EUGENA... un-der-dressed

by LIVE dart

17-23 May 2010

Brighton Media Centre Gallery
Friese-Greene House

Installation open to public
11.00-17.30 each day
FREE admission

Performance
19.00 each day
with a second performance at 20:15, May 23rd

Tickets are available on the door.
£5/£3

'Eugena... un-der-dressed' is an installation multimedia performance of the group LIVE dART. The theme is based on the greek folklore fairytale 'Eugena'. It deals with the issues of the transition from adolescence to maturity in a woman's life. Two spaces accommodate alternatively realism and fantasy and give the audience the opportunity to conduct a soul-searching of reminiscences and their evolution throughout the bygone years.

Eugena… Und-der-dressed is a performance which is based on a traditional fairytale of Eugena by Thedoros Montzeleze (Zante around 1646). This fairytale illustrates a part of our tradition which is relatively unknown not only abroad but also in Greece. A tradition that is a bit dark and pagan without however, diverging from romanticism and didacticism. This performance, though based on a fairytale, is contemporary as we do not follow the story step by step, but we focus on certain notions and themes which derive from it. A basic theme that concerns us is the transition from adolescence to maturity in a woman's life.

Through art, a video installation, and interaction between audience and performer  Eugena's story will be told in a profound and contemporary way that will enable us to convey the magic of the fairytale and in the meantime, it will apply to every modern person.  The two spaces will accommodate alternatively realism and fantasy and will give the audience the opportunity to conduct a soul searching of reminiscences and their evolution throughout the bygone years.