ECHO II: Traditions in Transition

“ECHO II: Traditions In Transition” (September 2020 – June 2022) was a European cultural project, in the context of which we invited artists living in North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece and Hungary, and working in the fields of painting, sculpture, graphic design, fashion design, craftwork and mural to create original artworks inspired by the following selected local traditions:

We perceive local traditions as dynamic and evolving processes that shape and are shaped by the lives of local communities. This means that we recognise traditions as constitutive elements of cultural identities, but we don’t consider them as ‘objects’ that need to remain unaltered and get protected via musealisation. In this light,  we took a critical stance towards established but unfruitful perspectives that restrict innovation and creativity, and we considered ECHO II an opportunity:

  • for artists to highlight and renew local traditions through contemporary artistic creation, and
  • for the local communities to self-reflect, and hence, reconceptualise and revitalise their own traditions within the framework of European cultural heritage.

PARTNERS

STAFF

Veroniki Krikoni
Project Coordinator
(Inter Alia)
Nikos Pasamitros
Artists’ Coordinator
(Inter Alia)
Alkyoni Divari
Spetses Local Arts Exhibition Curator
(Inter Alia)
Revekka Kefalea
Open Access Advocate &
Quality Assurance Coordinator
(Inter Alia)
Alexandros Vakoulas
Communication Manager
(Inter Alia)
Panagiotis Diapoulis
Photographer
(Inter Alia)
Milcho Duli
Project Manager
(SFERA INTERNATIONAL)
Katerina Popovska
Artists’ Coordinator
(SFERA INTERNATIONAL)
Pepa Peneva
Project Manager
(Open Space Foundation)
Gergő Paukovics
Project Manager,
Artists’ Coordinator
(Pro Progressione)
Tímea Kókai-Nagy
Communication Manager
(Pro Progressione)
Vasiliki Maltasoglou
Communication Manager
(Balkans Beyond Borders)
Marianna Stefanitsi
Project Manager
(Balkans Beyond Borders)
Kostas Konstantinidis
Digital Strategist
(PostScriptum)
Mina Karatza
Project Manager
(PostScriptum)
Katerina Psimmenou
Multidisciplinary Designer
(PostScriptum)

ASSOCIATED PARTNERS

SPONSORS

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