Isolated from all other human bodies, never consciously enjoying a blood connection with another body as does a female of the species with her foetus, nor even experiencing the outflow of blood, as she does, unless his body is subjected to violence, the male body is left solitary…
Yorgos Himonas
Αποκλεισμένος από το άλλο ανθρώπινο σώμα, μη έχοντας ποτέ καμιά ενσυνείδητη συγκοινωνία αίματος με το άλλο σώμα, όπως έχει η γυναίκα με το κύημά της – ούτε καν έξοδο αίματος, όπως εκείνη, παρά μονάχα όταν το σώμα του εκτεθεί στη βία, έχει ένα σώμα μοναχικό…
Excerpt from an article by Yorgos Himonas titled “The Desolate Loneliness of Men” («Η αβοήθητη μοναξιά του άντρα») first published in Prosopa, a section of the Greek Ta Nea newspaper.
Translated for (and taken from) the 2007 booklet made to accompany the DVD of the stage work Two by Dimitris Papaioannou, directed for the screen by Athina Rachel Tsangari.
Looping image shows Nikos Dragonas and Yiannis Nikolaidis running and reaching endlessly to spark a touch. Taken from “TWO / DIRECTIONS” (a segment of Dimitris’ Two).
