It is true that we are called a democracy, for the administration is in the hands of the many and not of the few.”

On the 28th of February Katakouzenos Museum is hosting a unique event that will give the English speaking audience an opportunity to explore one of the greatest political speeches of history.

The successful staging of Pericles’ Funeral Oration, translated into Modern Greek by Eleftherios Venizelos and directed by Dimos Avdeliodis at Katakouzenos Museum, under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture, captured the attention of the audience, making its own mark in the cultural life of Athens since January 2018 and is continuing to do so successfully in the current season.

Pericles’ Funeral Oration, a true rhetorical masterpiece that deeply influenced Western culture as an hymn for democracy, will now be presented in English both as a staged performance and as the main subject of a lecture. Leonee Ormond, Professor Emerita of Victorian Studies, King's College, London, will speak about 'Victorian Responses to Pericles' "Funeral Oration" and Ioanna Spanou will perform the Funeral Oration translated by Benjamin Jowett. We are honoured that Lily Venizelos will join us and will speak about the enduring power of El. Venizelos’ work.

“Music Art Magazine (MAG)” continuous its tradition with the 5th live art festival “Art for Change” hosted by Eco Zone.

Live Art in the making because life is an art. Music, Visual Arts, Street Art, Live Performers!

Over 100 artists will create an interactive ecosystem of multidisciplinary arts around the theme “Dark Times – Reflections” and open a dialogue with everyone searching for some hope and the courage to break through towards a better tomorrow.

Art is everywhere and has the power to make a difference!

Doors open on Friday March 1 st at 18:00.

Also, check out the "Art for Change Kids’ Edition" HERE!

Live Art in the making because life is an art… especially for kids!

Kids are introduced to the magic of live vocal looping and learn how to compose a complete song by using the  sounds of everyday objects and their voice. Improvisation, rhythm and team work are mixed into an unforgettable experience, one you can’t miss! Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd 2019: Team 1: 9:00–10:00, Team 2: 10:00–11:00

A series of hands on creative activities designed to show and tell ways to practice empathy. Kids have fun and at the same time work on their social and emotional skills. Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd 2019: Team 1: 11:00 – 12:00, Team 2: 12:00 – 13:00

Admission per workshop: 10 Euros

Special sibling discount: 18 Euros, Admission for participation in both workshops: 16 Euros

Maximum 10 children per team.

Get ready for a crazy carnival party with loads of dancing, playing and festive creations this Sunday, March 10th in Technopolis!  

The day will start with a tour around the old industrial factory-museum and the tallest building in Technopolis, with a beautiful panoramic view of Athens. Don't worry if you're not sure on which costume to choose, you can make your own right there or buy a mask from the Greek Childrens Museum!

At 12:00, an interactive magical comedy play with Magic Tolto will make the day even more enoyable for both kids and adults!

Schedule

- A walk in the museum at 11:00 (Kaminada B')
- Festive carnival tailoring at 11:00 (Palaioi Fournoi)
- Mask making at 11:00 for kids aged 4-7 and at 12:00 aged 7-12 (Ground floor)
- Funny Lies with Magic Tolto at 12:00 (Apothiki)
- Story-telling theatrical play at 12:00 (Neoi Fournoi)
- Super Fiesta at 13:00 (Dexamenes Katharismou)


Entrance is free of charge, but phone reservation is necessary.

STOart Korai presents the work of Mary Cox, in a lively painting exhibition entitled "Unruly Phenomena".

The show focuses on plants, particularly wild ones growing in Attica, whose hardiness and resistance is the basis for the title. Synonyms for "unruly" are wild, unmanageable, and not amenable to discipline or control. Each work in this series is based on photographs which are zoomed in on to magnify details that are often overlooked. The paintings set realistic, detailed images against abstract backgrounds, often reworked from earlier paintings done years before. Vibrant bright colors and manipulated perspectives translate the work from photographic to fantastical, while the inclusion of fences, architectural elements and other objects references social and political, as well as psychological states. Included in this exhibition is another recent series: small digital prints of collages made using reproductions of art from art magazines. Each piece is essentially an amalgam of appropriated work, playing with color and composition as well as scale. The rejection of the idea of originality, inherent in appropriation, and the melding of styles results in a happy, hybrid metamorphosis.

Mary Cox is an American painter with Greek nationality living and working in Greece since 1993. She holds a Masters in Fine Art from the Academy of Art University, San Francisco, California. She has shown her work in galleries in Greece and abroad since 1999. Over the years she has taken up different subject matter and used a range of media, from a mixed-media series on migration which was selected for a biennial in Lulea, Sweden in 2011, to a photo- realistic series of paintings of old houses in the southern suburbs of Athens. Since 2014 she has co-directed the alternative artist-run FokiaNou Art Space.

Opening Day: 12 March, 7 pm
Duration: 12 March - 11 April, Monday-Friday 10am - 8pm

Athanasia Kanellopoulou presents her latest art project, Exodus at Roes Theatre!  

