ARTIFACT (2025)

In the aftermath of a first encounter, desire sits in the throat. Anne Carson says “Give me a world, you have taken the world I was”. This world was once an island of heat, a terrain of pleasure and annihilation. A copper throat opens wide to sing of origin. From that song everything that follows is an attempt to reach, a part to be retrieved. I have to tell you;

When you trace desire to the coordinates of its origin, this island of pure acetylene heat, you’ll find that its worship was aniconic and anthropomorphic, something terrifying and sublime. At night, the oneiric rises from fat Erebus and delivers visions to the mortals. Choirs of cicadas crescendo with the first light of late August. A confrontation becomes a reconciliation. This is how we return to each other, by remembering how to love. We build weapons. Desire returns once again as an artifact of love. 

Conceived, Directed and Performed: Demetris Charalambous  Sonic Composition: Quique Rios Ellis  Set Design: Demetris Charalambous, Christina Siakola  Dramaturgical Support: Marita Anastasi, Quique Rios Ellis Text: Demetris Charalambous Mentor: Christos Polymenakos  Light Design: Panagiotis Manousis

Premiered at Cyprus Choreography Platform 2025                                                                                        Funded by the Department of Contemporary Culture of the Deputy Ministry of Culture in Cyprus