Mystery 20 (2023)
Directed by Michael Marmarinos & Konstantinos Arvanitakis
Duration: 58 mins
The documentary Mystery 20 delves into the work and methodology developed during the legacy project of Mystery 20 Performing Arts Initiator – Narrative Archaeology, which culminates in a site-specific walking performance within the emblematic Archaeological Site of Elefsina.
Why does someone visit an archaeological site?
What do we seek there?
In search of the hidden narrative of the given Archaeological Site, Narrative Archaeology is introduced as a methodological project that highlights the ways that Performing Arts can enhance the interactivity of archaeological sites.
Mystery 20 Performing Arts Initiator – Narrative Archaeology is a Legacy Project of 2023 Eleusis, which continues, after the end of the year of the title, as methodology – model. Approaching methodological tools of artistic and research projects that have been successfully carried out in Italy under the curatorship and artistic direction of Michail Marmarinos, in collaboration with the Archaeological Society of Florence and the city’s National Archaeological Museum, artists-researchers from different fields of Arts and Sciences embarked on a long evolutionary process in the context of an on-site conversation with the archaeological site of Elefsina, in close cooperation with the archaeologists working there. In the framework of the European Capital of Culture, this prominent site is creating a model field of encounter between Arts and Archaeology, aiming to become an example of applied methodology for other cultural heritage sites in Greece and beyond.
Directed by Konstantinos Arvanitakis and Michail Marmarinos, the documentary was realized with the support of the Ephorate of Antiquities of West Attica and realised in the framework of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan “Greece 2.0” with funding from the European Union – NextGenerationEU.