Crossing Borders was presented for the first time in 2020 as part of a Live art Festival organized by the performance art collective Bbeyond. The festival took place in Newry a border town in Northern Ireland, a day before Brexit. Crossing Borders (2) is a second version of the original performance which (unfortunately) still deals with the same themes since the political approach has not changed substantially resulting to the migration flow from Syria being plus the current migration wave from Ukraine. This performance is part of my ongoing artistic research into the methodology of Butoh (modern Japanese dance) and its potential to influence Performance art.
Eleni Kolliopoulou is a mixed-media visual/ performance artist, educator and researcher particularly interested in the intersection between performance and philosophy. Eleni studied at the Department of Methodology, History and Theory of Science (1999-2004, NUA) and the Fine arts Academy of Turin (Accademia Albertina, 2008-2013). She was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy for her practice-based PhD research at Ulster University (Northern Ireland, UK) in March 2020. Her research concerned the use of Butoh body notion in immersive Performative Installations. She was an adjunct lecturer at Performing and Digital arts University of Peloponnese, GR (2021/2022). Eleni is currently pursuing post-doctoral research hosted by Ionian University, GR (2022-2024) focusing to the embodiment of time in performative praxis informed by Butoh-fu. Her post- doctoral research (Supervisor: Dalila Honorato) is funded by the HFRI.
