Saturday, July 2, 2016

Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico - Songs of the Mediterranean



Athens Photo Festival 2016

Athens Photo Festival 2016

International Festival of Contemporary 

Photography & Related Media


Athens Photo Festival is the leading international festival of photography and related media in Southeastern Europe. Exploring critical issues relevant to our times, the festival attempts to bring together a range of different perspectives from emerging and established artists and photographers from all over the world with the aim to raise awareness and foster an understanding of contemporary culture and society through photography in all its forms.
The Festival works within an international, national and local context, encompassing a variety of activities designed to reflect the diversity of contemporary photographic practices, and to create opportunities for exchange of ideas, artistic expression and international engagement.
The 2016 main programme will take place from 9 June until 31 July 2016, at the Benaki Museum (Pireos St. Annexe). The exhibition programme will be comprised of a series of solo and group exhibitions, presenting a wide spectrum of works selected through an international open call for proposals in combination with invited artists. At the core of the festival is a range of events, including international portfolio reviews, screenings, talks and discussions, workshops, and various community and participatory projects. In addition to the main venue-based programme, the festival encourages local community involvement through satellite exhibitions in various locations in the city.
This year’s main theme, under the title [mis/dis]placed, is aimed at investigating how collective consciousness and individual identity and position are shaped, in relation to the fast-changing global situation, intertwining both politics and poetics. In particular, it is interested in raising questions about the prevailing notions of place and memory as fundamental elements of identity formation while reassessing the role that the means of visualizing can play within these concepts. Athens as an emblematic place of the current global situation provides a significant artistic and intellectual context where questions about the complexities of today’s world can be raised and discussed.

The festival continues to evolve with the times and looks forward to developing projects that open up new audiences for photography and exploring realms where photography intersects with other creative disciplines. At the same time, we work with partners across the creative and cultural industries in Greece, Europe and beyond. Athens Photo Festival is a member of the European Month of Photography (EMoP), a network comprised of photography festivals in 8 European capitals that aims to foster collaboration on joint projects within a European framework.

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Dimitris Harissiadis




Dimitris Harissiadis (1911-1993)


Born into a middle class family from Kavala, Harissiadis studied chemistry in Lausanne. Foreign illustrated periodicals and books inspired his interest in photography.



He began his career as a photographer on the Albanian front in 1940 when, as a reserve officer, he depicted the life of his fellow soldiers and their dramatic advance into Northern Epirus. Later, because of his language skills, he was transferred to Athens, where he recorded the difficult conditions that prevailed during the Axis Occupation. As a European press correspondent he photographed the events of the "Dekemvrianá" and the Civil War. After liberation he was commissioned by foreign relief agencies active in Greece to photograph the arrival and distribution of American aid. Later on, the Ministry of Reconstruction commissioned him to record major public works and the country’s economic recovery. The optimistic quality of his photographs was partly dictated by the nature of this task.



Harissiadis was a founding member of the Greek Photographic Society in 1952, and between 1956 and 1985, in partnership with Dionysis Tamaressis, he ran the well-known photographic agency "D. A. Harissiadis". As a commercial photographer, he specialised in industrial photography and advertising. During the course of his career, he recorded the gradual industrialisation of Greece, the expansion of the shipping industry, the development of modern architecture and the country’s overall economic progress. Finally as a photographer for the National Theatre of Greece, he contributed to the creation of a valuable visual history of the Greek theatre.



Throughout his professional career, Harissiadis maintained a personal interest in photographing Greek towns, landscapes and everyday life in agricultural and urban surroundings, believing that mankind was "the most interesting subject in the world." The predominantly American influences that can be detected in his work are the result of his association with foreign photo agencies and his familiarity with international trends in photography. The artistic value of his work was internationally recognised at a very early stage and he was the only Greek photographer to participate in the major exhibition entitled "The Family of Man", which was held in New York in 1955. He also took part in a number of exhibitions, two of which were "Greece by Eleven Photographers" (Chicago, 1957) and "The face of the European" (Munich, 1959). His balanced, often abstract composition, his faultless technique, his sense of humour and optimism combine foreign influences with a Greek aesthetic sensibility, adding up to a very personal style.

