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The workshop “The body as topos, the topos as body” is an intensive educational program in performance and live art
Open Call for Participation: Four-Day Site-Specific Performance Workshop & Artist Residency “The body as topos, the topos as body”, taking place from 9–12 July 2026 at Lake Kaiafas, in the Peloponnese.
The workshop is an intensive educational program in performance and live art, offering participants the opportunity for artistic research and creative experimentation within a natural landscape. Participants will be introduced to the fundamental tools of creating a performance in dialogue with nature and the non-urban environment, through site-specific approaches centered on the concepts of “place” and “body.”
During the workshop, participants will develop spatial and artistic approaches on both a research and practical level, creating new individual and collective performance works. The process unfolds in continuous dialogue with the area’s distinctive natural environment: the lake, the regenerated Strofilia pine forest, the thermal springs, and the unique coastline with its sand dunes.
Lake Kaiafas is a protected area within the Natura 2000 network and a unique meeting point of natural landscape, history, and mythology. Elements of nature, geography, historical memory, and the varying qualities of the landscape serve as a starting point for artistic exploration and creation.
As part of the program, participants will explore questions such as:
- How do we create a site-specific performance?
- How does the body function as a carrier of experience, memory, and identity?
- How is the poetics of a place integrated into the process of artistic composition?
Exercises include practices such as walking meditations, butoh, field research, physical and vocal actions, non-linear narratives, and the development of an individual artistic language, with research taking place primarily within the natural environment of the area.
The workshop is led by Dimitra Nikolopoulou and Eliza Soroga, artists and facilitators active in performance art, directing, and artistic research.
Participation Information
The workshop will be conducted in English.
It is open to artists, performers, students, and creators from diverse fields who are interested in contemporary artistic practice, performance, and interdisciplinary approaches.
Application Deadlines
Early Bird
- 15 April 2026 – international participants
- 30 April 2026 – domestic participants
Final Deadlines
- 30 April 2026 – international participants
- 15 May 2026 – domestic participants
Dates
- Arrival: 8 July 2026
- Workshop: 9–12 July 2026
- Presentations & Departure: 12 July 2026
Application Form
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_d5_vDlyqUVjejcnGUt-PHXTjqizy4sETMMv-bR4Nu2LKRQ/viewform
