Mykonos, Greece – This year the Mykonos Biennale completed ten years, uniting the living tradition with the most unexpected visions of contemporary art. The sixth Mykonos Biennale is entitled Φ, Orphic Mysteries.

“Φ is the child of one and two, of the unit and its binary hypostasis.It is the magical number that never ends: the eternal hermaphrodite, son of Rhea and Cronus, of the sphere and time. The Logos of the Golden Ratio, the eternal division of the genetic amoeba, the dance of the cosmic DNA, the endless fermentation. The greatest Orphic mystery is the Coherence that the celebration gives to the world… The Orphic Mysteries are not conveyed by logical words but by feelings that reward instinct. They concern the click of a higher sensual knowledge, where the initiates communicate united. Then sadness and joy, mourning and resurrection, feeling and reason become our trial, our unique and indivisible, and panhuman memory.” – Lydia Venieri, 2023

Mohamed Bahbir, Φ, 2023

The Biennale features contemporary art exhibitions, screenings of short films, video art, concerts and dance performances, which facilitate a convergence of participants and visitors, inspired by the transcendental essence of the Orphic Mysteries.

Mykonos Biennale 2023 will take place from September 27th to October 3rd at the Archaeological Museum of Mykonos, the sacred island of Delos, the labyrinthine streets of Chora, and the Yellow Tower of Ano Mera.

Katerina Skassi, Orgy, 2023 / Κατερίνα Σκάση,Όργιο, 2023

PROGRAM:

WEDNESDAY, 27 SEPT. 2023, YELLOW TOWER, ANO MERA

PRELUDE AT THE GARDEN OF MYSTERIES, 18:00

DRAMATIC NIGHTS SCREENING DAY 1, 21:00

THURSDAY, 28 SEPT. 2023, YELLOW TOWER, ANO MERA

CELEBRATING THE DIONYSIAN FROM THE TIMELESS ROOTS TO NOW

DANCE GROUPS: ANEMOMYLI, MYKONIATIKH VEGERA, MADO

MUSICIANS: MICHALIS BABELIS, MARIOS KOUTSOUKOS, NIKOS HAZIAGGELIS, GIANNIS RIGAS, FRANTSESKOS SELINAS, 18:00

SCREENING: URBAN SCENES AND SOUL, 21:00

. Anna Molloy, Lanterns, 2023

FRIDAY, 29 SEPT. 2023, DELOS ISLAND

ANTIDOTE TREASURE HUNT, 16:00

(WEATHER DEPENDENT)

SATURDAY, 30 SEPT. 2023, YELLOW TOWER, ANO MERA

BAPTISM OF ORPHEUS/GRAPE STOMPING, 18:00

GARDEN OF MYSTERIES: INTERACTIVE FINE ART EXHIBITION AND PERFORMANCES

MUSIC PERFORMANCE ‘PASIPHÄE’ BY THE SAXOPHINIST DIMITRIS VASSILAKIS AND

‘LINOBAPTISMA’ BY THE COMPOSER NIKOS PLATANOS (WITH ACCORDION)

ANIMATION SCREENING, 20:00

MYSTIC DINNER

PARTY OF ALLEGORIA, 21:00

SUNDAY, 1 OCT. 2023, TOWN OF MYKONOS

ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM GARDEN:

LYDIA VENIERI’S EXHIBITION: DIONYSUS, THE 13TH MONTH

MICHALIS KATAHANAS, VIOLA MUSIC PERFORMANCE, 19:00

MARIA MOURTOU PARADEISOPOULOU PRESENTS NIETZSCHE‘S APOLLONIAN DIONISUS AND VENIERI’S DIVINE CONSPIRACY, 20:00

MYKONOS TOWN CENTER: VIDEO GRAFFITI SCREENING, 22:00

MONDAY, 2 OCT. 2023, YELLOW TOWER, ANO MERA

OPENING CEREMONY OF ANTIDOTE BOXES, 18:00

ARTEMIS PROCESSION, 19:00

CONTINUATION OF THE EXHIBITION AT GARDEN OF MYSTERIES

DRAMATIC NIGHTS SCREENING DAY 2, 21:00

TUESDAY, 3 OCT. 2023, TOWN OF MYKONOS

ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM: CLOSING CEREMONY, 19:00

PETROS VELONIS: MUSIC PERFORMANCE, SONG OF THE MYSTIC

VIDEO GRAFFITI SCREENING DAY 2, 22:00

NIKOS PLATANOS WILL COORDINATE THE MUSICAL PERFORMANCE “IERI DIAPOMPI” ACCOMPANING THE SCREENING OF VIDEO GRAFFITI ACROSS THE CHORA

Renata Leguisamo, Antidote (detail), 2023

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:

