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title: The Body as Site, the Site as Body/ Kaiafas Residency
description: Four-day site-specific performance & live art residency at Lake Kaiafas, Peloponnese. Intensive exploring body, site, and nature through butoh, field research, and collective works.
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type: program
status: closed
createdAt: "2026-04-27"
updatedAt: "2026-09-30"
programType: Residency
organization: Kaiafas Residency
organizationUrl: https://www.artsume.com/o/kaiafas-residency
deadline: "2026-04-30"
entryFee: 730 USD
location: Lake Kaiafas, Greece, NY, United States
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disciplines:
  - performance
  - live art
  - installation
  - intervention
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# The Body as Site, the Site as Body/ Kaiafas Residency

**Hosted by:** Kaiafas Residency

**Type:** Residency | **Location:** Lake Kaiafas, Greece, NY, United States | **Deadline:** April 30, 2026 | **Entry fee:** $730

## About This Program

> "Body as site, site as body; human-nature relational dynamics, ecological memory, healing, place-based performance"

Four-day site-specific performance and live art residency at Lake Kaiafas (Natura 2000 protected site), Peloponnese. Artists develop individual and collective performance works in dialogue with the natural landscape — the lake, pine forest, sand dunes, and thermal springs. Practice includes butoh, walking meditations, sensorial-motor actions, field research, and voice-body-speech activation. Conceptual axes: body, natural landscape, movement, time, ecological memory, and the healing identity of the site.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Geographic Eligibility:** International
- **Disciplines:** performance, live art, installation, intervention
- **Note:** Open to international artists working with performance, live art, and site-specific practices. The program focuses on body, site, and presence in natural/outdoor environments.

## What's Provided

- **Studio Access:** Provided - Natural outdoor landscape — lake, pine forest, sand dunes, coastal shoreline, thermal springs

## Timeline

- **Opens:** April 27, 2026
- **Deadline:** April 30, 2026

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_d5_vDlyqUVjejcnGUt-PHXTjqizy4sETMMv-bR4Nu2LKRQ/viewform