A co-creation enacted in the Atacama Desert, Chile;
with the sculptor and ceramic artist Gabriella Gormley at La Wayaka Current Residency.
Site Specific intervention/performance
Medium: Clay (collected from the San Pedro dry riverbed)
Filmed by: Maya Russel Campbell
Project Victor Concept: Maria Mitsi
Victor X dramaturgy and concept development: Maria Mitsi and Nasia Papavasiliou
Scenography, props, installations, visual dramaturgy: Nasia Papavasiliou
Digital design: Maria Mitsi
Smoke and soil installation design: Nasia Papavasiliou and Maria Mitsi
Performer: Belinda Papavasiliou
Audience guide/actor: Will Oakley
Supported by: Doros Polydorou and Media Arts and Design Lab (Cyprus University of Technology)
Tech assistance for installations: Sergei Kurek
Funded by: Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education,Culture, Sports and Youth of Cyprus and Prague Quadriennial https://www.projectvictor.eu
Photo credits: Vaiva Behzan
Vorfluter Gallery
for Paula Vidal's exhibition:
"Out of Season shelters" 2022
The three artists Katarzyna Debska, Nasia Papavasiliou and Jerzy Maczynski activated the exhibition through improvised compositions, spatialized sounds, performative actions, live camera and live visuals.
Work by: Belinda Papavasiliou
Artistic collaborator (scenography+dramaturgy): Nasia Papavasiliou
Sound: Giorgos Papakostas
Open House Festival 2021
Down Below the Passageway is a journey beyond the well-trodden paths of Cyprus’spopular Avakas gorge, venturing into its deep, mystical heart.
While many see Avakas as a tourist hotspot, the filmmakers capture its deeper essence, intertwining its natural beauty with otherworldly mysteries. Perceiving the environment as guide, there's a poignant realization of the need to reposition the earth and its places as sacred sites for mourning and reconnecting to the processes of healing.
The creators, inspired by myths and archetypes, unveil a creature that dances between the gorge's transformative energy, a symbolic pilgrimage resonating with the longing to unite the worlds both above and below.
Filmed and Directed by: Nasia, Belinda, and Eva Papavasiliou.
Editing: Eva Papavasiliou
Sound: Elena Savvidou
Mentored by: Chrysanthi Badeka
The film was created in the context of the parallel events “Dance throughout the year” of the 20th Cyprus Choreography Platform.
Production: Limassol Dance House.
Major Sponsor: Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education,Culture, Sports and Youth of Cyprus.
Nasia Papavasiliou and Delia Boyano Lopez de Villalta.
Their practice blends performance, sculptural scenography and embodied practices. Their projects have been presented in London and Athens, shaping a distinctive artistic dialogue. Over the past years, they have focused on research and the development of new upcoming works, further evolving their collaborative practice.
Sound: Georgia Pazarloglou
Lights: Leslie Yao
Thanks to Maria Maggiorou for participating and performing this piece with us.
Funded by the European Union and University of the Arts London
Special thanks to Manon and Louis