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ARTECITYA EVENTS
Envisioning the City of Tomorrow
[2014-2019] [EU programme]

PROJECTS
ARTECITYA Intro
ARTECITYA Residency
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INAUGURATION OF "POINTS OF VIEW" - THE NEW GARDEN ​BY ARTIST GIORGOS GYPARAKIS and
​PRESENTATION of GOETHE'S DREAM TO THE NEIGHBORS

Giorgos Gyparakis - "Points of View" (redesign of Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki's garden; inauguration & artist tour)
Alexandros Psychoulis - "Arkadien" (redesign of Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki's cafe; artist tour)
Theodoros Zafeiropolous - "Homeland" (work in progress; workshop with the artist) ​

​PROGRAMME:
19.00-20.00 Introduction to the projects (Auditorium)
20:00-21:00 Tour of the works with the artists & Homeland workshop*
20:00-23:00 Presentation of the Artecitya activities 2015-2016 (Artecitya space - behind the Café)

Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki
18/10/2016

Artists:
Giorgos Gyparakis
Alexandros Psychoulis
Theodoros Zafeiropolous

Food Concept:
Dimitris Koparanis

Music:
Synthetic

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Research Trip: USA, 2016

Christos Savvidis had the unique opportunity to exchange ideas and good-practices for ArtFor Social Change, discuss future collaborations and promote our actions for ARTECITYA at New York, Chicago and Washington.
The Research trip allowed us to join forces in an attempt to expand our effectiveness in engaging citizens in projects within the urban environment. 

USA
3 - 18/10/2016

Cities:
New York
Chicago
Washington


Designing Creative Synergies - Conference Participation

PANEL III
​"INTERVENTIONS IN PUBLIC SPACE / ART FOR SOCIAL CHANGE"

Artecitya participates in Designing Creative Synergies - 3rd International Conference, organised by the International Hellenic University, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the City of Thessaloniki, the Business & Cultural Development Centre, the Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki, the British Council, the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, The Telloglion Foundation for the Arts, the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art and Creativity Platform.

Martin Kohler - HafenCity University Hamburg
/ Ar s c uses of derelict buildings and landscapes - necessary condi ons for urban change?
Elli Chrisidou - Municipality of Thessaloniki
/ LABATTOIR: A socially interac ve engine - Synergies workshop
- Christos Savvidis - ArtBOX
/ ARTECITYA Agency: Making things happen 
- Swaantje Güntzel & Jan Philip Scheibe - ARTECITYA project
/ PLASTISPHERE interven ons and performances in public space - a review
/ ARTECITIYA Thessaloniki 2016 Residency #1 in collabora on with Goethe Ins tut Thessaloniki and artBOX.gr
Conf. Site

INTERNATIONAL HELLENIC UNIVERSITY AUDITORIUM
21/03/2016

Moderator:
Aris Kologiros (Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki)

Speakers:
Martin Kohler
Elli Chrysidou
Christos Savvidis
Swaantjie Guntzel & Philip Scheibe


ARTECITYA AGENCY LAUNCH

Following almost a year of field work and preparatory meetings with the city’s arts and culture agents, Artecitya Thessaloniki officially kick-starts the ARTECITYA AGENCY activities, which include: (click on the titles for more info)
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Goethe’s Dream
Three site-specific works – commissions to artists Giorgos Gyparakis, Alexandros Psychoulis and Theodoros Zafeiropoulos, especially for Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki. During the presentation, the artists themselves will talk about their works in a special guided tour.

The Unlearning Series
Lectures and workshops, aiming to provide the knowledge, tools and inspiration to develop contemporary cultural practices, in order to participate in the complex spatial state of today’s reality, using the materials and strategies of philosophy, critical geography, political theory and contemporary art. A concept by art theorist Eleni Garoufalia, realised in the framework of Artecitya in collaboration with Rania Emmanouilidou (les yper yper). 

Innovation Gym
​A practical crash course that teaches participants how to get new and innovative ideas, how to select and predict which of their ideas will succeed, and how to design the blueprints and plans of their idea in a rapid-mapping approach.

Goethe Institut Thessaloniki
23 November 2015


ARTECITYA Partners Meeting Strasbourg

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Apollonia Space
Strasbourg, France
19-20 Nov 2015

Organised by:
Apollonia

Partners:
Apollonia european art exchanges (Strasbourg) (leader/host)
Goethe Institut Thessaloniki
ARTos Foundation (Nicosia)
Bellastock (Paris)
KUNSTrePUBLIK (Berlin)
Laznia (Gdansk)
MOTA (Ljubljana)


ARTECITYA Kick-off Meeting

[working session]

Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki hosts the first meeting between the ARTECITYA partners.
Discussions include programming and administrative issues, joint projects and collaborations between the different partners, as well as scenarios for the sustainability of the network after the conclusion of the program's four years preliminary period. 
Photos: Ingo Duennebier

Goethe Institut Thessaloniki
29-30 January 2015

Organised by:
Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki

Co-Coordination:
ArtBOX

Partners:
Goethe Institut Thessaloniki (host)
Apollonia european art exchanges (Strasbourg) (leader)
ARTos Foundation (Nicosia)
Bellastock (Paris)
CIANT (Prague)
KUNSTrePUBLIK (Berlin)
Laznia (Gdansk)
MOTA (Ljubljana)


Public Presentation in Thessaloniki
[conference]

The first public presentation of ARTECITYA and the AGENCY takes place on Saturday, 31 January 2015, from 10.00 to 17.00, at the auditorium of the Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki (66 Vassilissis Olgas Str.). During the public presentation / workshop, various themes are presented: the program and its main partners; specific proposals, already underway, characteristic of ARTECITYA’s philosophy; local partners; and theoretical approaches. 

Entrance to the audience is free. 
Discussions held in Greek or English, with parallel interpretation. 

Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki
Greece
31 January 2015, 10.00-17.00

Speakers:
Sotirios Bahtsetzis (art theorist, curator), Mats Bigert (artist), Ellie Chrysidou (Deputy Mayor of Culture), Bruno Gross (Executive Director, Goethe-Institut), Effie Halivopoulou (artist, Head of the Visual Arts Programme at Deree, American College in Athens), Dimitris Konstantinidis (Director, Apollonia), Peter Panes (Director, Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki), Laurent Reynes (artist, architect), Christos Savvidis (Founding Director, ArtBOX), Theodoros Zafeiropoulos (artist), Volker Ziegler (architect)

And representatives from: Apollonia (France), Bellastock (France), CIANT (Czech Republic), MoTA (Slovenia), Laznia (Poland), ARTos Foundation (Cyprus), KUNSTrePUBLIK (Germany)

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“KATHIMERINI” 3.Feb.2015
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“KATHIMERINI” 8.Feb.2015
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Programme
programme.pdf
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Press release (GR)
press_artecitya_gr.pdf
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Press release (EN)
press_artecitya_en.pdf
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