Assi Dimitrolopoulou
Architect - Set & Costume Designer
60 designers
57 projects
She has designed sets & costumes for a variety of theatre productions. Her work includes collaborations with Athens Epidaurus Festival, Festival Off d’Avignon, Greek National Theatre, Greek Art Theatre Karolos Koun, Centre Dramatique National Orléans, National Theatre of Northern Greece, Megaron The Athens Concert Hall, Sarajevo Winter Festival, Amore Theatre et.al. She studied architecture in Athens and theatre in Paris and her career began as an assistant designer to John Macfarlane (Opéra National de Paris), Jérôme Savary (Théâtre National de Chaillot) and Silvia Hasenclever. Assi is the production & costume designer of many films and has been awarded for her work in theatre, architecture and cinema. Since 2004, she has been lecturing scenography (Specialised Teaching and Research Staff) at the University of the Peloponnese, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Theatre Studies.
The performance was created immediately after the first lockdown in 2020 and focused on the concealment of antiquities during World War II, which is relatively unknown to the public. The research on the historic background, the way and the place of concealment was based on photographic material and formed one of the fundamental themes of my inspiration and experiential connection with the historical event that resulted in the preservation of our national heritage. The creation of an excavation pit was designed in such a way as to give the impression that it had always been there and the spectators found themselves witnessing an action in which time was expanding. The research on the way of concealment as well as the wish to create a “space/landscape” that converses with the performing archaeological site determined its “physiognomy”: the landscape of an abandoned construction site where “valuable” items are concealed works as a space where we can trace the roots of our own relationship with our national heritage. The performance was presented at the two ancient theatres in Larissa that are parts of the contemporary city, in archaeological sites in Thessaly and at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus (2021).
Author: Andreas Flourakis
Direction – Adaptation: Kyriaki Spanou
Set Design: Assi Dimitrolopoulou
Costume Design: Olympia Sideridou
Original Music: Miss Trichromi
Lighting Design: George Tellos
Movement: Anastasia Brouzioti
Photos: Giorgos Tellos
The performance was created immediately after the first lockdown in 2020 and focused on the concealment of antiquities during World War II, which is relatively unknown to the public. The research on the historic background, the way and the place of concealment was based on photographic material and formed one of the fundamental themes of my inspiration and experiential connection with the historical event that resulted in the preservation of our national heritage. The creation of an excavation pit was designed in such a way as to give the impression that it had always been there and the spectators found themselves witnessing an action in which time was expanding. The research on the way of concealment as well as the wish to create a “space/landscape” that converses with the performing archaeological site determined its “physiognomy”: the landscape of an abandoned construction site where “valuable” items are concealed works as a space where we can trace the roots of our own relationship with our national heritage. The performance was presented at the two ancient theatres in Larissa that are parts of the contemporary city, in archaeological sites in Thessaly and at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus (2021).
She has designed sets & costumes for a variety of theatre productions. Her work includes collaborations with Athens Epidaurus Festival, Festival Off d’Avignon, Greek National Theatre, Greek Art Theatre Karolos Koun, Centre Dramatique National Orléans, National Theatre of Northern Greece, Megaron The Athens Concert Hall, Sarajevo Winter Festival, Amore Theatre et.al. She studied architecture in Athens and theatre in Paris and her career began as an assistant designer to John Macfarlane (Opéra National de Paris), Jérôme Savary (Théâtre National de Chaillot) and Silvia Hasenclever. Assi is the production & costume designer of many films and has been awarded for her work in theatre, architecture and cinema. Since 2004, she has been lecturing scenography (Specialised Teaching and Research Staff) at the University of the Peloponnese, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Theatre Studies.
Author: Andreas Flourakis
Direction – Adaptation: Kyriaki Spanou
Set Design: Assi Dimitrolopoulou
Costume Design: Olympia Sideridou
Original Music: Miss Trichromi
Lighting Design: George Tellos
Movement: Anastasia Brouzioti
Photos: Giorgos Tellos
