At once a ritual-like fashion show and an absolutely idiosyncratic tribute to the great nonconformist filmmaker, poet, and activist Pier Paolo Pasolini, is the original performance-live installation inspired by fashion curator Olivier Saillard and British Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton, constant artistic collaborators throughout the years. Haute couture meets high art with the androgynous body of Tilda Swindon as the canvas, on which is presented a collection of more than thirty costumes and objects designed in the 1960s and 1970s by Danilo Donati and prepared by the Farani atelier for the films of the Italian director.

Costumes and objects that are works of art in their own right: from Herod’s biblical, Bedouin-inspired kaftan and emerald-dyed suit in 1964’s ‘The Gospel According to St. Matthew’, to the entirely handmade and adorned with feathers and shells costume and crown worn by Silvana Mangano in her role as Queen Jocasta in 1967’s “Oedipus Rex” and from there to the clothes and props of the exotic “Arabian Nights” and the sweeping “Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom.”

The performance “Embodying Pasolini | Olivier Saillard – Tilda Swinton” is presented at Stegi Onassis from 12/11/23 to 12/16/23.

Photos by Ruediger Glatz