ATHENS.- Tilda Swinton, an iconic, daring performer and subversive visual artist, takes center stage in a deeply personal exhibition that brings together new and past works by eight of her close artistic collaborators and friends: Pedro Almodóvar, Luca Guadagnino, Joanna Hogg, Derek Jarman, Jim Jarmusch, Olivier Saillard, Tim Walker, and Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

At Onassis Ready, the Onassis Foundation’s new venue in the industrial district of Athens, Swinton comes together with longtime collaborators and friends.

Director Luca Guadagnino has created an intimate new portrait of her in the form of a short film and a sculptural work. With re-edited footage, a new soundtrack, and manipulated imagery, Jim Jarmusch transformed scenes from his surreal zombie film, “The Dead Don’t Die” (2019), into an entirely new installation.

Together with acclaimed fashion historian Olivier Saillard, Swinton presents a multi-day performance presentation that brings to life a unique wardrobe, featuring garments from her personal collection, film costumes, red-carpet looks, and family heirlooms. Photographer Tim Walker visited Swinton at her family home for a portrait series exploring lineage and the continuity of the place. Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul created a meditative, immersive installation. Pedro Almodóvar presents “The Human Voice” (2020) for the first time as an installation. With her childhood friend and filmmaker Joanna Hogg, Swinton unveils “Flat 19,” a multimedia reconstruction of her London apartment in the 1980s and an exploration of memory, space, and personal history. Finally, Swinton pays tribute to one of her greatest influences, director Derek Jarman (1942–1994), with whom she collaborated on seven feature films.

Every Friday during the exhibition, a curated film program unfolds on the rooftop of Onassis Ready, presenting six feature-length films, each introduced by a short film selected by Tilda Swinton herself.

Immerse yourself in the unique universe of Tilda Swinton and her close artistic collaborators.

The exhibition Tilda Swinton: Ongoing is a co-production of the Eye Filmmuseum and the Onassis Stegi, in collaboration with Tilda Swinton.