UNDER CONSTRUCTION

hardcore echoes

Ioanna Paraskevopoulou

Presented by Onassis ONX

#Work-in-Progress, #International, #Tech Forward, #70 Minutes or Less, #In Song, #In Motion

hardcore echoes is a sonic and choreographic exploration born from a desire to enter into dialogue with the memories of those who once lived in another time. It begins with a phrase that haunts Ioanna Paraskevopoulou: “Seek things where nothing exists.” The choreographer searches for unheard voices and forgotten stories to reshape them and bring them into the present. The intention is to reimagine the past, composing its landscapes anew by weaving multiple narratives and acts of translation. This research collects the lived experiences of individuals who once worked in professions and crafts that are now fading or have already been lost. At its core lies the body and, more specifically, the hands as instruments of contact with the world and carriers of sensory memory. By bringing together diverse materials, including archival photographs, interviews, recordings, and letters, the project explores the interplay between performance and manual labor. Using a multimedia approach and through live manipulation of sound and image, hardcore echoes borrows various techniques, craft processes, tools, and devices. It becomes manual labor itself, seeking connection through physical contact. Everything we touch touches us back, leaving traces. In what ways are we touched by hands that never met ours? How do we carry the experiences of people we never knew?

A sonic and choreographic exploration entering into dialogue with the memories of those from another time.