The visual artist and video artist Pantelis Makkas presents his video installation entitled Tenant at 260 Piraeus Street, every night from 5 to 24 July, in the foyer of Area E.

The works presented in the installation come from performances of classical and contemporary works. Euripides’ Hippolytus, Shakespeare’s The Tempest and King Lear, or Molière’s The Misanthrope are re-enacted through the video perspective, offering the audience a new, experiential experience. The theatrical characters and conflicts are presented in new perspectives, outside the traditional stage boundaries.

In Tenant, video assumes a dynamic role that disrupts the traditional hierarchies of theatrical production and explores the freedom of the image as an autonomous artistic medium. Video’s relationship with the plays that goes beyond the conventional performance function and allows the texts to be detached from the theatrical context, giving them a visual dimension.

Video does not merely represent the action, but transforms it, repositions and deconstructs the concept of the play. The use of the camera and the editing of the image create a constantly evolving environment that highlights the tensions and contradictions of the classic plays.

The interaction with video is not only an innovative form of presentation, but also a proposal for a renewed look at the classical repertoire. Video frees the work from its stage form, proposing a different, dynamic and multidimensional experience for the audience.