Athina Vahla

Click here to listen to recording of a radio show, The show contains a discussion of work that lead up to the film E-0923. In turn, the conversation has resonances across my body of works including, my newly released booklet The Gym, and the overarching, long term project Agon. Enjoy!

After some time, I am very pleased to release the full video and audio of a piece captured in Melbourne in 2023. I have a history of collaboration with dancer, and dance scientist Emma Redding stretching back to 2009. The film traces Emma’s persistence in the act of training—labouring and fatiguing—interweaving fitness practice with moments of intimacy and vulnerability. The work you will encounter here was captured spontaneously in Melbourne in 2023, and completed in 2024. T

I've put out a new pamphlet in digital from. It is an ongoing work titled The Gym. Part manifesto, part reflection, part artwork, this publication exists as an Image-Text-Performance: a gesture that makes visible a process evolving over many years. It does not position itself as scholarly, nor does it claim new discoveries. It outlines a project, The Gym, as the surfacing tip of a practice that has repeatedly returned since 2008. More information pertaining to this coming soo

For about a year now, I’ve been posting less and less. I seem to live mostly in my mind—collecting fragments, sitting with ideas, circling projects—often postponing or neglecting the act of sharing them. This isn’t entirely new for me, but it has deepened over time. As the world has grown heavier, and with wars unfolding across different regions, I’ve felt an increasing pull inward: to rethink, to reorient, to quietly build. Still, there have been lighter moments—small observ

Icebreaker to perform works by Shiva Feshareki , Sarah Angliss , & Gavin Bryars Thu Feb 6 2025 Doors: 20:10 Performance: 8:50...

Athina has been working on dramaturgy with Peter Thomas for a Lecture Performance to be delivered at Napier University. Title:...

Athina is glad to have made a return to London's Science Museum. It's been 20 years since her Artist Residency at the museum. There's a...

Athina Vahla to act as tutor / mentor at International Summer School in Belgium this September. Field Studies Is now postponed till Sep...

This video was created from footage shot with a drone. The improvised clips, and subsequent video arose from an experimental encounter of...

Urbex Audio video clip Athina worked on movement design in collaboration with Sound Artist Wajid Yaseen on the Urbex Audio abandoned...

Athina was invited by Professor Victoria Hunter to participate in the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded project in...

A joint research project Professor Emma Redding (dancer, dance scientist, researcher) and the Director of the Victorian College of Arts...

Athina joined in another collaboration with composer Neil Luck and ARCO; this round centres around Sensible Activities. This inquiry...

In July and October, Athina met and collaborated with composer Neil Luck & ARCO; working on the project Rustic Experiences; a forest walk...

August & September: 2023 Athina was invited by Emma Redding, director of the Victoria College of Arts to collaborate and explore the...

PAX- 30 Seconds for Earth: An online environmental collaborative project, initially established in July 2023. This work is based on the...

In June & July 2023, Athina worked as movement advisor and contributed creatively to Wajid Yaseen’s research project Abandoned Buildings...

June 2023: Athina completed a Seasonal Gardener Course at Capel Manor College. She was awarded her first horticultural certificate. An...

Athina will be workshopping concepts relating to abandoned buildings with Wajid Yaseen at Modus Arts 15 & 16 May. UK production days for...

Athina will be part of a project conceived and directed by sound artist Wajid Yaseen, with whom she has collaborated with on past...