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Antigonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071726424834155394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323831805024998084.post-58726552490125920552014-10-16T09:55:00.001-07:002014-10-16T09:55:50.512-07:00Shadows<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
As I was venturing into the dark, yet musical halls of (Late at) Tate Britain the other night an old friend from the past rose from the shadows to welcome me.<br />
Of course both of us knew that she had never left.<br />
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Antigonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071726424834155394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323831805024998084.post-1008126755825798522013-10-23T20:58:00.005-07:002013-10-23T20:58:35.152-07:00I am still here<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
No she hasn't died. She's fast asleep but always dreaming of her Hamlet, the moment he will come for her, like in a fairy-tale, like a new-born Sleeping Beauty.<br />
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"I will awake. My time has come."<br />
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my Ophelia</div>
Antigonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071726424834155394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323831805024998084.post-30934532192736029712011-07-24T14:04:00.000-07:002011-07-24T14:50:35.471-07:00First stepsOn the 12th of May 2011, Bob Theatre Festival was running a Scratch Night contest at Chora Theatre in Athens. The format was for 8 newly-formed groups to present a 15-minute long fraction of an idea they had for a performance, after which the audience would vote for their favourite which would appear as a full performance in the next year's Bob Theatre Festival.<br />After 2 years of collaboration, research and producing material, text and images it felt like the right time for my Ophelia to make an appearance. And she did; and even though it was only for 15 minutes and during troubled times, I am nevertheless proud for her first steps that were long overdue.<br />And the result?<br />The practical result was that "Οφέλια Unplugged" (the title for my 15-minute presentation) was voted 6th out of 8.<br />But beyond that it was very interesting to experience the reaction of the audience, which was not what I had imagined. But then again you can never anticipate that?<br />For me the result was to pause and revisit, rethink and re-evaluate.<br />How can you give freedom to the audience and then having to take it away?<br />What is the line between happiness and despair and in what way do you cross it?<br />How can you discover the life in a pure-formatted text?<br />All these are questions that I need to answer anew or find the strength to support my already-formed answers.<br /><br />Those were the first steps. Now the aim is to walk the distance.Antigonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071726424834155394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323831805024998084.post-46918773716057943442011-05-17T15:03:00.000-07:002011-05-18T07:18:53.363-07:00Beautiful bodyThere is an amazing photographer called Izima Kaoru who has a series of photographs called "Landscape with a corpse".<br />I find his images enchanting, a most beautiful death that anyone would wish for.<br />Such a poetry and tranquility within such a horrid subject.<br />Gorgeous women in lavish clothes in idyllic locations; and yet they are dead. But even so, we stand over them, admiring them, perhaps wishing we were them.<br /><br />Could this be Ophelia?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6SOf9G5IvpJ6Oh1R27yYRI7-VJWhHH3_2rzdWI6lZUkhCBR3YNwz_J7UCBMW0YUWs4aRoqgDPbZRFIlLTKYJqz4o-aGtE4jrmShA-6thvK1w4hpk6ti7EjZlnasWPMxYq3TJv-RIMlrmF/s1600/KAORU_M.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6SOf9G5IvpJ6Oh1R27yYRI7-VJWhHH3_2rzdWI6lZUkhCBR3YNwz_J7UCBMW0YUWs4aRoqgDPbZRFIlLTKYJqz4o-aGtE4jrmShA-6thvK1w4hpk6ti7EjZlnasWPMxYq3TJv-RIMlrmF/s400/KAORU_M.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607814653438472194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo source: http://starrydeloneli.blogspot.com/2008_10_01_archive.html</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2m9ZwgB624shZT507U70Qj2oBe77W6sxC5SVnjpN6kTN3NqAZKq_8VbIZWMfmYD6y_A-rYyE5jAmKPhQU-Qw6e-XNQFRPrK19UGfhGY9esWIr9lw5KhCylBEJzo-d7AoIm7dKuDX2e61V/s1600/izima-kaoru-Matsuyuki+Yasuko+wears+Gucci.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2m9ZwgB624shZT507U70Qj2oBe77W6sxC5SVnjpN6kTN3NqAZKq_8VbIZWMfmYD6y_A-rYyE5jAmKPhQU-Qw6e-XNQFRPrK19UGfhGY9esWIr9lw5KhCylBEJzo-d7AoIm7dKuDX2e61V/s400/izima-kaoru-Matsuyuki+Yasuko+wears+Gucci.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607813712577527426" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo source: http://www.phillipsdepury.com/auctions/lot-detail/-IZIMA-KAORU/UK000109/141/12/1/12/detail.aspx<br /><br /></span>Or perhaps this one?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifys3Asc_89P3wvjqeaRAfrjIoR715oIXcEHWyhYhAkdJz_7jh6wqlmN7Op2cxVl5V2fum2lXEFlmk14D-9qoWk9HaXvyPgitc5UaXi-kiegvn-qo7Hg8c7i5Dblsdq32dClAgHdiNGqGu/s1600/izima-kaoru-tomita-yasuko-wears-prada.