The Callas at the 9th Thessaloniki Biennale

May 28, 2026
Within the framework of the 9th Thessaloniki Biennale, The Callas present Wanderers, an immersive installation combining sculpture, painting, and architectural forms within a fluid landscape of memory, collectivity, and transformation. Composed of found materials, worn garments, and suspended improvised hybrid forms balancing between ritual, rave culture, and contemporary mythologies, the work unfolds into a shifting environment where protest becomes poetry and survival transforms into a collective act of imagination.
Drawing inspiration from the artists’ longstanding engagement with underground music scenes and collaborative practices, the installation unfolds as a multifaceted environment where vulnerability, humour, and improvisation coexist through fragmented narratives and symbolic gestures. Blurring the boundaries between intimacy and political urgency, the work reflects The Callas’ enduring engagement with DIY culture, underground communities, and collective forms of expression. 
Working across visual arts, filmmaking, performance, publishing, and music, The Callas explore the relationship between image-making, storytelling, and collective experience, constructing immersive worlds where fiction and reality collapse into one another. Their installations function as transitional environments where vulnerability, humour, improvisation, and symbolic gestures coexist within fragmented narratives and sonic atmospheres.
Founded by brothers Lakis and Aris Ionas, The Callas have developed a multidisciplinary practice presented internationally at institutions and exhibitions including the Onassis Foundation, Stegi, the New Museum, documenta 14, Palais de Tokyo, and the Athens Biennale.
Titled everything must change. Radical Intelligence. Saloniki 9, curated by independent curator Nadja Argyropoulou and organized by MOMus, the 9th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art is now open through July 5, 2026, bringing together artists, installations, performances, screenings, and public programs across multiple venues in Thessaloniki.
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