Thanasis Deligiannis

transdisciplinary artist | director | composer

Xirómero/Dryland | installation photo gallery

As the irrigation machine slowly rotated at the centre of the Greek Pavilion, cueing video, sound and light, its relation to the space kept shifting, setting different counterpoints across the installation. Visitors could move freely through the pavilion or place a plastic chair anywhere, forming their own positions from which to experience the work.

photos by Thanasis Deligiannis

The irrigation machine

An irrigation Machine in the installation Xirómero/Dryland in a dark environment, Greek Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2024
An old irrigation machine with a video screen in the background.
Detail of an irrigation machine in the installation work Xirómero/Dryland, Greek Paviliion at Venice Biennale 2024
The Greek Pavilion in Venice Biennale 2024 during the installation of Xirómero/Dryland, a dark space with plastic chairs and an irrigation machine
Three screens playing videos of a Greek rural feast, next to piles of plastic chairs, during the work Xirómero/Dryland in the Greek Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2024
Three screens playing videos of a Greek rural feast during the work Xirómero/Dryland in the Greek Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2024

Sound irrigation

The bottom part of the cannon of an irrigation machine with a horn speaker attached on it.

Reflections

An irrigation machine and the shadow of its water cannon on a long projection screen with large lights on it.
An irrigation machine and the shadow of its water cannon on a long projection screen with large lights on it.
An irrigation machine and the shadow of its water cannon on a long projection screen with large lights on it.
A visitor in the Greek Pavilion during Venice Biennale 2024 reads a wall text in the installation Xirómero/Dryland
An irrigation machine with a horn speaker attached on it and a large projection screen in the background, Xirómero/Dryland, Greek Pavilion in Venice Biennale 2024
An irrigation machine with a horn speaker attached on it and a large projection screen in the background, Xirómero/Dryland, Greek Pavilion in Venice Biennale 2024
An irrigation machine with a horn speaker attached on it and a large projection screen in the background, Xirómero/Dryland, Greek Pavilion in Venice Biennale 2024
An irrigation machine with a horn speaker attached on it and a large projection screen in the background, Xirómero/Dryland, Greek Pavilion in Venice Biennale 2024
An irrigation machine and the shadow of its water cannon on a long projection screen in the background, Xirómero/Dryland, Greek Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2024
An irrigation machine with a horn speaker attached on it, Xirómero/Dryland, Greek Pavilion in Venice Biennale 2024
An irrigation machine with a horn speaker attached on it and a large projection screen in the background, Xirómero/Dryland, Greek Pavilion in Venice Biennale 2024
An irrigation machine with a horn speaker attached on it and a large projection screen in the background, Xirómero/Dryland, Greek Pavilion in Venice Biennale 2024

South corner

Xirómero/Dryland - installation view in the Greek Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2024 - photo © Thanasis Deligiannis
Xirómero/Dryland - installation view in the Greek Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2024 - photo © Thanasis Deligiannis
Xirómero/Dryland - installation view in the Greek Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2024 - photo © Thanasis Deligiannis
Xirómero/Dryland - installation view in the Greek Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2024 - photo © Thanasis Deligiannis
Installation view of Xirómero/Dryland Venice Biennale 2024
Installation view of Xirómero/Dryland Venice Biennale 2024
Xirómero/Dryland - installation view in the Greek Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2024 - photo © Thanasis Deligiannis
A large projection screen in the background depicting a rocky landscape, with a column in the foreground. Xirómero/Dryland, Greek Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2024

North corner

A wall covered with posters, an analogue sound console and light tubes hanging from the ceiling during the installation Xirómero/Dryland. Greek Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2024
An irrigation machine in the middle of the Greek Pavilion, and a room at the back covered with posters. Xirómero/Dryland at Venice Biennale 2024
A wall covered with posters, an analogue sound console, light tubes hanging from the ceiling, and the water cannon of an irrigation machine with a horn speaker attached on it, during the installation Xirómero/Dryland. Greek Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2024

