Dimitra Sofroniou and Vasilia Sofroniou presented Our Love Began Here, and Here It Will End, a visual theatre performance exploring womanhood, gender-based violence, absence, memory, and grief. Rather than depicting violence directly, the work focused on disappearance and silence, inviting audiences to engage with what remains unseen, unheard, and unspoken.

Set within the perspective of an apartment in Athens, the performance used sound as its primary narrative force. Through spatial audio and live performance, the boundary between audience and stage dissolved, creating an intimate environment in which shifting emotional states could unfold. Silence emerged as both testimony and resistance, shaping the work’s emotional landscape.

Against the backdrop of increasing public awareness surrounding femicide in Greece and beyond, particularly during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, the performance traced a sonic journey from the domestic sphere into the streets of Athens. Audio fragments drawn from Greek news broadcasts intertwined with personal memories, mourning, and collective experiences of loss.

The title, Our Love Began Here, and Here It Will End, was derived from a handwritten note discovered in the home of a man who murdered his wife, Anna, in Kavala, Greece, in 2022. The work transformed this tragic point of departure into a broader reflection on violence, remembrance, and the stories that often remain untold.

The presentation concluded with a panel discussion hosted by Lotte Ottevanger.

Dimitra Sofroniou (1996) is a composer, performer, and sound artist from Athens, currently based between Amsterdam and Antwerp. Her practice explores the intersection of the personal and the political, addressing themes of gender, emotion, and identity. By blending fiction and reality, Sofroniou creates poetic performative environments where music, sound, and storytelling converge.

The project was created in collaboration with visual artist Vasilia Sofroniou, scenographer and lighting designer Athina Botonaki, performers Fyllenia Grigoriou and Christina Zaka, and producer Alida Plas.

This program was part of The Grey Space’s residency programme House Guests, in which artists are invited to develop work through a week-long mini-residency culminating in a public presentation. The programme fosters interaction between artistic practice, space, and audience.

This edition of House Guests was supported by the Municipality of The Hague.