Permanent Visual Intervention, Asylum for the Infirm
“THE CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION AT THE ASYLUM FOR THE INFIRM
Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 December 2016
Opening hours: 10:30–18:30
(Agias Zonis 39, Kypseli)
General coordination: Iris Kritikou and the Asylum for the Infirm
• BAZAAR with handicrafts made by the residents, decorations, objects, treats and lots and lots more surprises!
• Bazaar coordination: Vicky Dalakosta Brani
• Permanent visual intervention, donated by the participating artists for the hospital’s premises. Participating artists:
Anna Ambariotou, Katia Varvaki, Marios Voutsinas, Dimitris Giannelos, Olga Goulandri & mosaickosmos, Anastasia Dalma, Dikaia Despotaki, Maria Diakodimitriou, Tania Dimitrakopoulou, Konstantinos Esslin, Annita Kalimeri, Minas Kambitakis, Alina Matsa, Stella Meletopoulou, Chariton Bekiaris, Georgia Bliatsou, Rouli Boua, Gefso Papadaki, Angela Petrocheilou, Giorgos Saltaferos, Mary Samoli, Zefi Syrivli, Giorgos Tzaneris, Vaso Tringa, Pavlos Chambidis, Athina Chatzi & Sandra Christou. (project 2015)
Elesa Antypa, Nektarios Aposporis, Eirini Vogiatzi, Maria Gennitsariou, Andreas Georgiadis, Dimitris Giannelos, Tina Danon, Frangiskos Doukakis, Konstantinos Esslin, Stavroula Kaziale, Georgia Kokkini, Dimitra Konstantinidi, Maria Kotsou, Stavroula Mitsakou, Roila Bouzea, Mary Pappa, Maria Pastra, Myrto Partamani, Antonia Simatou, Giannis Tsoumas, Anastasia Syrbopoulou, Christina Simantira, Marina Stellatou, Antonia Simatou, Antonis Tsakiris, Penny Chondrogianni & Christina Farmaki (project 2016)
Curator of the permanent intervention: Iris Kritikou
• Art exhibition on the theme “Christmas at the Asylum for the Infirm”. Participating artists:
Anna Ambariotou, Elesa Antypa, Nektarios Aposporis, Anna Achilleos, Katia Varvaki, Marios Voutsinas, Eirini Vogiatzi, Mary Galani-Kritikou, Maria Gennitsariou, Andreas Georgiadis, Dimitris Giannelos, Olga Goulandri, Anastasia Dalma, Tina Danon, Dikaia Despotaki, Maria Diakodimitriou, Tania Dimitrakopoulou, Frangiskos Doukakis, Konstantinos Esslin, Alexia Efstathopoulou, Stavroula Kaziale, Annita Kalimeri, Minas Kambitakis, Voula Karambatzaki, Georgia Kokkini, Iris Kritikou, Dimitra Konstantinidi, Maria Kotsou, Alina Matsa, Stella Meletopoulou, Chariton Bekiaris, Georgia Bliatsou, Rouli Boua, Roila Bouzea, Fotini Othoneou, Gefso Papadaki, Mary Pappa, Maria Pastra, Angela Petrocheilou, Myrto Partamani, Giorgos Saltaferos, Vasilis Selimas, Christina Simantira, Antonia Simatou, Marina Stellatou, Zefi Syrivli, Vaso Tringa, Antonis Tsakiris, Virginia Filippousi, Pavlos Chambidis, Athina Chatzi, Penny Chondrogianni & Sandra Christou.
Curator of the exhibition: Iris Kritikou
SATURDAY 17 DECEMBER
• 11.00, in the Asylum’s common room: a concert kindly given by soloists of the GREEK NATIONAL OPERA. Lydia Angelopoulou (mezzo-soprano), Despoina Skarlatou (soprano), Stamatis Beris (tenor), Giannis Christopoulos (tenor), Achilleas Beris (violin) and Veniamin Chatzikoumbaroglou (piano) perform well-known pieces from operas and Greek operettas, and unforgettable Greek songs
• 12.30: The Angels of Joy sing songs of old Athens with the residents of our hospital. A musical journey, cheerful yet moving, through the inside of the hospital.
• 13.00: we tour the Asylum for the Infirm and the artists’ exhibitions with “Every Saturday in Athens”.
• 14.30, in the Asylum’s common room: the group session Refeel\ Breath Mastery & Sound Therapy, free and open to the public. The session combines Breath with Sound, two exceptionally valuable therapeutic tools that make a decisive contribution to our relaxation, mood, health and energy, with immediately visible results!
The founder and coordinator of the Refeel\ Breath Mastery & Sound Therapy programme is Katerina Angelopoulou
• 16.30, in the Asylum’s common room: Michalis and Pantelis Kalogerakis guide us through poetry set to music, to mark the recent release of their first album, “Prosopiko” (Personal), published by Mikri Arktos.
SUNDAY 18 DECEMBER
• 11:00, in the Asylum’s common room: “Onassis Stegi and the Animasyros International Animation Festival + Agora, the largest animation festival in Greece, are taking part in the two-day Christmas programme at the Asylum for the Infirm with special screenings of animated films for the residents from the Festival’s archive, as well as films made through Animasyros’s educational activities, carried out with the support of Onassis Stegi over the past two years.” The films shown will include My stuffed granny by Efi Pappa, winner of the Festival’s best student film award in 2014, which treats a difficult subject – the crisis Greece is facing today – with optimism, offering a message of hope; Morning Walk by Maria Douni & Ilektra Fotopoulou, which takes us by the hand and introduces us to Athens; and Etoile Polaire (Pole Star) by Ilaeira Misirliadi, which shows us the anxious, comic efforts of a polar bear who wants to become a ballerina!
• 11.30: the talented secondary-school pupils Sinta Frangou (vocals) & Petros Petridis (guitar) perform Christmas songs and other favourites for the institution’s patients and visitors.
• 12.30: Presentation of “I’m Bringing Up My Grandma”, a book by the writer and educator Vangelis Iliopoulos, illustrated by Katia Varvaki (Publisher: Paidiki Nomiki Vivliothiki; series: Small Steps for Long Roads). A grandmother and her grandson read how, as life moves on, they swap roles, building a relationship that will last for ever.
• 16:00, in the Asylum’s hospital: Onassis Stegi and the Animasyros International Animation Festival + Agora present a selection of films by Greek women animators from the Animasyros archive.
• 16.30, “Once upon a time, Christmas came”: a musical walk starting in the common room and ending in the hospital: Angeliki Tsima, vocals; Sesilia Sarantopoulou, Ilia Giokari, Marina Pepelasi, Giota Athanasoulia – piano; Nikos Siskas – texts.”
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