Trailer for Killing the Messengers (Dir. Bryony Dunne / 2020)

Manteis — or “diviners,” ones who interpret omens — were known to use birds as “divine messengers” in ancient Greece, deliberately seeking them out in times of crisis. In Killing the Messengers a team of scientists carry out ornithological research on the remote Greek island of Antikythera, where thousands of migratory birds rest and refuel before continuing their journeys across the Mediterranean Sea. Like the Manteis of the past, these scientists are seeking messages, too, regarding birds as “exceptional indexes for tracking environmental risk factors”. PRINCIPAL CREW: Directed and Produced_ Bryony Dunne Written in collaboration with_Elle Kurancid Cinematographer-Bryony Dunne Editor_Stavros Symeonidis Narration_Maria Sideri Sound Design, Music and Mix_Alyssa Moxley

Éclairages, Live Performance, Athens, 2017
Projection of the photographic series by Stéphane Charpentier
Excerpt from a 27 min performance. Stereo recording of 5.1 Surround Sound concert.
4 December, 2017 at the French Institute of Athens, curated by VOID.