THE TEMENOS takes place in Lyssaraia, Arcadia, from the 9th to the 19th of June, after a two-year hiatus. Small scale but of global scope, every four years THE TEMENOS gathers film and art lovers from all over the world for all night film screenings of the work of the Greek American avant-garde cinematographer Gregory Markopoulos (1928-1992).
From the 1940s to the 1990s, Gregory Markopoulos shot almost 100 films in 8, 16 and 35mm. Despite garnering support and recognition from the avant-garde cinema milieu from the outset of his career, the films themselves were not presented and distributed because of their homoerotic themes. His work was widely recognised posthumously, following a 1996 major retrospective exhibition of his work at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Markopoulos dedicated the last years of his life re-editing his entire work in a 22-cycle 80 hour-long film, Eniaios. Sadly, he did not live to see the production of his work.
THE TEMENOS is the organisation founded by his partner and collaborator cinematographer Robert Beavers, with the aim of completing and presenting Markopoulos’s work in his homeland Lyssaraia, Arcadia. Since 2004 when the screening of Eniaios began, THE TEMENOS has emerged as a unique cinematic experience honouring humanity and landscape. EMST, in the context of its overall mission, promotes the rich and pioneering artistic legacy of the Greek Diaspora, and supports Robert Beavers and THE TEMENOS.