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifys3Asc_89P3wvjqeaRAfrjIoR715oIXcEHWyhYhAkdJz_7jh6wqlmN7Op2cxVl5V2fum2lXEFlmk14D-9qoWk9HaXvyPgitc5UaXi-kiegvn-qo7Hg8c7i5Dblsdq32dClAgHdiNGqGu/s400/izima-kaoru-tomita-yasuko-wears-prada.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608055598756716162" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo source: http://elogedelart.canalblog.com/archives/2009/03/01/12768198.html</span>Antigonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071726424834155394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323831805024998084.post-79877539413186439312011-05-17T14:03:00.000-07:002011-05-17T14:43:33.188-07:00Some serious questionsWho does an idea belong to? Or perhaps can an idea belong to anyone?<br />Can a character have an owner? And if anyone were to claim that role, wouldn't that be the writer who gave birth to him?<br />Is it impossible for two people in the whole world to have the same interest, the same curiosity, the same passion for a character?<br />Are all Ophelias the same? I think yes.<br />Are all Ophelias different? I am definitely sure they are.<br /><br />I began this project to find my own Ophelia, not anyone else's. During my journey I have encountered many other Ophelias, and I looked at them, I admired them, I was happy that they existed, but never have I tried to immitate them.<br />I am me and I respect myself and my inspirations. And in doing so, I push myself and I acknowledge my inspirations.<br />And they are all here for all to see.Antigonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071726424834155394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323831805024998084.post-48748640973107602362011-05-08T03:15:00.000-07:002011-05-08T03:17:14.133-07:00último momento<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxDL4Lj6YAPa_2Azy92FbR-VozXP1Rfsqofwp-IFjbHvzzwEh7C5yOWQbA9nT4Jkl4kTymJbpnN1kaxNh_j' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Antigonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071726424834155394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323831805024998084.post-30931886570829099752011-04-18T13:28:00.000-07:002011-04-18T13:32:05.263-07:00This is truly a man's worldbut it would be nothing without performances like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg3wyv5iflk">this</a>Antigonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071726424834155394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323831805024998084.post-12001843759285625512011-04-13T01:50:00.000-07:002011-04-13T01:55:19.952-07:00Hallo againIt has been almost a year since the last time I wrote here, but not even for a moment has Ophelia left my mind.<br />She has become Οφέλια, a hybrid of two cultures: Greek and Brazilian.<br />A highly sexual woman, full of insecurities. She struggles with herself and her desires but more importantly she struggles to understand Hamlet and his actions.<br /><br />I try to define her, even though she is still eluding me.<br />I only have a few hints...like the music that touches herAntigonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071726424834155394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323831805024998084.post-77110406124010069152010-08-29T15:10:00.001-07:002011-05-18T06:53:16.931-07:00Ophelia + Water<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj359gpVC_jsOzWyD6IPYOnEhYEK-mwGdDMn04jaZXt3aZVpCH4yxL5R_w7Bx4mjlbN0D1bmfQKQ4CQe88bfS73bGjKkE1egwnIQzmHUisMmUTT9R5M6H6TRLvDZlBv2uA4rTXs9BtWChvz/s1600/DSC01313.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj359gpVC_jsOzWyD6IPYOnEhYEK-mwGdDMn04jaZXt3aZVpCH4yxL5R_w7Bx4mjlbN0D1bmfQKQ4CQe88bfS73bGjKkE1egwnIQzmHUisMmUTT9R5M6H6TRLvDZlBv2uA4rTXs9BtWChvz/s400/DSC01313.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531677232386576146" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo by Leandro de Maman</span><br /><br />I was completely happy in that moment<br />within the water.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span>Antigonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071726424834155394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323831805024998084.post-13288301424314485722010-08-29T15:08:00.000-07:002010-08-29T15:09:04.404-07:00One ideaI had this idea that Ophelia is crazy, actually technically and physically crazy<br />But it is result of syphilis<br />Syphilis that Hamlet passed onto her<br />And she could be saved only if people realized what was wrong, if only they realized she was ill and needed help,<br />instead of deciding she was crazy and leaving her to be<br />Ophelia is crazy as a result of other peoples actions<br /><br />And I decided to research syphilis, read medical journals<br />Find the syptoms, what they cause the body and mind to do<br />Use the syptoms, turn them into repetitive actions<br /><br />Could the repetitive interpretation of a physical/scientific syptom be understood as madness, instead of acting the madness?<br />just a thought.Antigonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071726424834155394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323831805024998084.post-12187755320592042382010-08-29T14:33:00.000-07:002010-10-24T10:59:50.693-07:00Bathtub<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhguWsvkA-QEPTMBWUHBPaGQlKWpd-AeLRzWAgWERtYeau-SYTaNBeHK2eKfXfnOpSTD3ObPmQPOUQNfOGXNe6-u992VaLlswhV7vAEBje0NFCpjUtmPoPSjHvQmm2SvggMeahlxO5drYWL/s1600/3051572588_77c030f6a8.