{"id":6633,"date":"2026-09-10T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/2026\/6633\/ion\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T14:37:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T10:37:46","slug":"ion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/2026\/6633\/ion\/","title":{"rendered":"Ion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EURIPIDES<\/p>\n<p><strong>ION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director<\/strong> Thomas Moschopoulos<\/p>\n<p>ANCIENT THEATRE OF EPIDAURUS<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lighting design<\/strong> Georgios Koukoumas<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the lighting design<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For Euripides\u2019 Ion, staged at the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus and directed by Thomas Moschopoulos, the lighting design was developed with complete artistic freedom, making light an integral part of the dramaturgy. The design focused on controlled transitions rather than spectacle, allowing shadow to carry as much meaning as illumination. Drawing on cinematic language, it borrowed framing, contrast, focus, and atmosphere, transforming the stage into a sequence of almost filmic images. This interplay between light and darkness echoed the play\u2019s fragile boundaries between truth and uncertainty, presence and absence, knowledge and the unknown. 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