This event contains strobing lights that could be harmful for people with epilepsy
Before, during and after the Rolex Arts Festival closing concert in the Megaron Garden, the public will be invited to experience a free sound installation by Australian composer-performer Ben Frost, a Rolex Music fellow mentored by Brian Eno. Created specially for Megaron’s Alexandra Trianti Hall stage, the installation will envelop visitors in a shifting soundscape realised by more than forty speakers suspended overhead, accompanied by synchronised led lighting designed by George Tellos and special effects. The audience will be free to enter and exit anytime, and access to the installation is free.
Programme notes
Through this new work, Frost questions what constitutes “nature”, inviting reflection on our complex relationship with the natural world. Combined with light, the shifting positions of individual sound frequencies in space creates a constantly evolving harmonic environment, conjuring a new kind of sonic ecology; physical, living and breathing.
Presented by Rolex in partnership with Megaron the Athens Concert Hall
On the same day you can also watch the Rolex Arts Festival Closing Concert, with world music, at Megaron Garden. Further information here
About the Rolex Arts Festival
“Rolex Arts Festival: Celebrating 20 Years of Mentoring” is a three-day celebration taking place May 26-28, 2023 in multiple venues across Athens to mark the 20th anniversary of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. Spanning dance, theatre, music, film, architecture, visual arts and literature, the Rolex mentoring programme gives emerging artists the rare opportunity to work alongside senior artists in their fields for an extended period of creative collaboration.
For the first time, Rolex will bring this programme and dozens of the world’s most talented artists to Athens in a celebration of the legacy of 20 years of mentoring.
Multidisciplinary performances, exhibitions, readings, screenings, installations and discussions will show the achievements and creative relationships of more than 60 Rolex protégés and mentors.
View the complete programme here
