Festivals are large celebrations which bring together all the citizens to create and promote the narrative of their city to the collective imagination. A Festival contains, shapes and reflects the identity of the city and its inhabitants. Similarly, the city…
The Cultural Center “Leonidas Kanellopoulos” hosts screenings of selected activities from the Eleusis 2021 artistic program, as they have been realized the past two years. From November 7 until November 10, the Cultural Center “Leonidas Kanellopoulos” transforms into an information/hangout…
We «Get to know the city» through a series of activities which lay in an intermediate area between a walk, a meeting, a presentation and a narration and highlight the cultural resources of Eleusis, the particular stories and activities of…
Theme three contains the following working groups: Stories of audience engagement Coordination: Yannis Koukmas, Director of Audience Development & Participation, Eleusis 2021, European Capital of Culture Food for Thought by: Ana Čižauskienė, Head of International Relations and Programming, Kaunas 2022…
Theme two contains the following working groups: Festival stories by their people Coordination: Kelly Diapouli, Artistic Director of Eleusis 2021 European Capital of Culture Food for Thought by: Mety Panagiotopoulou, Artistic Director of Giortes Rokkas Camilo Nolas, Organizer of Vovousa…
In the first theme (T1) the following working groups were held: When we are the ones who make the city’s cultural strategy What does it mean for each city to develop its own cultural strategy, a sustainable city devel- opment…
In a fragmented and ever-changing world, do you think you can thrive without evolving? Do you know who you are? Do you understand who you are becoming? Did you learn anything new lately? Are you a true explorer? Are you…
Judith Knight, co-founder of the independent organization ArtsAdmin, which supports independent art in the United Kingdom, talks about her career path from 1979 until today, coinciding with the 40-year journey of the organization. Judith and Artsadmin or vice versa have…
Since the 1990s large-scale exhibition, festivals and biennials have been linked to the proliferation of globalized cultural consumption and production, city tourism and/or regeneration and marketing aspirations. Though these projects often start with the best of intentions, they are many…
