On Monday September 23rd, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) and the Museum Benaki"/>
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ARTWORKS Fellows visiting the house of Patrick Leigh Fermor at Mani

On Monday September 23rd, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) and the Museum Benaki invited some of our Fellows to visit the recently renovated house of the famous British author Patrick Leigh Fermor.

The author Patrick Leigh Fermor and the photographer Joan developed a special relationship with Greece, which led them to build their permanent residence in Kardamyli, Mani, where they lived until the end of their lives. The house was designed by architect Nikos Hatzimichalis, in close collaboration with them, and was completed in the mid-1960s. In 1996, they bequeathed the Leigh Fermor House, which is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful properties in Greece, to the Benaki Museum, expressing the desire for the house to be used for the purposes of the Museum and remain open to the public.

The SNF supported, as lead donor on the project, a study on the use, operation, and sustainability of the house, then the necessary repair and renovation work. The main objective in this process was to preserve the original character of the buildings and the surrounding space. 

The house has opened to the public for tours, and in the near future it will function as a space for conducting educational activities and cultural events open to the public and for hosting researchers. 

Many thanks to Stavros Niarchos Foundation and Museum Benaki for the amazing hospitality!

 

Am I That Name Or That Image?

The way we perceive ourselves and our relations with other human beings are changing drastically in the era of digital culture and this is without doubt a new reality. Artists participating in the exhibition critically comment  through their work the innocent certainly that there are clear border lines between existence and its innovation, the realistic representation and the impersonation. The “reality” of human interaction is disturbed and set-up afresh, in accordance with the image, the mask and the ideal model that we construct for ourselves. That is why the visual representations of the self utilize to such a large extent digital mediums such as photography, the internet, video, and projection.

In their majority, the works of the exhibition come from the collections of the museums that comprised the platform of the Metropolitan Organization of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki or have been presented in Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art.

The exhibition “Am I That Name, or That Image?” stands in the frame of the collaboration between the two organisations in Thessaloniki and Skopje, as part of a broader collaboration MOMus has with museums in SE Europe.

Curator: Syrago Tsiara

Assistant Curators: Domna Gounari, Eirini Papakonstantinou

Participating Artists: Evangelia Basdekis, Filippo Berta, James Bridle, Kyriaki Goni, Marianna Ignataki, Majida Khattari, Fenia Kotsopoulou, Virginia Mastrogiannaki, Oleg Mavrommati & Boryana Rossa, Eleni Mylonas, Natasha Papadopoulou, Alexandros Plomaritis, Marilou Poncin, Rena Rädle & Vladan Jeremić, Vivi Tsioga, Ira Waldron

 

5 ARTWORKS Fellows at the Athens International Film Festival

ARTWORKS Fellows 2019 Vasilis Kekatos, Konstantinos Antonopoulos, Yorgos Kyvernits and Vaggelis Serfas take part in Greek Short Stories – In Competition . Electric Swan of our Fellow 2018 Konstantina Kotzamani will screen after the Greek Awards Ceremony of the Festival.

Check below our Fellows’ screenings!

Monday, 23/9, 17:30, Danaos 1

The Distance Between Us and the Sky
DURATION: 9’  DIRECTOR: Vasilikis Kekatos (Fellow 2019)
Night, national road. Two strangers meet for the first time at an old gas station. One has stopped to gas up his bike, while the other is just stranded. Lacking the 22.50EUR he needs to get home, he will try to sell him the distance that separates them from the sky.

Postcards from the End of the World
DURATION: 23’DIRECTOR: Konstantinos Antonopoulos (Fellow 2019)
Trapped in a seemingly dull family vacation, Dimitra, Dimitris and their two daughters will have to find a way out of a secluded island in the Mediterranean when confronted with the unexpected end of the world.               

Tuesday 24/9, 17:30, Οdeon Opera1

The Canaries
DURATION: 17’   DIRECTOR: Yorgos Kyvernitis (Fellow 2019)
Petrina and Stathis fell in love when they were little kids. However, they went separate ways and each one followed their own path. They had children, grandchildren, they raised their families. Several years later, when they were left alone, they got together again, got married to grow old together. Today, at 85 years old, they live together in Syros island with their canaries.

I Only See in Me the Sea
DURATION: 24’   DIRECTOR: Yorgos Kyvernitis (Fellow 2019), Nefeli Oikonomou Pantzou, Maria Sidiropoulou, Alexis Chatzigiannis
Boredom, escape, sea, city, free time. Musician and songwriter Vangelis Germanos, sweeps us along to a summer adventure full of colors and sounds in the city and by the sea.

Wednesday 25/9, 17:00, IDEAL 

Basil
DURATION: 18’   DIRECTOR: Vangelis Serfas (Fellow 2019)
A man returns to his birthplace for his mother’s funeral. She has left a basil pot for him to take care of. During the time he spends there he confronts his past.

Friday , 27/9, 19.15, Danaos 1

Greek Awards Ceremony of the Festival

Electric Swan
DURATION: 40’ DIRECTOR:  Konstantina Kotzamani (Fellow 2018)

Buildings are not supposed to move. But on Avenida Libertador 2050, a building moves and the ceiling shivers, causing a strange nausea that devours its residents. Those who live on the top are afraid they’ll fall – the ones who live beneath are afraid they’ll drown.

Info: http://www.aiff.gr/