Program

Esperia Palace > Ground floor > GiGi

Performative workshop in collaboration with the German School of Athens and Lambiri Schools

gynaikopaida is a research based performance inviting the students of two schools to join a drawing class. With the magic appearance of Otto and Amalia, we will attempt to rethink and reevaluate our Bavarian past at GiGi, a hybrid space dedicated to the Greek-German love. Drawing collectively will allow us to perform in an open dialogue with diverse artistic methods and much more.

Esperia Palace > Ground floor > GiGi

Performative installation with Eva Giannakopoulou and Panos Sklavenitis

Eva Giannakopoulou's and Panos Sklavenitis's experimental art research proposes a new approach on Sarakiniko, examining the analogies between the Sarakiniko paradigm and modern theories of "commons", via an artistic and theoretical investigation of historical and current sociopolitical expressions of alternative habitation. Using the coincidental (or not) choice of Ithaca for such a bid at alternative habitation as a starting point, their narrative will focus on the concepts of symbolic motherland and utopian habitation.

Participants: Margarita Amarantidi, Evriviades Goro, Theodore Κakitsos, Argyris Marinis, Savvas Τsimouris, Katerina Kalentzi, Avgoustina Stilianou, Theodora Savvalaridi, Artemis Stefanidu, Maro Stefanidu

TTT building > 4th floor > room 403

Shadow theater has a long tradition in Greece and the East. Karagioz, the folk hero, personifies the Ordinary Guy Archetype, a bit naive, a bit of a rascal, poor and beaten-up, trying to survive against the odds by utilizing folk wisdom and tons of luck. In Aggelopoulos's shadow theater, a mash-up of politicians, media figures, superheroes, cinema characters and villains-from Donald Trump and Slavoj Zizek to Rocky and Marina Abramovic-competes in an imaginary arena. Place your bets on the winner. 

Esperia Palace > Ground floor > GiGi

Lecture by Alexander Koch

If the modern revolutions stood up for the freedom and equality of all people, one issue is still constantly on the table today: How can free and equal people act together to become a society in which everyone who wishes so can have their fair share and join the creation of a democratic collectivity?

In response to this challenge, thousands of citizens have carried out a new, grass-route-grown cultural policy over the past 30 years: The New Patrons Protocol. Inspired by this model of action, people from all walks of life have commissioned ambitious projects to express their interests, to take ownership over their local issues and to reshape their social situations. In the common effort to establish a culture based on the needs, conflicts and visions of various populations, they collaborated on their own terms with architects and musicians, theatre makers and visual artists, scientists and organizations of all kind, creating over 500 projects in 15 countries.

Alexander Koch, co-founder of the New Patrons in Germany, will resume some of the most surprising projects from the past and discuss the current developments and challenges of this growing movement.