Almageste (2025)
Single-channel digital video, Color, Sound, 19’, 2025
Conceived by Claudius Ptolemy in 150 AD, the Almagest (Αλμαγέστη) is the first mathematical and astrological compendium that established a geocentric model of the universe. A false yet enduring cosmology that shaped humanity’s anthropocentric illusion for over twelve centuries. “Almageste” is a cinematic essay/ meditation on obsolete cosmologies and our collective darkness, unfolding through an image and text correspondence between the filmmaker and Greek writer Stelios Papagrigoriou, joined by the unsuspecting ghosts of André Breton and Marguerite Duras.
A film by MARINA GIOTI | TEXT Stelios Papagrigoriou | CINEMATOGRAPHY Giannis Kanakis | MUSIC Valerio Tricoli, Manolis Mounousakis | EDITING/ SOUND IMPROV Marina Gioti | SOUND DESIGN & MIX Manolis Manousakis | COLORING: Yann Philippe | DRONE FOOTAGE Xavier Hallinger | LINE PRODUCTION Marion Barré, Sophie Hesse
Shot in various locations in France, Greece and Germany, the film was developed as part of a residency at IRCAM/ Centre Pompidou, through a joint commission by IRCAM, ZKM Karlsruhe, ONASSIS STEGI and Interfaces-Creative Europe for the needs of the audiovisual project “Atlas: A Sound Cartography of Europe” in 2019. Revisited, partly repurposed and further developed during the IN SITU residency at Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris in 2024. It received finishing funds from Blow-Up and DEI in Athens.
The film premiered at the 14th Athens Avant-Garde Film Festival and was part of the Reframing Images Competition
