Naxos Festival 2018

Naxos Festival originally started in summer 2001 and takes place in the restored Bazeos Tower in the centre of the island. The aim of the festival is to promote the local character through cultural events, musical concerts and art exhibitions and also to encourage the interaction between national and international cultures. Organized every summer from July to September, Naxos Festival attracts important artistic and scientific figures from the entire world. Apart from cultural events, it also organizes lectures, workshops and seminars on various issues. 

 

Naxos Festival originally started in summer 2001 and takes place in the restored Bazeos Tower in the centre of the island. The aim of the festival is to promote the local character through cultural events, musical concerts and art exhibitions and also to encourage the interaction between national and international cultures. Organized every summer from July to September, Naxos Festival attracts important artistic and scientific figures from the entire world. Apart from cultural events, it also organizes lectures, workshops and seminars on various issues. 

 

A selection of artists will be hosted in Naxos this year, aspiring to introduce both new creations at Bazeos Tower and other locations around the island, including an abandoned, dilapidated construction site on Alyko Beach, as well as to enhance, enrich, re-invent and breathe new life into works of art previously exhibited (Around & About). The artists, WD aka Wild Drawing from Indonesia and Greece, Patricia Gomez-Garcia and Lisa Kaftori from the USA, Aris Marakis from Italy, and Laurent Reynès from France will arrive in May and reside at Bazeos Tower, selecting their materials and establishing their own creative dialogue with the natural surroundings, the history and particular characteristics of the environment. Thus shaping, with their inventiveness and creativity, the ideal setting for the public to experience fully the aesthetic dimensions offered by an exploration through these chosen sites.

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