ID Identities: The 25 faces of Kostas Hatzopoulos challenge us to observe them

In the "ID Identities" collection,  25 particular persons are "observers" of the boundary between inside and outside, shape and non-shape, the form and the beautiful. Self-sufficient entities, part of the landscape and space,they form a horizon with their gaze.
Despite the strictness of the expression , the forms diffuse into the colors and the lines through a secret freedom that synchronizes the opposites. Each person encloses the landscape and is part of it, thus defining his identity. The viewer becomes the observer of the observer .
  Kostas Hatzopoulos is a musician. He was born in Athens, studied economics and music at the same time. From an early age he was involved in composition. Qualified for the Manos Hadjidaki Greek Song Competitions in Corfu 1982 and won the first prize in the Greek Composition competition for the guitar 1984. He writes original music for film, television and theater and at the same time deals with orchestration and music production. The 1998 forms with Katerina Nitsopoulou the band ANEMOS. He actively participates in the Greek discography and collaborates with many Greek artists. His first contact with art was painting which he never left.
  
Info  Inauguration:Thursday 4 May 2017, at 20:00Duration: 4 – 19May Opening hours: Tuesday – Saturday 18:00 – 22:00Sunday 14:00 – 20:00, Monday closed
*Friday 19 May: COLOR AND MELODY DAYS – Live ANEMOS (entrance 5 euros with drink)

CEBR: Electrification is the future for clean cities

Oslo, London and Amsterdam lead initiative to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from transport.

Oslo, London and Amsterdam are leading a big-city initiative to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from transport with the help of new technology that will curb climate change and reduce air pollution, results from a study, which was made public.

European cities occupy eight of the top ten positions — along with Tokyo and Seoul — in the ranking with the 35 cities compiled by the Center for Economic and Business Research (CEBR) with the support of the smartphone chip maker, by Qualcomm.

“Oslo is set to become the world's first zero-emissions transport city”, according to the CEBR report which estimates both existing policies and plans to promote them “green transport”: from electric cars to bicycles.

Το μετρό της νορβηγικής πρωτεύουσας, τα τραμ και τα λεωφορεία ήδη κινούνται με υδροηλεκτρισμό, ενώ η Νορβηγία έχει το υψηλότερο ποσοστό ηλεκτρικών αυτοκινήτων στον κόσμο.

Το δημοτικό συμβούλιο του Όσλο σχεδιάζει να περιορίσει σημαντικά την πρόσβαση στα συμβατικά αυτοκίνητα στο κέντρο της πόλης.

According to the report, το Λονδίνο που βρίσκεται στη δεύτερη θέση, “ίσως να μη φαίνεται ως παράδειγμα πράσινης πόλης σε όλους τους κατοίκους τουαλλά οι περισσότεροι μετακινούνται με τα μέσα μαζικής μεταφοράς αντί με αυτοκίνητο.

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ID Identities: The 25 faces of Kostas Hatzopoulos challenge us to observe them

In the "ID Identities" collection,  25 particular persons are "observers" of the boundary between inside and outside, shape and non-shape, the form and the beautiful. Self-sufficient entities, part of the landscape and space,they form a horizon with their gaze.
Despite the strictness of the expression , the forms diffuse into the colors and the lines through a secret freedom that synchronizes the opposites. Each person encloses the landscape and is part of it, thus defining his identity. The viewer becomes the observer of the observer .
  Kostas Hatzopoulos is a musician. He was born in Athens, studied economics and music at the same time. From an early age he was involved in composition. Qualified for the Manos Hadjidaki Greek Song Competitions in Corfu 1982 and won the first prize in the Greek Composition competition for the guitar 1984. He writes original music for film, television and theater and at the same time deals with orchestration and music production. The 1998 forms with Katerina Nitsopoulou the band ANEMOS. He actively participates in the Greek discography and collaborates with many Greek artists. His first contact with art was painting which he never left.
  
Info  Inauguration:Thursday 4 May 2017, at 20:00Duration: 4 – 19May Opening hours: Tuesday – Saturday 18:00 – 22:00Sunday 14:00 – 20:00, Monday closed
*Friday 19 May: COLOR AND MELODY DAYS – Live ANEMOS (entrance 5 euros with drink)