ANGELIKI MELI

architect | aerialist | new circus designer

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MADREN vol3

Madren is about a constanlty changing cosmos. Images and places are coming out of nowhere only for them to be destroyed.

Concept, Space design, Movement: Angeliki Meli, Loukia Kouvata

Performers: Angeliki Meli, Loukia Kouvata, Maria Sotiropoulou, Fay Malama

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SILENCE FESTIVAL< FINLAND

FRI JUNE 7TH AT 19:00 SAT JUNE 8TH AT 16:00 KAUKONEN DAIRY

Echoes from the Dairy is a joint work by five magnificent artists created in the old Kaukonen Dairy, exploiting its space and acoustics in many ways. The music and soundscape, making maximum use of the space, are by Mikko Innanen and Pauli Lyytinen on saxophone and guitarist Jarmo Saari. Filling the dairy with movement is Francesca Hyde from Ireland, defying gravity in the air and, among other things, hanging by her hair. Another artist exploiting the air in her art at Kaukonen Dairy is Angeliki Meli, who works with space as both an aerialist and an architect.

The magnificent multidisciplinary team has been formed by the Silence Festival’s Artistic Directors Henna Kaikula and Mikko Perkola.

KONSEPTI | CONCEPT HENNA KAIKULA MIKKO PERKOLA

SUUNNITTELU JA TOTEUTUS | PLANNING AND PERFORMANCE FRANCESCA HYDE (IR) MIKKO INNANEN PAULI LYYTINEN ANGELIKI MELI (GR) JUHA RAUTIO JARMO SAARI MAARIT UTRIAINEN

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“DWELLING”

A residency in Bristol, during the Circus city festival.

During of my two weeks stay, I tried to explore the meaning of dwelling, in an aerialist’s practice. I came up on building new types of rope, sculpting objects out of plaster and some soft sculptures made out of threads. A group of circus artists, directed by Ilona Jäntti, visit my workspace to share and explore my way of creation.

Description from the programme

The circus apparatus is this space, in which the circus artist grows up and spent most of their time. What turns this space into a space of intimacy, into a dwelling; is the memories, the smell, the personal freedom of expressing our selves inside it and the desire of returning. It is the Balkan sound that still exists between the mountains, the waving of the threads, the grotesque body that has been shaken to the ground and the sky. During her residency in the building of island, Angeliki is trying to expand this intimacy space between her and her discipline by turn it in into a place of being, into a dwelling.

Bristol, Circus City Festival, 2017

Special thanks to Lina B. Frank for the invitation and making this happen

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Bungee Aerial Rope | Angeliki Meli

This is a new design i created during my master studies in the circus department of D.O.C.H university in Stockholm. Apparatus design: Angeliki Meli Chοreography…

The bungee aerial rope was a new aerial element I create during my first year in the master studies in Circus practices, 

Stockholm 2017

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After the earthquake

Presentation of the 1st year on

Master studies on New Circus Practises, D.O.C.H 2016

more details: https://amacir.tumblr.com/

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INSOMNIA | NAYLON

It's a performance during the exchibition "INSOMNIA" curated by Alekos and Christos Bourelias (aka BouBrothers) and hosted in metamatic art foundation…

An experimental long durational performance on plastic,  for public executions.

Curators: Alekos Bourelia, Christos Bourelias

T.A.F, Athens 2015

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PLAY.ONground #aerial apparatus

aerial play_ground a handmade construction combining aerial techniques with architectural design the aerial apparatuse is made of knitted plastic tubes my diploma…

The play.ON [Kipseli project] was an aerial construction (for kids and adults) designed and made by me for my final thesis at Architecture school of Volos, Greece 2015

Supervisor: Alexandros Psychoulis

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IN BETWEEN (war and peace - 24Hz festival 2015, Cologne)

"Nobody knew where this place was There was a perfect war or a horible peace They were in between nowhere Each day was 1 second Every second was a year…

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KIPSELI | ΚΥΨΕΛΗ

This project is about the urban, empty space (akaliptos) which exists in the city of Athens. Inspired by the neighborhood where I grew up I tried to turn my knowledge for this kind of space into a playground for all. A playground which can adapt to any kind of space and user. Everyone can find a way to play in the unstainable environment. An object for play. Kipseli

Volos, Greece 2015

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In Between

This project was an ongoing 4days performance, where space was all the time constructed and deconstructed trying to create the unexpected. All the material were picked from garbage and the worksite was also part of the performance. A corridor of endless possibilities.

24hz Festival, Cologne, RnR, 2015

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Aerial Movement Architecture Circus Installation Readymade. -------- It is an online diary of...

A research diary during my first year in the master studies on Contemporary Circus practices at D.O.C.H

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UNLABEL

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PlayOn

Kipseli- the performance

Design and performed by me

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improvisation | guitar | (aerial) movement |

We were chating about improvisation and how both music and movement affect each other. We went in the space, we found the rolling palet and we let ourselves free…

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UNLABEL