For the fifth consecutive year, the Onassis Cultural Center hosts the Borderline festival, an event exploring the contemporary trends that dominate today’s experimental, acoustic and — above all — electronic music.

This year’s festival will take place on March 6-8 & 11-12 and will include a wide range of parallel events, such as lectures, listening sessions, installations and a soundwalk.

Applications of cross-cultural and inter-thematic theories and alternative modes of listening are some of the approaches the Festival has set out to develop through actions within and beyond the OCC.

Experimentation remains at the epicenter of the event, flanked by improvisation and a willingness to embrace risk and subversion and to challenge listeners and artists alike. Borderline is nourished by the continual search for new forms of expression and sound production which transcend conventional structures, spotlighting contrasting elements which have their roots in sonic deconstruction and the intensity of noise, but also in a quieter and more meditative approach.

PROGRAMME
PERFORMANCES

Friday 6 March
20:00 | Rie Nakajima / David Toop (JAP / UK) | Parking space -9
21:00 | C Spencer Yeh (USA) – live and video projection of Spectacle space | Upper Stage
22:45 | Holly Herndon / Mat Dryhurst (USA) | Upper Stage

Saturday 7 March

21:00 | Costis Drygiannakis (GR) | Upper Stage
22:00 | John Butcher / Rhodri Davies (UK) | Upper Stage
23:00 | Aki Onda (USA / JAP) | Upper Stage

Sunday 8 March

20:00 | Performance of “Feral Chor” workshop | Foyer +0
21:00 | Streifenjunko (ΝOR) | Upper Stage
22:00 | Ben Vida with Tyondai Braxton and Amirtha Kidambi (USA) | Upper Stage
23:00 | Jason Lescalleet / Aaron Dilloway (USA) | Upper Stage

Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 March

21:00 | Zeitkratzer (GER): ”Metal Machine Music” by Lou Reed | Upper Stage

PERFORMANCES / INSTALLATIONS / OUTDOOR EVENTS
Jason Lescalleet | dj set at Some Bizzare bar | Saturday 7 March | 1:00
Akio Suzuki: “οto-date” – soundwalk | Sunday 8 March | 12:00 and 16:00

Starting point of the soundwalk “oto-date” by Akio Suzuki: Metaxourgeio Metro Station (exit to Deligianni str.)
The walk takes place at an open-air location. The audience is advised to wear comfortable clothes and shoes, as they will walk for about 1 hour.