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Technopolis

Athens Photo Festival 2012: The program

The central program of the anniversary event Athens Photo Festival 2012, it is inauguratedFriday 19 October at 20:00 in all its areas "Technopolis" of the Municipality of Athens and will last until Sunday 4 November 2012. With new ideas and an orientation towards modern international photography, it offers the opportunity for friends of modern culture to attend the most important event for photography in Greece.

An extensive program of 21 exhibitions featuring artists from 28 countries as well as a wide range of actions – Photo Voices International Forum, Photo Marathon, projections, educational activities, Performance program, special tours- and parallel events, compose a contemporary platform dedicated to photography and visual culture.

The core of the exhibition program under the general title "Art/Doc Intersection" reinforces the aesthetic and social dialogue, crossing selected artistic practices that straddle artistic and documentary photography and are characterized by their specificity and vitality.

The program of the event is framed by a series of exhibitions and activities that take place in various exhibition spaces of the city.

Το Athens Photo Festival 2012, organized by the Hellenic Center of Photography.

Credits: 2. Stefano de Lulgl, 3. Ester Vonplon, 4. Andreas Petersen, Christian Vlum

Source : culturenow.gr
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ActionAid: Organizes an experiential report on life in Africa

"Be in my place" in the "Technopolis" of the Municipality of Athens

An experiential exhibition is organized by ActionAid in the "Technopolis" of the Municipality of Athens, at 9, 10 and 11 November.

In the exhibition "Step into my place", visitors will have the opportunity to experience the living conditions of the people of a poor village in Kongelai, Kenya.

What is an African community like?; How do its inhabitants feed themselves?; How big is a hut; What does looking for water mean?;

Within approx 20 minutes, audiovisual material, experiential activities and artifacts from Kenya will transport visitors to the reality of the people of Africa.

The living conditions will also be conveyed by the ActionAid volunteers who lived for a week in Kongelai, Kenya together with pastoralist families in one of the most arid and remote areas of the country.

They will be there to give information and share their experience.

The exhibition is organized on the occasion of 40 years of ActionAid.

Alongside, a photo exhibition titled: 'Africa through the eyes of volunteers' drawn by ActionAid volunteers from solidarity trips.

also, five African-themed documentaries will be screened.

Find more information about screenings at: www.actionaid.gr/events

"Technopolis" of the Municipality of Athens, Hall "Nikos Gatsos" (Building "D12") and in the courtyard D12, Piraeus 100, Gas pedal.

Hours of operation :

Friday 9 November, 15.00 with 22.00
Saturday 10 November, 11.00 with 19.30
Sunday 11 November, 11.00 with 20.00

Admission to the experiential exhibition costs 2 euro (free for children).

On Saturday 10 November on 20.30, there will be a celebration for ActionAid's Child Sponsors. Volunteers and Contractors will transport visitors to Africa. Entrance to the celebration is free and the event is open to everyone.

Source : tovima.gr

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ΑRΚ FESTIVAL : Music, bazaar and trampoline

Nautical, Orange, Maravia, Burger Project and many young artists sing in "Technopolis", that becomes an interactive park

Endless fun with a lot of music, well -known artists but also many parallel artistic, Athletic and educational activities promises to his audience the "Ark Festival", that will be hosted, For the third consecutive year this year, In the "Technopolis" of the Municipality of Athens, at 10 and 11 of the month.

This year's event will be greater than the two previous, As concerts will be held in two different scenes, While the space of "Technopolis" will be transformed into a vibrant and interactive park that will provide visitors a unique experience.
Renowned artists of the Greek music scene, But also new names with very good prospects for the future will pass through ARK scenes.

On the first day of the festival the Nikos Portokaloglou, that this year is celebrating the 30 years of presence in the song, The Kostis Maravejia with his rhythmic songs, the unconventional group 'Tiger Seedlies', or Nalyss in the Green with her romantic tunes, the «Imam Baildi» with the original sound combinations, the «Wedding Singers» with their subversive covers and the «Bangies» with their explosive sounds.

On the second day of the festival, the eternal teenager of Greek song will go on stage Lucian, to set up a party… not in Vouliagmeni but in the throttle.

The evening will also have inventive covers of them «Burger Project», who will join the traditional Byzantine instrument band «Such», new songs and unpredictable covers by the Matoula Zamani and their «Angry Birds», Swing from them «Swing shoes», Fresh fun by 'One Night Onlys' who make a private party, every two months, In Greece and abroad, Wonderful tunes from Marietta but also an alternative pop from him Mr. Minimal.

The festival's audience will have to choose between the following interesting activities: ramp bmx, trampoline, photographs, body painting, vinyl bazaar, Buying Festival Objects and Clothing as well as Great Flavors from the Guru Bar that will revive for two days specifically for the needs of "ARK".

The cheap tickets of the 12 euro have been exhausted. Tickets are available at the prices of 15, 17 and 30 euro.

Source : ethnos.gr

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Imany in Technopolis for a concert

Sunday 2 September 2012, Technopolis of the Municipality of Athens

A true music star, or Faith returns to Athens for another sensational concert at the Technopolis of the Municipality of Athens on Sunday 2 September 2012.

Guest Οpening Acts: Imam Baildi, Marietta Fafouti, Penny & the Swingin’ Cats

The beautiful French woman who enchanted the audience with the two sold out performances in the winter at gazArte, returns to Greece and appears in Athens, at 2 September, as part of a short tour that will include stops at 3 still cities.

