To the narrations of your life
I often respond
with shivers down my spine
Asking for another kind of vision
Since we are now old kids
that need a lot of fingers
to count the previous years
And just like that, I see you, my friend,
bloody shadow of a rhythm […]
that some people name history
και μερικοί το ονομάζουν ιστορία…της ηδονής.

Lena Platonos is a μεγάλο παιδί, an old kid of experimental electronic music – the Greek composer is not only considered a musical pioneer, but she also stands out for her poetic and socially critical lyrics that tell of the futility of love, the abysses of human re­lationships and alienation marked by consumption. In her unique view of the invasion of com­puter technologies into our society since the 80s, of emancipation and dependence, she has always seemed ahead of her time, not only musically. The project Ιστορία της ηδονής History of delight opened with a live performance, which was broadcast live on Cashmere Radio, by Platonos and others at soft power in collaboration with Plus X. The exhibition featured a sound instal­lation that was born from a collaboration between Lena Platonos and Greek, Berlin-based musician Yiorgos Konstantoulakis. Framed by Platonos’ sur­real and dreamy lyrics, her voice expanding in the space and contracting into repeating whispers, Ιστορία της ηδονής History of delight gave a rare insight into the little-known visual work of this feminist icon, techno avant-gardist and dreamer.

As part of the exhibition, the documentary film ΛΠ LAMBDA PI at soft power gezeigt. Der Dokumentarfilm von Cristo Petrou (2018, 75min., OmeU) blickt auf Lena Platonos‘ revolutionäres Schaffen seit Mitte der 1980er Jahre zurück. Im Anschluss an das Filmscreening fand eine Listeningsession (Platonos und andere weibliche Electronica-Hits und Fundstücke) im Ausstellungsraum statt.