Sursă: Muzeul Benaki

Thursday, June 30, 2016

Call for papers




„Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Slavic Unit
The Polish Lectorate
The Lectorate of Modern Greek Studies
„Alexandru Philippide” Institute of Romanian Philology
The Iași Branch of the Romanian National Arhives

CALL FOR PAPERS

We are pleased to invite you to the Conference on
 Traditional Greek culture in the European context: connections with the Romanian and Slavic world. The Athos – Athens – Sofia – Bucharest – Iași – Kiev – Moscow cultural axis,
organized in the context of the Dies Academicae,  the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Days and on the occasion the ’Year of the Russian-Greek friendship’ Iași, 3-4 November, 2016
Sections:
a.     Linguistics and Translation Studies
b.     The Balkan area: history and present
c.      Romanian-Russian-Greek literary confluences
d.     Pilgrimages, emigration, mentalities
e.     Philosophy and theology
f.      The Slavonic and Greek cultural heritage. Greek schools in the Romanian Principalities


Suggested topics:

·       Popular culture, folklore, postfolklore, internetlore
·        Slavonic and Greek loanwords in Romanian
·       Reception of Greek images and ideas in traditional culture: Russia, Romania, Poland, Bulgaria, Ukraine
·       Greek emigration in Romania
·       Russian and Romanian travellers to Greece
·       Ancient and modern theatre
·       Sacred art: Greek artists in Iași
·       Portraits of personalities of Russian and Greek origin in Romania

The languages of the conferences are: Romanian, Russian, English and Greek.

Please confirm your participation by sending a short CV (name, address, institutional affiliation), your titles and abstracts (in Romanian and English, no more than 200 words) by 10 September 2016.
The papers should be submitted by 15 October 2016.
Skype attendance will be also possible.
No registration fee required.

          The program of the conference also includes:       
Exhibition of documents in Romanian, Slavonic and Greek at the University Museum; Russian and Greek book exhibition at the Central University Library (BCU); Book presentation.

Scientific committee: Professor Leonte Ivanov, dr. Angeliki Mouzakiti, dr. Marina Vraciu.

Angélique Ionatos





Saturday, June 25, 2016

Noaptea Institutelor Culturale 2016 - Foto



Bianca Ciobanu, muzeograf MȚR


Ioana Turcu & Dina Rotary

Ioana Turcu & Raluca Stratulat

Ioana Turcu

Justinian Mândrilă & Emanuela Mândrilă

Justinian Mândrilă & Emanuela Mândrilă

Raluca Stratulat

Xenia Politou (Muzeul Benaki)

Xenia Politou (Muzeul Benaki)

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Conferințele FCG

21 iunie
18.00 „Costumul popular românesc – marcă identitar-culturală” – conferință susținută de Doina Ișfănoni, istoric de artă și cercetător etnolog la Muzeul Național al Satului „Dimitrie Gusti”   

22 iunie 
19:00 „Costume românești din Ținutul Pădurenilor” – conferință susținută de Doina Doroftei, fost cercetător la Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Alexandru Rosetti” 
20:00. „Costumul grecesc, o bijuterie” – conferință susținută de Adina Nanu   

24 iunie – Noaptea Institutelor Culturale 
19:30. „Elemente autentice și balcanice reflectate în portul tradițional românesc”, conferință susținută de Bianca Ciobanu, muzeograf al Muzeului Țăranului Român 
20:00. Colecţia de costume tradiţionale greceşti a Muzeului Benaki – conferinţă susținută de Xenia Politou, filolog şi curator al expoziţiei

Saturday, June 11, 2016

Comunicat de presă - NIC2016


Peste 50 de evenimente la cea de-a zecea ediție a Nopții Institutelor Culturale

Vineri, 24 iunie 2016, 15 instituții culturale din București organizează, sub egida EUNIC, cea de-a zecea ediție a Nopții Institutelor Culturale. British Council, Centrul Ceh, Centrul Cultural Turc „Yunus Emre”, Delegația Valonia-Bruxelles, Forumul Cultural Austriac, Fundația Culturală Greacă, Goethe-Institut, Balassi Intézet – Institutul Maghiar din București, Institutul Camões pentru Cooperare și Limbă Portugheză, Instituto Cervantes de Bucarest, Institutul Cultural Român, Institutul Francez, Institutul Italian de Cultură, Institutul Polonez, cărora li se alătură Spaţiul Public European, propun un program dens, care va începe la orele prânzului și se va prelungi până spre dimineață.

