Creative international interventions in cultural and natural ecologies related to the Mediterranean Sea
Between 11-14 of January, 2024, partners of the Sea Change program from Kontejner and NeMe visited Thessaloniki and the MOMus.
They had the chance to follow the presentation of the 1st part of the Sea Change program’s workshop “Post – Platform: tracing the unseen, drawing the upcoming”, to meet with the participants, to have extended discussions on each presentation, that took place at the MOMus-ECA venue’s loft and offices.
“’Post Platform’: detecting the unseen, tracing the impending” is an arts and architecture workshop organized by visual artist and associate professor at the School of Architecture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Nadia Kalara.
A Sea Beyond (its Aesthetics) photography workshop
The catalogue is published online.
Creative Europe Desk Greece organised a two-day conference on 20 and 21 September 2023, with the participation of invited representatives of cultural and creative institutions from Greece and from the Creative Europe Desks of Norway Kreativt Europa Kulturdesk Norge, Estonia Loov Euroopa and Latvia Radošās Eiropas birojs Latvijā / Creative Europe Desk LV.
The Mass Souvenirs workshop was held at the premises of MOMus – Experimental Center for the Arts – APOTHIKI B1, Port of Thessaloniki and was successfully completed, re-approaching the idea of the souvenir and tourisn in the coastal areas of Thessaloniki, focusing on both ecology, sustainability of the industrial product, as well as its social interpretation.
Documenting a photography workshop that changed our point of view in the sea. For five days a team of 21 photographers worked around the Thermaikos Golf in Thessaloniki, reapproaching the view of the sea, focusing their views beyond the aesthetic side of photography.
The MOMus-Experimental Center for the Arts is promoting an open call to young designers who would like to participate in the product design workshop entitled “Mass Souvenirs”, led by the internationally acclaimed product designer Athanasios Babalis and his team, George Giannikopoulos and George Bosnas.
The program links issues of mass tourism, souvenir production and ecology with identity practices and memory production/manipulation.
Open call for a five-day workshop on photography with Stratos Kalafatis and Lia Nalbantidou