Counterpoints

An irrigation machine in front of a large projection screen and a wet floor. Xirómero/Dryland in the Greek Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2024
An irrigation machine in front of a large projection screen depicting a toy gun, and a wet floor. Xirómero/Dryland in the Greek Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2024
An irrigation machine in front of a large projection screen and a wet floor. There is a horn speaker attached on the machine. Xirómero/Dryland in the Greek Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2024
An irrigation machine in front of a large projection screen depicting a rocky landscape, and a wet floor. Xirómero/Dryland in the Greek Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2024
An irrigation machine in front of a large projection screen depicting an empty cotton wagon, and a wet floor. Xirómero/Dryland in the Greek Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2024
An irrigation machine in front of a large projection screen depicting a toy gun and the shadow of the machine's water cannon, and a wet floor. Xirómero/Dryland in the Greek Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2024
An irrigation machine's water cannon in front of a large projection screen depicting a toy gun and the cannon's shadow. Xirómero/Dryland in the Greek Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2024
An irrigation machine in front of a large projection screen, the shadow of the machine's water cannon on the screen, and a wet floor. Xirómero/Dryland in the Greek Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2024
An irrigation machine in front of a large projection screen and a wet floor. Xirómero/Dryland in the Greek Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2024
An irrigation machine in front of a large projection screen, a horn speaker attached on the machine, and a wet floor. Xirómero/Dryland in the Greek Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2024

Dawn

An irrigation machine with a horn speaker attached on its water cannon, in the middle of the Greek Pavilion. Xirómero/Dryland, Venice Biennale 2024
An LED screen with the Greek word AYTOMATA, and cement tiles put together on the floor. XIrómero/Dryland, Greek Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2024
An irrigation machine with a horn speaker attached on its water cannon, in the middle of the Greek Pavilion, and a LED screen in the background. Xirómero/Dryland, Venice Biennale 2024
An irrigation machine in the middle of the Greek Pavilion, and hanging HQI lights. Xirómero/Dryland, Venice Biennale 2024
An irrigation machine with a horn speaker attached on its water cannon, in the middle of the Greek Pavilion, and a three TV screens in the background next to piles of plastic chairs. Xirómero/Dryland, Venice Biennale 2024
An LED screen with the Greek words OΠΛΑ ΠΑΝΤΑ (GUNS ALWAYS), and cement tiles put together on the floor. XIrómero/Dryland, Greek Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2024

Visitors in space (see more photos)

Visitors at the Greek Pavilion Venice Biennale during Xirómero/Dryland
Visitors at the Greek Pavilion Venice Biennale during Xirómero/Dryland
Visitors at the Greek Pavilion Venice Biennale during Xirómero/Dryland

photos by Pinelopi Gerasimou for Onassis Culture

Three TV screens next to piles of chairs in a dark space. Xirómero/Dryland, Greek Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2024
A speaker horn lying on the floor of the Greek Pavilion during the installation Xirómero/Dryland at the Venice Biennale 2024
Three TV screens next to piles of chairs in a dark space. Xirómero/Dryland, Greek Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2024
An irrigation machine in front of a large projection screen, and wet floor. Xirómero/Dryland, Greek Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2024
An LED screen, cement tiles and a horn speaker lying on the floor.
An irrigation machine in front of a large projection screen, and wet floor. Xirómero/Dryland, Greek Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2024
An irrigation machine reflecting on a wet floor. Xirómero/Dryland, Greek Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2024
Posters of the folk singer Kiki Margaroni in the installation Xirómero/Dryland, Greek Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2024
A testimony placed on the wall of the Greek Pavilion using reflective letters. Xirómero/Dryland, Venice Biennale 2024
Two plastic chairs in front of the exposed brick wall of the Greek Pavilion. Xirómero/Dryland, Venice Biennale 2024
Posters of folk musicians in the installation Xirómero/Dryland, Greek Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2024
An irrigation machine dopping water on the floor of the Greek Pavilion. Xirómero/Dryland, Venice Biennale 2024
An analogue mixer and poster in the background wall. Xirómero/Dryland, Greek Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2024
Close-up of vintage TOA loudspeaker used in Xirómero/Dryland installation
Large irrigation machine inside an exhibition space reflected on a wet, glossy floor surface with visitors walking. Greek Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2024.
Close-up of metal pipes and mechanical components of an agricultural irrigation machine in action, dispersing water on the floor of the Greek Pavilion at Venice Biennale.
Large irrigation machine inside an exhibition space reflected on a wet, glossy floor surface. Greek Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2024.
An irrigation machine in front of a large projection screen, and wet floor. Xirómero/Dryland, Greek Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2024
An irrigation machine reflecting on a wet floor. Xirómero/Dryland, Greek Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2024
The water cannon of an irrigation machine, with a horn speaker attached on it, and posters on the side wall. Xirómero/Dryland, Greek Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2024
An irrigation machine in front of a large projection screen, and wet floor. Xirómero/Dryland, Greek Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2024
Piles of chairs with the initials D. TH. Xirómero/Dryland, Greek Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2024
An irrigation machine in the middle of the Greek Pavilion, and a room at the back covered with posters. Xirómero/Dryland at Venice Biennale 2024
An irrigation machine with a horn speaker attached on its water cannon. Xirómero/Dryland, Greek Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2024

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