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhguWsvkA-QEPTMBWUHBPaGQlKWpd-AeLRzWAgWERtYeau-SYTaNBeHK2eKfXfnOpSTD3ObPmQPOUQNfOGXNe6-u992VaLlswhV7vAEBje0NFCpjUtmPoPSjHvQmm2SvggMeahlxO5drYWL/s400/3051572588_77c030f6a8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510949680161762322" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo source: http://factoidz.com/bath-time-get-in-the-tub/</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRPDJpxH6wOYGIeOdsBpXpdu1_y3kmio9F3WpJzVruEWV30BQADy0YTAJ-GjeB4vthyphenhyphenahtIditFvG6eoEDKJlq5ZWMFWXWp5EVi0iFll2wa8W4X2SfNB_Z7seau7r5exn0U_KM4hTP3qoD/s1600/100_1855.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRPDJpxH6wOYGIeOdsBpXpdu1_y3kmio9F3WpJzVruEWV30BQADy0YTAJ-GjeB4vthyphenhyphenahtIditFvG6eoEDKJlq5ZWMFWXWp5EVi0iFll2wa8W4X2SfNB_Z7seau7r5exn0U_KM4hTP3qoD/s400/100_1855.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510949418707810946" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo by Antigoni Spanou</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTNhGLttAG8MgZVDNHLBAHgQnj1_h904c-xlzgGeE9lUQNDmYpQpojnCoMFuDPD38GKU0iB2SXCAWfz302KutWPtFT-ntTMsDEEOHuXD9keFfvV6Uu3jeBONnZcO4yCbjkN7_92aSYH83/s1600/Country-House-Rescue-Chesters-3a-lg--gt_full_width_landscape.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTNhGLttAG8MgZVDNHLBAHgQnj1_h904c-xlzgGeE9lUQNDmYpQpojnCoMFuDPD38GKU0iB2SXCAWfz302KutWPtFT-ntTMsDEEOHuXD9keFfvV6Uu3jeBONnZcO4yCbjkN7_92aSYH83/s400/Country-House-Rescue-Chesters-3a-lg--gt_full_width_landscape.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510949179918197042" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo source: http://www.channel4.com/4homes/on-tv/country-house-rescue/ruth-watson-s-top-5-tips-for-running-a-country-house-business-08-11-28_p_2.html</span><br /><br />In Shakespeare's play <span style="font-style: italic;">Hamlet</span>, it is not made clear whether Ophelia commits suicide or she dies by accident.<br />What if her death was planned?<br />What if Ophelia decided to give an end to her life and it took place inside the house, within an object all of us are very familiar with; within a bathtub.<br />My Ophelia decides to give an end to her life, to experience a watery death. My object of choice is the bathtub.Antigonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071726424834155394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323831805024998084.post-14044980165261745412010-08-29T14:15:00.000-07:002011-05-17T14:45:50.086-07:00Images of beauty/death<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1om40El14sqjhj2P_WZTkNs7ct9rrq-prlQtg38oKMUUOLvvruzpOPosRtbbGjVK0IupZZ72jOT-fWQNRDUCrsOPekv7uDPmAGijR6wdQJYZ7Y84z6yV02MasOBMYTXrOL8ALJQGZ7tP/s1600/ophelia.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1om40El14sqjhj2P_WZTkNs7ct9rrq-prlQtg38oKMUUOLvvruzpOPosRtbbGjVK0IupZZ72jOT-fWQNRDUCrsOPekv7uDPmAGijR6wdQJYZ7Y84z6yV02MasOBMYTXrOL8ALJQGZ7tP/s400/ophelia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510943841144267378" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">When down her weedy trophies and herself</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Fell in the weeping brook. Her clothes spread wide;</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And, mermaid-like, awhile they bore her up:</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Which time she chanted snatches of old tunes;</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">As one incapable of her own distress,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Or like a creature native and indued</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Unto that element: but long it could not be</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Till that her garments, heavy with their drink,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Pull'd the poor wretch from her melodious lay</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">To muddy death.</span><br /><br />William Shakespeare<span style="font-style: italic;"> - Hamlet </span>Act 4, Scene VIIAntigonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071726424834155394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323831805024998084.post-8991414354759310482010-08-29T14:09:00.000-07:002010-08-29T14:14:38.183-07:00What do we know about Ophelia?who is she trully, except the object of Hamlet's desire?<br /><br />what do we really know about her?<br />we see her fall in love with Hamlet, believing his words, believing in him<br />we see her lose her mind<br />we hear her songs<br />we hear of her deathAntigonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071726424834155394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323831805024998084.post-4667454533270949472010-01-27T11:44:00.001-08:002011-05-16T15:06:37.411-07:00starts here, began elsewherethis is a research, journey, exploration into the character of Ophelia<br /><br />I am using myself, images, sounds, music, literature, impulses offered to me, to create what I want to say about Ophelia and who I think she is.<br /><br />It all began in September 2009 when I drifted across the atlantic and I met my <a href="http://estranhocorpo.blogspot.com/">Hamlet</a>...Antigonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071726424834155394noreply@blogger.com0