Subset Festival ⊆ - New Music Festival
Nikos Antonopoulos
In co-production with the Athens Conservatoire
Curated by Stavros Gasparatos
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Nikos Antonopoulos
Blue Thread
Free improvisation, ambient drones, songs from island traditions, autotune, silences, fuzz, lo-fi beats, and all sorts of electronic sound devices are some of the elements that make up Blue Thread, the new performance by Nikos Antonopoulos. At its core, the project explores the delicate balance between the retreating analogue world and the emerging digital reality. Blue Thread serves as a thin yet resilient joint that bridges these two states, illuminating a new, hybrid space that salutes play and experimentation. The work is a constantly changing creative landscape, reflecting Nikos Antonopoulos’ artistic research over the past two years. Each presentation is unique, defined by the musical paths he explores each time. The guitar, free improvisation, and the imaginative and contemporary ways in which the composer reactivates tradition are key elements of his ongoing exploration. After a set of winter performances in Greece and abroad, the thread returns to Athens for a specially configured concert-performance at the Subset Festival, featuring a new mosaic of narratives, original compositions, and a selection of pieces drawn from the ever-evolving music of the world.
The Subset Festival, the multifaceted music platform launched in 2023, held by the Athens Epidaurus Festival in co-production with the Athens Conservatoire, returns refreshed but always with a focus on the dialogue between contemporary music and new media.
Named after a mathematical term (subset ⊆), Subset Festival weaves together diverse versions of contemporary musical creation, incorporating a wide variety of artistic trends. From June 4 to June 8, the Conservatoire venues will host musical ensembles and soloists, established and up-and-coming alike, both from Greece and around the world, visual and sound installations and performances, as well as open-call workshops.
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