Greek post-war novelist Dimitris Hatzis opens his short story The Murder of Isabella Molnar with this sentence. Seeking to grasp the essence of sculpture, he offers a formulation later within the text as precise as it is singular, defining it as “a rational organisation within an irrational world.” At the heart of the narrative stands the sculptor Isabella Molnar and her tragic course: her relationship with a narrator who reveres her art; her conflict with her husband, who – in her eyes – ‘sterilised’ her work; the act of murder; her confinement in a psychiatric institution; her eventual downward spiral. The works she creates there remain unseen; they dissolve in the rain, just as she herself dissolves within the vortex of her inner life.
The necessity of Art, its capacity to jolt the “self-contained” spectator into an irrational and chaotic world where instinct claims its own legitimacy, the fraught bond between artist and creation, and the very enigma of sculpture and its materials – all these were the primary impulses and provided the fuel behind the performance. Here, sculpture is not merely a theme; it is the central presence on stage. The journey of sculptural material – from the pursuit of perfection and the question of what that might ultimately mean, to decay and disintegration – becomes a vivid metaphor for the heroine’s inner passage.
Is there a relationship between the living body and raw matter? Here, clay is not a stage prop but an almost sentient entity. The sculptures – created by sculptor Ismini Tsofidou – are positioned between the narrator and the figure of Isabella. They seem to breathe and transform, revealing the fragile, often painful relationship between creator, creation, and observer. The performance includes nudity.
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Direction – Dramaturgy Stefania Goulioti • Text Dimitris Hatzis • Dramaturgy advisor Ektoras Lygizos • Additional text Nefeli Maistrali • Music – Sound design Giorgos Poulios • Movement Antonia Economou • Set design Filanthi Bougatsou • Costume design Niki Psyhogiou • Lighting design Sakis Birbilis • Sculptor Ismini Tsofidou • Assistant to the director Alexandros Panou, Iliana Kaladami • Live video Ignatios Skandalis, Thomais Triantafyllidou • Sound engineer Ilias Flammos • Statues copies construction Tzanetos Kritselis, Stella Stamouli • Photos Gely Kalambaka • Cast Stefania Goulioti, Fotis Stratigos • Executive production Pop Productions - MeWe
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