FFF4 | Sanctuary
Brett Bailey
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Full price: 10 €
Friend & Small groups (5-9 people): 8 €
Large groups (10+ people): 7 €
Reduced, Unemployed, People with disabilities & Companions: 5 €
Reservation is recommended due to limited availability.
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In English and in Greek
Age guidance: 13+
45 minutes
Getting there:
By Electric Urban Railway: A small shuttle bus will transfer the public from Piraeus Metro Station to the Stone Warehouse (15 minutes prior to each time slot). Visitors will first gather in a special spot inside the station.
By car from Gate E2: Enter Gate E2, and turn right. The Stone Warehouse is on your left-hand side, next to a parking lot. Follow the signage. For more information, see the map.
Introduction
Homes lost, homes threatened, and homes yearned for. Eight refugees, immigrants, activists and interpreters from the Middle East, Africa and Europe, portray fictional characters grappling with the European Union in crisis in this labyrinth-like installation, which draws on the myth of the Minotaur.
South African director Brett Bailey has been raising questions about racism and post-colonialism for years. His new work, "Sanctuary", is an immersive journey into the surreal terrain of the European Union in crisis, as xenophobia and populism flourish and as surveillance and border controls expand.
Upon entering a prison-like labyrinth, spectators encounter a series of vivid scenes, charged with symbolisms, that convey both the states of oblivion in which so many refugees and immigrants find themselves and the states of insecurity of the European citizens who fear them. "Sanctuary" considers notions of home: homes lost, homes threatened, and homes yearned for.
Brett Bailey created a sequence of scenes during a two-year research phase, which included stints at several refugee camps around Europe. The cast features eight multilingual performers, ranging in age from 20- to 70-years-old, and includes refugees, immigrants, activists, and interpreters from the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. The performers departed from Bailey’s scenes to develop fictional characters that confront the rupturing of their sanctuaries.
6 May | 12:00 | Upper Stage | Onassis Stegi
Open Forum with Brett Bailey, Lionel Tomm, Françoise Hemy, Karam Kafri, Ian Robert and Magd Asaad
Chaired by Kostis Papaioannou, History teacher, ex Secretary General for Human Rights
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In preparation for "Sanctuary", Brett Bailey spent time in "The Jungle" refugee camp in Calais, and the "Grand Synthe" camp in Dunkirk; on Lesvos; In several camps in Athens, Palermo and Hamburg. There, he met dozens of refugees and aid workers. He also networked with refugee and immigration organisations in Hamburg, Marseille and Athens, explaining his project to them. From these experiences, and from 2 years of research, he designed eight scenes for "Sanctuary". His dramaturg – Eyad Houssami – and Brett Bailey interviewed around 60 candidate performers in Athens, Hamburg and Marseille: activists, refugees, and interpreters who work with them. From these people they selected eight performers. He gave each of the performers a scene, and during a seven day workshop in France in March, the performers developed the fictional characters to inhabit the scenes.
South African director Brett Bailey has been raising questions about racism and post-colonialism for years. His performances – from operas to site-specific, theatrical installations – investigate the complex relationships between Africa and Europe, between mythology and the atrocities of empire.
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