FLEE announces a new 2xLP compilation and a trilingual book on the unique and mysterious Athos peninsula in eastern Greece.Mount Athos, known as the "sacred mountain", is a monastic peninsula in north-eastern Greece that has been at the heart of Eastern Orthodox monasticism for over a thousand years. Its twenty monasteries are home to around 2,000 monks dedicated to prayer and worship, whose chants have echoed across the Aegean Sea for centuries, heard only by passing pilgrims, isolated from conventional time and world events. After several years of research and several visits to the retired community, we are delighted to present our new project 'Athos: Echoes of the Holy Mountain', devoted to this liturgical music and repertoire that seem to evolve outside the usual boundaries of time and space. Rooted in Byzantine chant, this acappella tradition essential to monastic life presents complex and serene melodies designed to facilitate prayer and contemplation, using a system of modes and scales to create a meditative atmosphere.transdisciplinary, this documentation effort also includes an aspect of artistic reinterpretation inviting contemporary Greek and foreign artists to reflect on the subject.
A musical compilation featuring original recordings from the 1960s and today capturing the essence of Mount Athos liturgical music, as well as new compositions inspired by these recordings by artists such as Holy Tongue (UK), Jay Glass Dubs (GR), Prins Emanuel & Inre Kresten Grupp (SWE), Jimi Tenor (FI), Gilb'r(FR), Daniel Paleodimos (GR), Esma & Murat Ertel (TUR) and Organza Ray (GR/US). A trilingual book in English, Greek and French, including essays, articles, photographs and artistic contributions on the theme, featuring contributors such as Stratos Kalafatis, Theodore Psychoyos, Tefra90, Father Damaskinos Ulkinuora, Prof. Thomas Apostolopoulos, Makar Tereshin, PhaedraDouzina-Bakalaki, Michelangelo Paganopoulos and Alberto Cameroni. The release of the book and CD will be followed by a series of exhibitions and conferences, showcasing FLEE's year-long research on Mount Athos and the many works of art it has commissioned.FLEE006 "Athos: Echoes from the Holy Mountain" will be available worldwide at www. fleeproject.com and at selected retailers from 27.06.2024.
About FLEE:
FLEE is an independent cultural engineering platform dedicated to the documentation and promotion of hybrid cultures.hybrid cultures. Functioning as a label, a publishing house and an exhibition organiser, it is dedicated to the documentation and promotion of hybrid cultures. Functioning as a label, publishing house and exhibition organiser, it focuses on highlighting subcultures, while making them interact with contemporary artistic approaches through a critical point of view.