Kavafis: fine Greek poetry hosted in Plato’s Academy Leisure Park
The Leisure Park portraying Akademia Platonos in Athens, is transformed into an exhibition space and hosts digital works of art based on poems by significant Greek poet Konstantinos Kavafis.
The Visual Dialogues 2013 will be taking place again this year for the third consecutive time, organized once again by the Onassis Cultural Centre on the occasion of both the 150th anniversary since the birth and the 80th anniversary since the death of one of the finest modern Greek poets, Konstantinos Kavafis (April 29th 1863 - April 29th 1933).
"Antioch" by Giannis Theodoropoulos
Ten contemporary artists have created their own original and brand new projects with the aid of technology, inspired by the poetry of Konstantinos Kavafis. Video projections, electronic and digital images and photos or animation will be presented within special architectural constructions.
"Before the statue of Endymion" by Rick Myers
This year’s Visual Dialogues event has as its main purpose to build a communication bridge with the audience in public spaces of Athens, suggesting to Athenians a different viewpoint of their city through art. Let’s all visit Akademia Platonos and let’s be inspired by how this Greek great poet deals with, interprets, evaluates and “transfers” the Ancient Greek Thought’s heritage in his era.
The presented artworks by Greek and foreign artsits, are as follows:
- Athanasios Argianas - Pinna, 2013
- Marianna Christofides - Here let me stand, 2013
- Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige - I stared at beauty so much..., 2013
- Rick Myers - An Excavation / A Reading (Before the Statue of Endymion)
- Theo Prodromidis - Towards the Bank of the Future, 2013
- Bill Psarras - Urban Halo, 2013
- Erica Scourti - Out of Time, 2013
- Yorgos Taxiarchopoulos - Oracle, 2013
- Yiannis Theodoropoulos - Antioch, 2013
- Maria Varela - And so much intensity in Greek phraseology, 2013
Venue
Plato’s Academy Leisure Park
Exhibition curator: Marilena V. Karra
Exhibition’s Duration: November 7th, 2013 – January 7th, 2014
Opening Hours: Mon – Sun 12.00-18.00
free admission
