TEMPO

Within a circle of ten meters in diameter, three artists move continuously along repetitive paths, in sync with the rhythm of an electronic metronome that is amplified throughout the space. By pressing four buttons, each viewer can alter the tempo or stop it entirely, forcing the bodies to move more slowly, much faster, or to freeze completely until the next intervention.

To what extremes can these choices lead? And what are the criteria that define them?

An experiment in balance, control, and disruption that explores the embodied tension of managing a situation of collective responsibility.

The three artists first met through their collaboration with the Marina Abramović Institute and the organization NEON, in the group exhibition (long duration) performance AS ONE (Benaki Museum, Athens) in 2016. Since then, they have been exploring long-duration performance and collaborating with one another.

TEMPO
Aristotelous Square (Leof. Nikis), Thessaloniki
8 & 9 November 2025
17:30 – 21:30

Conceived and performed by:
Virginia Mastrogiannaki (Athens)
Alexandros Michael (Thessaloniki)
Yannis Pappas (Berlin)

Concept & Performance:
Virginia Mastrogiannaki, Alexandros Michael, Yannis Pappas

Sound installation design: Theodoros Kleissiaris (Kleissonic)
Communications: Lia Kesopoulou
Visual communication design: Eva Temponera
Documentation: Christos Kyriazidis
Production: vatiras

With the financial support of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture

Supported by the Department of Visual and Applied Arts, School of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and To Pikap.

*Virginia Mastrogiannaki is a visual arts ARTWORKS Fellow