The performance will take place on Sunday, October 5, 2025, at 19:00 at Gate E8, where the Art Explora Festival will be held from 3 to 12 October 2025.
The installation–performance "HEAVY ZEYBEK" investigates the possibilities of sonic diversion: how rhythm and sonic texture can be slowed down to stillness, altered, or deconstructed through frequencies, vibrations, temporal shifts, and sonic distortions.
The work is part of Panos Charalambous’s ongoing research into the expressions of popular culture in the Balkan and Mediterranean region — song, dance, festive practices — beyond conventional notions of "authentic revival". In Piraeus, a port of transformations and crossings, this exploration acquires particular resonance, linking the local context to a broader cultural landscape.
About the Art Explora Festival
In 2024, the Art Explora Foundation introduces its flagship project: a museum boat and a traveling festival that will explore the seas and oceans around the world, offering unique artistic and cultural experiences. This unprecedented adventure aligns with the foundation's ambition to reduce cultural barriers and promote a broader and more democratic engagement with the arts. From October 3rd to 12th, 2025, the Art Explora Festival will dock at Gate E8 in the Port of Piraeus. Admission to all events is free.
Co-organised by Art Explora Foundation & Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF)
Under the auspices of The Ministry of Culture & the Region of Attica
HEAVY ZEYBEK
Gate E8, Port of Piraeus
Sunday, 5 October 2025, 19:00
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Panos Charalambous, HEAVY ZEYBEK
