Enalia (=into the sea) is about the relationship between sea and human, with reference to the ancient myth of Poseidon and Amphitrete, the human-like goddess of Sea. The work symbolically represents the human course towards a higher intrinsic level, through the unification with nature. As in the myth, the sea adopts a human form (video), a female existence who attracts the human observer (live performance) to unite with her. The Sea becomes magic, she dances, interacts with human, and becomes energy which transforms human internally, but also re-establishes the perception of land and water environment around. The stages of this transformation are presented in the context through audio-visual and kinetic relationships, where human, through the interaction with the female form, follows a course towards the depth of the sea and returns, being transformed. The work is a journey of exploration, artistically and notionally, attempting to awaken different interpretations on the symbolic content. Prevalent ideas are: nature, existence, unification, metamorphosis, harmony, myth, magic, love, internalisation, rebirth, and the transcendental course of human through an internal experience of these (https://enalia.wixsite.com/enalia/eng).

Participants:
Apostolos Loufopoulos: Composition, Vasiliki Makou: physical theatre, Elena Georgiadou: video, Magda Candilieri: animation, Katerina Pagiataki: choreography curation

Ionian University, Department of Audio and Visual Arts