Choreographed and directed by Kanellopoulou herself, Exodus is a dance performance where six people struggle against a state of dissolution and chaos. Exodus will be performed at the Roes Theatre (12, 13, 18, 19 & 20 March 2019).

Kanellopoulou’s work is focused on issues around identity, social gender, and socio-political affairs, in the context of contemporary art. Exodus has been subsidized by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports for 2018/19.

About the piece: 

Exodus is an artistic response to the 1989 novel “The Melancholy of Resistance”, written by Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai, whereby main characters are led to their self-destruction as their attempts for revolutionary acts fall short. The piece attempts to confront the existing societal and individual dominant structures.

The performance unfolds through small, fragmented revolutionary acts, where collective and personal identities must first be decomposed and then find the exit or “exodus” toward redemption and fulfilment.

Exodus acts as a narrative to this journey. The dancers’ bodies are in a gradual rebellion, building into remnants of ruins, searching the cell of their own History.

It is in fact a small society that resists absurdity; throbbing with the strings of change, in search of a temporary, yet immediate, calmness.

How many borders and bridges should they cross to reach the final destination? How many walls should they break and how many circles should they create to find their buried History?

Printmaking as a form of visual creation is particularly relevant in both Greece and Japan.

The exhibition “Greek and Japanese contemporary printmaking” which is on display from 15th to 20th March, gives us the opportunity to focus on the art of the two cultures.

Greek and Japanese printmakers each present their own methods of expression and techniques in the creation of original artworks, which provide the opportunity to understand more about the culture and art of the two countries.

Artists with different backgrounds, experiences and history record their quests and concerns.

The exhibition at the Municipal Art Gallery of Piraeus is a tribute to the art of printmaking with participation by 44 Greek artists and 65 Japanese artists with more than 120 original prints.

The exhibition is also enriched by the workshop of Japanese woodcut on Sunday March 17th, from 12:00 - 14:00.

The exhibition explores the fascinating story and the multifaceted character of the Arabian Peninsula from antiquity to modern times.

The cultural evolution of the Arabian Peninsula from the prehistoric era until the 20th century is revealed through exhibits that are associated with early nomadic movements, trade routes that linked the peninsula with the Mediterranean, Mesopotamia and the rest of Asia, as well as with pilgrimage roads leading to Mecca from the 7th century AD onwards. The close proximity of the Greco-Roman world to the Arabian Peninsula and the cultural pluralism developed in the regions are revealed through a series of objects, inspired by the arts of antiquity that were either transported there through the caravan routes or were produced locally.

The exhibition introduces the most important prehistoric settlements, presents findings of significant cultures of antiquity and late antiquity and reaches the Islamic era, with artifacts created during the various Islamic dynasties until the unification of Saudi Arabia.

Large-scale sculptures, gold burial ornaments, tombstones, and precious offerings constitute some of the exhibition objects aiming to familiarise the Greek audience with the historical and cultural heritage of the Arabian Peninsula. The exhibition was inaugurated at the Louvre in 2010 and since then it has been shown in three different continents, and many cities such as Rome, Berlin, Barcelona, Saint Peter, Washington, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Houston, Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo and Abu Dhabi.

The exhibition at the Benaki Museum – the exhibition’s 16th stop – signifies the first event in the southeast Mediterranean.

Having completed five years of operations full of positive social impact and having created a community where new ideas, innovation and creative spirits gather and work together to propose the “new” and the “fresh”, Impact Hub Athens welcomes its “new era” by talking about what has already happened and what new is emerging.

We want to discuss and assess the evolution of the ideas that we saw in their birth and today are dominant. Movements that began timidly and today are sweeping past certainties and are evolving. Trends and suggestions that at the moment might seem unlikely but they will determine the decisions in the next 5 years.

Starting an Impact Hub in Athens marked a first important step in the social economy ecosystem; the first time, that changemakers would gather together, connect & collaborate through a facilitated scheme, empower more citizens & entrepreneurs to be activated in that direction, make the sector more extrovert and represent it in corporate, philanthropic & government levels. As the first cycle of five years of this work has been completed, it is essential to explore, discuss and debate about the looming and pioneering themes, the leading-edge trends that will define the social impact agenda and designate the following 5 years of this evolving ecosystem. It is important to set the guidelines for the next steps of positive social impact, the steps that will further establish the social changes that have already occurred and take us to other 5 succeeding years.

Let’s imagine together the future we want to shape. Let’s connect and collaborate towards a common goal: to pioneer a just & sustainable world where business & profit are used in service of people and planet.

During #5yearsofimpact, for 3 impactful days, experts, stakeholders, practitioners, curious & interested, young & older people will come together to explore, debate and design around core issues of the social economy sector. We are going to host a safe & inspiring space where unlikely allies can share concerns, practices, experiences and leave inspired, aligned and connected for potential joint ventures, programmes & actions. And all the above using our imagination as a tool of creativity, a way to envision the big picture and shape our strategy.

Learn more about the event's agenda HERE!