Imany (Nadia Mladjao, her real name) or Nadia who became "İmany", proved to us on stage in two amazing concerts that small... miracles can happen when you believe in your dreams. Her name means "faith" in Swahili. A similar miracle was experienced by all of us who were at gazArte in February, he promises us something similar now that he is returning to Athens again. Public and media, they bowed to her beauty and performance discovering in her more than the success of a single song. "You will never know" may have made her famous overnight but Imany is not just that. So beautiful that you can't take your eyes off her. So rhythmic, so that she can seduce you with her dance in an endless rocking (and this is something you don't expect). So confident on stage as she is surrounded by a strong group of musicians who give it their all playing with passion and fun. But also so communicative, she seems to befriend everyone who has come to see her, he tells them stories and "conspires" with them for many hours of music… Imany with her bass and sensual voice takes off with her interpretation of the songs from her unique album, το soul – folk «Shape of a Broken Heart».

For the record, a few words about how the French beauty got here:
Imany was a model who decided to leave the glamor of New York and pursue another dream, more complex and more introverted. He returned to Paris, having beautiful clothes in her luggage, a portfolio with photos as well as a demo CD with six songs that she herself had edited. Then, decided to be more actively involved in music and try her hand on stage. Her first appearances in Paris quickly created a loyal core of fans.  Reviews made special mention of the melancholy sweetness of her voice, while comparisons with Tracy Chapman and Billie Holiday were not lacking. The name Imany began to be discussed outside of Paris. He gained fame, he also had ready-made songs, the road now seemed open. She immediately recorded her first album, managing to surprise Europe with the sincerity of her songs. Soon most noticed her voice despite her beauty. He had won the bet…A bet that won in her first appearances in Athens, and it remains to win it again in the same city, inviting all Athenians in the wake of summer on 2 September in the open area of ​​"Technopolis".

Welcome Imany to Athens, at 2 September, in "Technopolis" live, for another sensational appearance. You will never know..for those who saw her and for those who didn't get to see her, it's worth getting to know a real star up close at the moment she is born!

The concert will open with guest appearances 4 popular names of the Greek music scene, thus giving a "festival" tone to Imany's big concert:   Imam Baildi, Marietta Fafouti, Penny &The Swingin’Cats

"Now, so we saw her live, i can say that: Rightfully so. Imany, the beautiful French singer with one big hit - for now- song, του «You Will Never Know», it's here to stay. It's worth it. She was amazing. We saw, one of the best concerts of the year. He got the whole club fired up, the audience won it over easily, first time I saw Gazarte standing up at the end, to dance and sing… Imany was a star!” www.e-tetradio.gr

Source : culturenow.gr

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Yannis Kotsiras and Estoudiantina, for a concert in Technopolis

The "Technopolis" of the Municipality of Athens will host Giannis Kotsiras, who, together with the Studiadina of Nea Ionia Volos, will present a concert entitled "The Smyrna of Love", who wake up 90 years of memory with Smyrna songs, at 6 September 2012.

ORCHESTRA ARTISTIC DIRECTOR : ANDREAS KATSIGIANNIS
Performers Thodoris Mermigas and Irini Tumbakis participate

The Student of Nea Ionia Volos and Yiannis Kotsiras , on the occasion of 90 years of memory in Smyrna and the recent release of their album "SMYRNI TOU EROTA", present on Thursday, September 6 at "Technopolis" of the Municipality of Athens on 21:00 a great concert dedicated to the folk tradition and artistic creation of Smyrna. The show's repertoire consists of songs that have marked the 20s, while their traces reach up to World War II. Where can I find a woman who looks like you?, Beautiful Smyrnia,  Antonis Varkaris, Misirlou, The Gelekaki, Micromarried etc.  Elements so different from each other become one in the music that flourishes at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th in the region of Istanbul and Izmir. Songs that were the forerunner of Piraeus [rebetiki] school, σπουδαίων συνθετών, such as Kostas Skarvelis, Δημήτρης Σέμσης, Panagiotis Toundas, Σπύρος Περιστέρης, Νίκος Ρουμπάνης, Yannis Dragatsis or Ogdontakis, Γιάννης Νταλγκάς, Κώστας Κοφινιώτης, Apostolos Hatzichristos and quite traditionally unknown authors. These songs were not written only in Smyrna. They are songs that have every kind of connection with Smyrna. Είτε γράφτηκαν εκεί, whether they come from Smyrna creators in the Greek area.

Η καταστροφή του 1922 after all, was to change the course of Greek history in many ways. Ανάμεσα στα άλλα, he was supposed to bring the great masters of Smyrna from the shores of Asia Minor to cross their art with the Greek musicians. The music performed by the Students, the orchestras that were the biggest "study" where great Asia Minor creators taught and learned, arrived in Greece around 1870, at first on the outskirts of Athens and very soon it also conquered the center of the city of Athens. This kind of orchestra became the first and most authentic musical bridge, harmoniously combining the disparate nationalities, musically, cultural and creative elements of two such different worlds.

The proposed performance is a modern interpretation approach, with one of the most important Greek performers, Yiannis Kotsiras and with the Nea Ionia Volos School under the artistic direction of Andreas Katsigiannis, an excellent orchestra that genuinely and sensitively continues the tradition of the great orchestras that flourished in Asia Minor. With a Mediterranean temperament, excellent interpretations and with the orchestra's particular orchestral eye, the deep eroticism hidden in these songs is shown, with absolute respect for the original musical writing. Thodoris Mermigas and Irini Tumbaki participate in the interpretation.

Source : culturenow.gr