Chrysanne Stathacos
Documenta 14, The Parliament of Bodies: Oracle Drawings
July 14, 2017–July 14, 2017Athens Municipality Arts Center and Museum of Anti-dictatorial and Democratic Resistance, Athens
The Parliament of Bodies: Oracle Drawings
with Karen Finley, Adonis Volanakis, Chrysanne Stathacos, and Sozita Goudouna
Parko Eleftherias, Athens Municipality Arts Center and Museum of Anti-dictatorial and Democratic Resistance, Vassilissis Sofias, Athens
“Oracle drawings” is a project initiated and curated by Sozita Goudouna and Paul B. Preciado. It consists of a collaborative staging of a public participatory installation by Karen Finley and Adonis Volanakis and an introductory ritual by Chrysanne Stathacos for The Parliament of Bodies, the Public Programs of documenta 14, and the specific context of Parko Eleftherias.
Chrysanne Stathacos (Pythia’s Warm Breath)
Working with her text “Delphi, The Womb of the Eurotic World” and Par Lagerkvist’s “The Sibyl,” Chrysanne Stathacos creates a ritual of breathing, meditation and healing with herbs and essential oils that prepares the environment. The project draws from the feminist tradition and takes as a starting point Pythia’s myth and the prophecy as a narrative that foretells the future but also forecloses or heals a certain past. What happens when the door is closed? What remains when our paths have to break apart?
Chrysanne Stathacos is a multi-media artist who has exhibited internationally at museums, galleries, and public venues for forty years. She is founding Director of Dongyu Gatsal Ling Initiatives and initiated Expanded Art Ideas, an innovative art education program at Artists Space, New York. Stathacos and collaborator Susan Silas originated MOMMY, a web site/distribution network that celebrates women artists. She lives between Toronto and Athens.
In cooperation with the Goethe – Institute
With thanks to Performa NY, Panas Group Art Apartments, Apivita, MR.CO, Bar Etc and Ekso Productions
