ant//echo
A musical narrative combining spoken word and live music through a Cypriot dialect adaptation of the short story Ruins from the collection Incomplete (2021). Through narration and improvisation on the Rav Drum, the performance explores war, love, and human suffering, creating a performative space in which literature and music unfold as a unified narrative experience.
Contribution: Author of the original literary work, adaptation into the Cypriot dialect, and narration.
Presented: Nicosia, Limassol, and Xylofagou, 2023.
Credits:
Text & Narration: Giorgos Papakonstantinou
Rav Drum: Giorgos Minas
time: musical reading
A musical narrative combining original literary texts with live music, exploring time as both a personal and collective experience. Through the dialogue between narration and guitar, the performance reflects on memory, loss, decay, and the continual transformation of human experience through time.
Contribution: Writing and narration.
Presented: Nicosia, 2024 - 2025.
Credits:
Text & Narration: Giorgos Papakonstantinou
Guitar: Renos Efstathiou