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ATHENS EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
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EXHIBITION: "AMNESIAC COMMISSIONS" (29-03-2014 8:00 pm) Exhibition by Raed Yassin: "Amnesiac Commissions"
From today until the end of March, the Athens branch of Kalfayan Galleries presents a solo exhibition of works by Lebanese artist Raed Yassin. “Amnesiac Commissions” features works from the artist's “Yassin Dynasty” and “Dancing, Smoking, Kissing” series, which explore themes of collective history and memory. “Yassin Dynasty,” comprises porcelain works depicting battles from the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990), produced in China's “porcelain capital” Jingdezhen.
Raed Yassin was born in 1979 in Beirut, Lebanon, where he currently lives and works. An artist and musician, Yassin creates work which often originates from an examination of his personal narratives and their position within a collective history, through the lens of consumer culture and mass production. Yassin is one of the organizers of IRTIJAL Festival, has released 10 music albums and founded the production company Annihaya in 2009. He is also a founding member of Atfal Ahdath, a Beirut-based art collective. Raed Yassin is represented by Kalfayan Galleries, Athens – Thessaloniki.
Opening hours are Mondays and Saturdays from 10:00 to 15:00 and Tuesdays to Fridays from 10:00 to 20:00.
Kalfayan Galleries, 11 Haritos,
210 7217679, www.kalfayangalleries.com
"TRANSFORMATIONS" WORKSHOP (06-04-2014 6:30 pm) In collaboration with the Pompidou Center in Paris, the Athens Concert Hall presents “Transformations,” a graphic and choreographic workshop. 31 January - 6 April 2014.
This workshop offers an experience which mixes dance and the visual arts, aimed at children from 6 to 12 years old. The activities of the participants will be led by an artist and a dancer animator.
The children are invited to first identify the architectural elements of the workshop space, then reproduce them in graphic form on tent canvas, thus devising a completely original graphic language. The children’s graphic research turns into ephemeral architecture on canvas. This textile object then becomes the children’s costume. By twisting and folding the tents, and with gestures and movements directed by the dancer animator, the illusion is given that the architecture has come to life and is dancing in a party atmosphere.
Workshop times are Monday to Friday from 17:00 to 18:30 and on Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 to 11:30, noon to 13:30, 15:00 to 16:30 and 17:00 to 18:30. For information and reservations, call 210 7282333.
Athens Concert Hall,1 Kokkali & Vassilissis Sofias, 210 728 2000, www.megaron.gr.
BRIDES (04-06-2014 6:00 pm) Tradition and fashion in Greece focusing on weddings, those significant times in a woman's life, the exhibition presents a large array of clothing from the collections of the Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation.
Commencing with local traditional Greek dress in the 19th century and going on to European fashion, Brides is an exhibition that includes wedding dresses from the end of the 19th century to the dawn of the 21st, and intends to showcase the variety of shapes and decorative motifs in bridal wear of that period, and through this variety, the particular social and experiential function of the wedding dress. From elegant and ornate wedding dresses at the close of the 19th century to the avant-garde creations of modern designers and eccentric appearances of brides in the 21st century, the creation of wedding apparel goes hand-in-hand with fashion trends in a very particular way, oftentimes drawing its inspiration from the shapes of the past or forecasting future fashion trends.
The exhibition is part of the celebrations of the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation and the material it presents, which is mainly from donations, is a tribute to the Foundation donors.
Start date:
23 Jan 2014.
End date:
6 Apr 2014.
Venue:
N enaki Museum-Pireos st. Annexe
138, Pireos st. & Andronikou St.,
11854 Athens
Tel.: +30-210-345 3111
http://www.benaki.gr/
"A DAY AT THE ACROPOLIS MUSEUM" (31-12-2014 5:00 pm) The Acropolis Museum has commenced the conservation and restoration of the Caryatids, the Kore from the south porch of the Erechtheion temple. The project documents the current condition of the statues and focuses on fixing unstable segments of the marble statues, their structural restoration, removal of the corrosive factors and cleaning of layers of atmospheric pollutants with the use of laser technology.
