappear, scenes change almost imperceptibly, and gestures repeat like waves on a beach.

BACKSIDE

Filmed and edited by Papaioannou, BACKSIDE reveals some of the hidden magic of the original work from the perspective of the creator-director. Installed back-to-back with INSIDE, it offers a unique behind-the-scenes look.

Performance Details

• Freespace Dance 2024: Dimitris Papaioannou – INSIDE video installation (+ BACKSIDE backstage documentary)

• Date & Time:

  • December 4-6, 2024 17:00-23:00
  • December 7-8, 2024 15:00-21:00
  • *Audience is allowed to exit and re-enter the venue during opening hours

• Duration:

  • INSIDE: Approximately 6 hours
  • BACKSIDE: Approximately 81 minutes (Presented on a continuous loop)

• Venue: The Box, Freespace, West Kowloon Cultural District

Ticketing Details

• Ticket price: HKD 100
• Ticket purchase website: Cityline
• Tickets also available at Freespace Ticket Office during the festival period.

Source of the above information: West Kowloon Cultural District official website