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Yiannis Christofides

About Me

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Born in Nicosia, Cyprus (85). Studied Media and Culture at Panteion University, Athens, Greece. Member of the group Alien Artists - performances, music events and video projections (Nicosia, 00-02) and Tramba: Audiovisual Conspiracy (04-today).

Composed music for the documentaries "Urban Nomad" by Orestis Lambrou, "The Festival" by Alexandra Saliba and the theatrical plays "Chartographer Adorn Falter Opens the Window" and "I place my finger in the exact spot of the mistake" by Dinos Nikolaou and the team A.Z.E.R.T.

Released music in Sonic Arts Festival documentation cds (Pantheon Gallery Nicosia), in the cd Tramba: Audiovisual Conspiracy (RollOut) and the album "Fragments of domestic life" in the dvd Profile_06 (Cyprus Youth Board).

Co-directed with Melissanthi Saliba the films "Bolivar, a poem by Nikos Eggonopoulos" (short video for a theatre play), "Hotel MineLAND" (11 Bagatelle for piano, narration and video art), "Travelling with mr. Exipery" (stop-motion animation for a childrens theatre play) and "Open-air Cinema: The Urban Machine" (documentary).
Live performances include "3rd Alternative Act Festival" (Entropia Theatre, Athens) and "Electroacoustic Music Days 2005" (HELMCA, Rethymno), Small Music Theatre (Athens), E.KA.TE. (Chamber of Fine Arts, Nicosia), Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre and others.

Currently studying music at City University, London, UK. Interests: Art, Contemporary Music, Media Theory, Design, Aesthetics.

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TRACKS INFO
Music I have composed for a theatrical play by A.Z.E.R.T. group, performed in Athens on May 2008.
I 2:02
II 3:15
III 3:18
Here are some ideas I‘ve worked on last summer.
state of breath I 2:18
state of breath II 3:06
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Translations Of Opacity - For Michelangelo Antonioni (and/OAR, and.p33)


This is an online companion project for the Antonioni double CD release entitled "Michelangelo Antonioni - Trilogy And Epilogue" (and/34), and is intended to serve as a general homage. The works featured on this project were solicited via public invitation. The artists were given free license to create work inspired by the late great film director, however out of all the submissions sent, only the ones featured here were chosen.
Listen and Download full release at: and/oar
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Live in Nicosia Municipal Arts Center, Cyprus.

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Over the last 3 years my music has been included
in the documentation cd's of the Sonic Arts Festival
organised by Pantheon Gallery in Nicosia, Cyprus.
Listen and Download at: Pantheon Experimental.org
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This is the trailer of the documentary Open-Air Cinema: The Urban Machine, written and directed by Melissanthi Saliba and myself. music track: "alarm"

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Travelling with Mr. Exupe..ry: Stop-motion animation by Melissanthi Saliba and myself. Music: Yiannis Christofides. Made for a childrens theatrical play, performed in Athens, Greece in 2005. Enjoy!

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Urban Nomad: a short film directed by Orestis Lambrou (see also Orestis Lambrou Channel ).

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/6/2007
Band Website: http://www.rolloutvs.com/tramba.html
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Greek Cinema: Texts, Histories, Identities

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voice

In one sense voice is very raw. Everybody has a voice, cries and laughs. You use the same organs for eating - the tongue, the throat. I move my head or spine if, for example, it helps to produce a sha...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:24:00 GMT

voice

"The other's body was divided: on the one side, the body proper-skin, eyes-tender, warm; and on the other side the voice-abrupt, reserved, subject to fits of remoteness, a voice which did not give wha...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:46:00 GMT

silence

I am unreachablesilenceand the Epinoiaabout which much is remembered.I am the voicewhich gives many sounds their originand the Logoswhich has many images.I am the pronunciation of my name.Nag-Hammadi ...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:33:00 GMT