The Museum has chosen not to move the Caryatids from the Museum galleries for these works, avoiding the risks to the exhibits entailed in an additional move but also to provide visitors with the opportunity to observe procedures that until recently were undertaken in the conservation laboratories.
Conservation is undertaken using an innovative laser technique especially developed for the project by the Acropolis Museum and the Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser at the Foundation for Research and Technology in Crete. The purpose specific designed platform isolates one sculpture at a time while visitors are protected during working hours by the safety curtains. When laser works stop the curtains are then removed to reveal the sculptures and restoration works.
The Acropolis Museum was awarded for this innovative program by the International Institute for Conservation (IIC) in Vienna, with the Keck Award 2012. Read more here.
This initiative is part of the program “A Day at the Acropolis Museum”.
PERMANENT GALLERY TALKS AT THE ACROPOLIS MUSEUM (31-12-2014 5:00 pm) The Acropolis Museum gives visitors the opportunity to participate in presentations of selected exhibits held by Archaeologist–Hosts. Additionally, Archaeologist-Hosts are available to answer your questions about the Museum exhibits every day between 09:00 and 17:00. Visitors can find them by looking for staff wearing ‘archaeologist’ badges in the Museum exhibition areas.
Permanent Gallery Talks are offered in English, in French and in Greek.
The Museum also offers every Saturday the possibility to participate in the Alternating Gallery Talk. The arrangement of an Alternating Gallery Talk in English can be organized via telephone, every Tuesday and Friday, from 09:00 to 10:00, on +30 210 9000900 /ext. 405.
1. Permanent Gallery Talks: The Parthenon-
Why we consider the Parthenon an exceptional monument of world cultural heritage? Why has it much preoccupied both previous and current viewers? Visitors have the opportunity to discuss with Archaeologist-Hosts issues relating to the architecture, the decoration and the exhibition of this famous monument, as well as its symbolism and history. They will also be able to look closely into its sculptures and to admire the temple in its natural environment through the transparent wall of the third floor of the Museum.
The presentation is enhanced with special video projections in the Parthenon Gallery featuring 3D-imaging of the frieze blocks and with the use of a digital tablet.
Greek: every Tuesday, at 12:00.
English: every Tuesday, at 11:00.
French: every last Tuesday of the month, at 11:00.
Participation is limited to 30 visitors per session. Duration: 50 minutes.
2. Masterpieces in the Acropolis Museum-
A presentation of masterworks on display in the Museum, their significance in their time and for world art. Visitors have the opportunity to engage Archaeologist-Hosts in discussion about art, aesthetics, religion and society at the time these works were created, all of which belonged to ancient Athens’ most important sanctuary, the Acropolis. The way in which they are exhibited in the Museum is also discussed.
Greek: every Sunday, at 12:30 and evening gallery talk every Friday, at 20:00.
English: every Sunday, at 13:30 and evening gallery talk every Friday, at 18:00.
French: every last Sunday of the month, at 13:30.
Participation is limited to 30 visitors per session. Duration: 60 minutes.
3. Archaic Colors -
A presentation on the continuing research on the unique collection of archaic statues, which retain their colors to a small or large degree. Visitors have the opportunity to discuss with Archaeologist-Hosts on the color of archaic statues, its technical issues, its detection using new technologies, its experimental use on marble surfaces, its digital reconstruction, its meaning, as well as the archaic period’s aesthetic perception of color. The presentation concludes in the special “lab” on ancient three-dimensional art, which has been set up on the second floor of the Museum.
The presentation is enhanced with the use of a digital tablet featuring additional visual material, colored cast copies of exhibits, marble details painted experimentally using ancient pigments and techniques, video projections, and collections of pigments.
Greek: every Friday, at 12:00.
English: every Friday, at 11:00.
French: every last Friday of the month, at 11:00.
Participation is limited to 30 visitors per session. Duration: 30 minutes.
Coupons are available everyday on a first-in first-served basis. For further details, please refer to the Information Desk at the Museum entrance.
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