Spirals: Turning Points (London, Dorset, Agost, Athens, 2020)
Spirals: Autoportret (Belgrade 2019)
Spirals: As If (Coventry 2019)
Spirals: 28 Paths of Her (Broadstairs 2018)
Spirals: Flamingo (Athens 2018)
Spirals: Tracks for Finding Home (Barcelona 2018)
Spirals: Genesis (London 2017)
Spirals: Galaxies of Women (London 2017)
Spirals: Eternity (London 2013)
Spirals is a poetic journey that crosses geographical borders and unites European female voices in an exchange of languages, cultures, personal narratives and modes of expression. Through the symbol of the spiral, the project explores thresholds, migration, path, nature, home and sense of belonging; the spiral acts as a sign of becoming, transforming and awareness. Poems written by contemporary female poets, recorded material, music and movement are part of a series of performances, photography and video-work. Women create and walk on spirals in a variety of places, such as London, Broadstairs, Coventry, Barcelona, Athens and Belgrade. Traces of care, joy, pain, friendship, womanhood, decay, imaginings, betrayal, frustration, time and love are left behind.
Folding and Unfolding.
Spiralling and waxing. Spiralling and waning.
Spiralling and resolving. Spiralling and transforming.
Collaborative Writing on SPIRALS during the Covid-19 Lockdown, paper presented to “Covid and the Woman Writer” organised by Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women’s Writing, The Institute of Modern Languages Research, June 2021
SPIRALS, CIRCLES, GALAXIES, Something Other: On Circularity curated by Maddy Costa, Diana Damian Martin and Mary Paterson, hosted by Live Art Development Agency, May 2020.
Listen to the audio here.
Guest Post: Spirals (2013 – ongoing) by Hari Marini – PartSuspended was published in performingborders, October 2019
Spirals: As If was published in Interim: A Journal of Poetry & Poetics, Volume 36, Issue 3, August 2019
Spirals: Tracks for Finding Home was published in Poetry Film Live, March 2019
Spirals: Paths of Her was published in Interim: A Journal of Poetry & Poetics, Volume 35, Issue 4, October 2018
Spirals: Genesis was published in the Catalan journal of poetry, Revista Kokoro, October 2017
First presented to Rituals of Care, Peopling the Palace(s) Festival. Curated by Lois Weaver and Aoife Scott. June 2021
Artists: Barbara Bridger, Noelia Diaz-Vicedo, Georgia Kalogeropoulou, Hari Marini
With contributions from Tuna Erdem & Seda Ergul, Istanbul Queer Art Collective
Video editing & music: Georgia Kalogeropoulou
Direction/Facilitation: Hari Marini
Special thanks to: Clive Bridger, Vagelis Souldatos
First presented to #WIP: Work in Progress/Working Process. Curated by Queer Arts Projects. 15 October 2020 –15 January 2021
Direction/Facilitation: Hari Marini
Artists: Barbara Bridger, Noelia Diaz-Vicedo, Georgia Kalogeropoulou, Hari Marini, Nisha Ramayya
Video editing & music: Georgia Kalogeropouloui
Special thanks to: Tuna Erdem, Seda Ergul – Queer Arts Projects
Coventry Welcomes Festival, Refugee Week, Coventry City of Culture 2021, Coventry Cathedral; Aureola – A Pavilion of Chairs, conceived by architect Sebastian Hicks, Cathedral Ruins, June 2019
Concept & Direction: Hari Marini
Poetry: Barbara Bridger, Eirini Margariti, Hari Marini, Ana Rodic, Noèlia Díaz Vicedo, Beatriz Viol
Video editing: Christos Rachiotis
Music: Georgia Kalogeropoulou
Contralto: Irini Tzanetoulakou
Performers: Benedetta Castello, Efi Dementi, Iro Michalakakou
Special thanks: Coventry Cathedral, QMUL Department of Drama, Rupert Dannreuther, Jules Deering, Sebastian Hicks, Theo Kominis, John London, Natasa Stamatari, Matthew Williams, Sam Williams
Concept & Direction: Hari Marini
Poetry: Ana Rodic
Translator: Zvonimir Ivanov
Video editing: Christos Rachiotis
Cinematography: Hari Marini, Milutin Petrović
Music: Maria Chatzipouliou (Violin), Fotis Karagiannis (Guitar)
Sound editing: Fotis Karagiannis
Performers: Iro Michalakakou, Ana Rodic
Special thanks: Kulturni Centar Beograda, Alessandra Cianetti, BB King
Concept & Direction: Hari Marini
Poetry: Barbara Bridger
Videography: Olga Lagun
Music: Maria Chatzipouliou (viola), Fotis Karagiannis (guitar)
Sound editing: Fotis Karagiannis
Performers: Benedetta Castello, Maria Chatzipouliou, Efi Dementi
Special thanks: Coventry Cathedral, Sebastian Hicks, Natasa Stamatari, Sam Williams
Concept & Direction: Hari Marini
Poetry: Hari Marini (Spirals: 28 Paths of Her and Some More)
Translation: Theo Kominis
Videography: Olga Lagun
Music: Maria Chatzipouliou, Fotis Karagiannis
Performers: Camilla Canocchi, Maria Chatzipouliou, Efi Dementi
Special thanks: Niya Be, Natasa Stamatari
Concept & Direction: Hari Marini
Poetry: Eirini Margariti (Φλαμίνγκο (Flamingo), Melani 2014)
Translation: Christiana Mygdali
Cinematography: Eleni Molfeta
Video editing: Katerina Rekka
Music: Fotis Karagiannis
Performers: Athina Alexopoulou, Eirini Margariti, Marilena Triantafyllidou, Irini Tzanetoulakou
Concept & Direction: Hari Marini
Poetry: Beatriz Viol (Hallar La Casa, Endymion 2018; Los Mapas Perdidos, Diputación Provincial de Soria 2012)
Translation: John London
Video production: Christos Rachiotis
Music: Fotis Karagiannis
Performers: Laura Martí Fandos, Hari Marini, Iro Michalakakou, Beatriz Viol
Special thanks: Barcelona Film Commission, Mireia Chavarria, Aina Martínez Martí, Panos Metaxas, Víctor Martínez Núñez, Sonia Rigola, Natasa Stamatari
Concept & Direction: Hari Marini
Poetry: Noèlia Díaz Vicedo (‘Bloody Roots/Arrels Sagnants’, London: Francis Boutle Publishers, 2017)
Translation: Noèlia Díaz Vicedo and Clive Boutle
Video production: Maria Douni, Kakia Konstantinaki, Matthew Williams
Music: Fotis Karagiannis
Costume design: Natasa Stamatari
Performers: Camilla Canocchi, Hari Marini, Elena Mazzon, Noèlia Díaz Vicedo
Special thanks: Theo Kominis, Michelle Nicholson-Sanz, QMUL (Drama)