GARDEN OF MYSTERIES

DIMITRIS ANDREADIS, MOHAMED BAHBIR, FOTINI CHARATSI, ARIANA DARVISH TABAR, MARIA DIAMANTIDOU, MARIANNE FEDERAL, ZOIS GEROS, PANAGIOTIS GIOKAS,EVA GRYPARI, GABRIELA VON HABSBURG, THEODORA HARTMANN, HEIDE HATRY, KALENIA, THEANO KIRIKOU, ANDREAS LYBERATOS, ANNA MOLLOY, ESMERALDA MOMFERATOU, SPYROS PALOUKIS, VASILIOS ROUMELIOTIS, KATERINA SKASSI, VICKY STAMATOPOULOU, ISMINI TAMVAKAKI, EOS VOSINIOTI, LEE WELLS

ANTIDOTES

CHLOE AKRITHAKI, YULI ALONI, JAN BARACZ, CATHELINE VAN DEN BRANDEN, ΤΗΕ CALLAS , CHRIS CAPTAIN, DESPOINA DAMASKOU, MARIA DIAMANTIDOU, ALEXANDROS GEORGIOU, ZOIS GEROS, NIKOS GIKAS, MARION INGLESSI, IASONAS KAMPANIS, FAIDRA KARANTZOU, ELENI KOTSONI, MELINA KREMEZI, SYD KROCHMALNY, PANAYIOTIS LAMPROU, RENATA LEGUISAMO, BRIAN LEO, MILTOS MANETAS, ANGELOS MAVRAEIDIS, THANOS MEGKOS, ESMERALDA MOMFERRATOU, ELENI PARIDI, PANOS PROFITIS, ANNA ROBBINS, RAFAEL DIMITRIS SIMADIS, KARMEL SPANIEL, YORGOS TAXIARCHOPOULOS, KENTARO TOMI, ATTICUS WAKEFIELD, LEE WELLS

DRAMATIC NIGHTS

HUGUES BEAUREGARD, NICOLAS BENOIT, JASON BOUSSIOUX, PRESTON BOWE, MARC ESQUIROL CANO, ELIZABETH CASSIDY, JEAN-BAPTISTE COURSAULT, JERZY CZACHOWSKI, FOTIS GIARENTIS, PIRO GJYLAMETI, YORGOS GOUSSIS, JACKSON GRIFFIN, MIT JAROUBLE, JONATHAN ONSUWAN JOHNSON, YORGOS KOUTSALIARIS, MANOLIS KLONARIS, KRYSTIAN KORNEL, EUGENIA LLAGUNO, NEI LOYA, SABINA, JURG SLABBERT, ONUR YAGIZ, ZANE

ANIMATION

GUGUN ARIEF, JAN ČAPAR, HELENA COELHO, BERNADETT NADIN CSÉPKE, ADAM ČURKO, ALEXANDRA DZHIGANSKAYA, PEPI EIREW, FARDINZAREI, LAMPROS KORDOLAIMIS, THOMAS KUNSTLER, ALBERT ALEKSANTERI LAINE, KRISTINA LAINE, REBECA NIGRI, ANDREA PÁTKOVÁ, DAN RULE, LUIZA PUGLIESI VILLAÇA, VIKTORIA VORŽÁČKOVA

URBAN

SAMAN HOSSEINPUOR, WEIPENG HUANG, DURIM KLAIQI, EVI KORONI, HASSAN MOKHTARI, ELAD MUKADES, NOOMEN NOOMEN, HU PAN, MARINA RESTA, AMIR MASOUD SOHEILI, MAHMUT TAŞ, ALEXIA TSOUNI, AKO ZANDKARIMI

VIDEO GRAFFITI

YULI ALONI, ALESSANDRA LA BELLA, ROBIN L. BISIO, CLAUDIA BORRI, FOTINI CHARATSI, I-CHUN CHEN, RANI DEIGHE CROWE, ANTON DUSHKIN, PHOTINI ECONOMOPOULOU, NELSON FERNANDES, MARTIN GERIGK, EBBA JAHN, GABRIELA JUNG, JAEIK KIM, MARIA KORPORAL, SYD KROCHMALNY, JEANNETTE LAMBERT, PANAYIOTIS LAMPROU, KEVIN LUCERO LESS, IKER DURO LINARES, MIGUEL MARIANO, PAULA MARIEN, DANI MICÓIDS, FABRICIO ESTEVAM MIRA, NENAD OBRAD NEDELJKOV, GIOULA PAPADOPOULOU, IRIDA POLYCHRONI, CHANTAL PAULA ROSENGURT, JACOPO PERINATI, NACHO RECIO, FILIPPO RIPAMONTI, SOCOS, VERA SEBERT, MARYAM SHAMS, KONSTANTINA SOFOKLEOUS, EIRINI TAMPASOULI, EMANUELE TRAVAINI, GILVERANIO RIAÑO ZAMORA