În anul în care se împlinesc 400 de ani de la moartea scriitorilor William Shakespeare și Miguel de Cervantes, programul include un spectacol de teatru după sonetele lui Shakespeare, proiecții, lecturi și o dezbatere dedicate marelui dramaturg britanic, o expoziție de benzi desenate și de ilustrație pornind de la o piesă scrisă de Cervantes, precum și un spectacol-lectură bazat pe fragmente din „entremeses” ale îndrăgitului scriitor spaniol. 

Cu un program de recitaluri – de la vioară și flaut sau oboi, clarinet, corn, fagot, percuție, la bandoneon, concert în limbile minorităților din regiunea poloneză Podlasie, muzică grecească, muzică franțuzească interpretată în vârful unei rochii uriașe, jazz, jam session live, festa portuguesa, silent disco și post-techno party, cea de-a zecea ediție a Nopții Institutelor Culturale oferă o călătorie muzicală pentru toate gusturile.

Noaptea de 24 iunie aduce și numeroase proiecte expoziționale: un dialog în benzi desenate, bazat pe improvizație, un graffiti performance, expoziție de sculptură, expoziția de BD și ilustrație „Miguel En Cervantes. Panorama Minunățiilor”, expoziția de obiecte colecționate/colectate „O fi bune la ceva?”, expoziția de arhitectură, design de produs, fashion și grafic design „Romanian Design Week Classics”, expoziția vestimentară „Veșminte tradiționale grecești”, expoziția itinerantă „Cele mai frumoase cărți”, expozițiile de fotografie „Azulejo: Story of tiles”, „Romy Schneider” sau „Immota Manet” (care prezintă, în fotografii alb-negru, urmările cutremurului din L’Aguila).

Nici oferta de filme nu e mai prejos. Vor putea fi vizionate: Mediterranea de Jonas Carpignano, una dintre cele trei pelicule finaliste în competiția pentru Premiul LUX 2015, acordat de Parlamentul European; Prospero’s Books în regia lui Peter Greenaway; Romanian Short Waves 9, scurtmetraje românești prezente la Cannes 2016; Short from Spain, filme scurte selectate de Institutul de Cinematografie și Arte Vizuale din Spania; Sissi I de Ernst Marishka, cu Romy Schneider în rolul împărătesei Elisabeta a Austriei; La Passante du Sans-Souci de Jacques Rouffio, în ultima interpretare cinematografică a celebrei actrițe franco-germane, sau Șoptește-mi dacă uit de Çagan Irmak.

Cursurile de limbi străine, jocurile și dezbaterile interculturale, pe tema diversității sau a stereotipurilor, spectacolele de teatru și atelierele pentru copii și adulți – printre care cel dedicat artei tradiționale turcești de a desena pe apă, ebru, sau cel prin care copiii învață să construiască propria căsuță de păsărele, folosind tehnica papier-mâché – vor completa paleta multidisciplinară din data de 24 iunie. Și cum niciodată nu au lipsit de la Noaptea Institutelor Culturale surprizele culinare, participanții la maratonul cultural sunt invitați să guste preparatele turcești și poloneze și să încerce celebrul gulaș unguresc sau tradiționala spaghettata, pregătită live.


Programul se va desfășura în intervalul orar 12:00–02:30 în 12 spații culturale din Capitală: ARCUB – Hanul Gabroveni, British Council, Centrul Ceh, Centrul Cultural Turc „Yunus Emre”, Green Hours, Goethe-Institut, Institutul Balassi – Institutul Maghiar din București, Institutul Cervantes, Institutul Cultural Român, Institutul Francez, Institutul Italian de Cultură și Spațiul Public European, care vor găzdui peste 50 de evenimente propuse de cele 15 instituții culturale.


Un proiect organizat de EUNIC București, cu sprijinul Reprezentanței Comisiei Europene în România.
Parteneri: Romanian Design Week, ARCUB, BRD, LUX Film Prize, UNArte, Green Hours, Newzeum, De-a Arhitectura, MKLASICA.
Parteneri media: Digi 24, TVR 1, TVR 2, Observator cultural, News.ro, Hotnews, Agerpres, RFI România, Radio România Cultural, Ziarul Metropolis, Modernism.ro, Șapte Seri, Designist, Igloo, Zeppelin, Q Magazine, România Pozitivă, Webcultura, LiterNet.ro, Agenția de Carte, Dor de ducă.


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