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Kickstarter Campaign: Through Black Eyes | Comics Collection
A collection of comics that transcends borders, cultures and time itself. Inspired by the heritage of the Shadow Theatre and Karagiozis, “Through Black Eyes” brings together exceptional comic stories by ten talented artists from the Balkans and the EU. The stories delve into the world of Karagiozis, a character that symbolises the working class, resilience…
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Comics ECHO Academy | 12 June – 2 July
Ten artists from Greece, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and Serbia came to Athens to participate in the ECHO Academies Comics Academy. The Comics Academy aimed to give the artists all the tools to be able to create their original comic stories inspired by the Karagiozis shadow puppet theatre and to design their…
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Imaginarul căsătoriei în Balcani – Video Poems, 13 March 2023, @ Rezidenta9
The two-weeks residency in Bucharest, that actually started two months before, brought together six female emerging artists, with different backgrounds (some in film-making, and some in visual art, performative art, and conceptual art). All were coordinated by two facilitators, and received information and feedback from five professionals during four masterclasses. During the residency, they formed…
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“For Memory’s Sake” Play in Bellos Theatre, Athens
When you have no other choice, you name the path that others have laid out for you as a “choice” and you go with it. And what is left in the end? -Memories- memories keep you and give you strength to move forward. “For Memory’s Sake” – an “ode” to arranged marriage, unfolds to the…
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Press Release “For Memory’s Sake”
Premiere, February 6 2023 @MpellosTheatreFor 8 performances Presale via Viva: https://www.viva.gr/tickets/theater/dia-mian-anamnisin/ & at the theater box office, tel. 210 32 29 889 When you have no other choice, you name the path that others have laid out for you as a “choice” and you go with it. And what is left in the end? -Memories-…
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Academic paper on the ECHO I project
Four and a half years after the first European Cultural Heritage Onstage project, the academic echo of the ECHO I project is still strong. This January, a research paper titled Approaching Dark Cultural Heritage Places through Visual Arts: The ECHO (European Cultural Heritage Onstage) Project, authored by Nikos Pasamitros and Veroniki Krikoni, was published in…
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ECHO III – For Memory’s Sake | Meet the Athens Residency Team
Panagiotis is a graduate of “Dilos-Dimitra Chatoupi” drama school while he is currently a student in the Department of Theater Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Athens. At the same time, he works as an actor and assistant director. His love for traditional dances led him to teaching and for the…
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ECHO III – Open call for artists
Musicians, Actors, Visual Artists, Writers Four Paid Art Residencies: Greece (Theatre) – 01/2023-03/2023 (46 days) Bucharest (Visual Artists) – 03/2023 (2 weeks) Sofia (Musicians) – 01/2023-02/2023 (2 weeks) Tirana (Writers) – 03/2023 (2 weeks) Wandering Arts Caravan a tour to Bucharest, Vidin, Sofia, Ioannina, Elbasan, Tirana – 09/2023 (11 days) ECHO III: for memory’s sake”…
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The ECHO II digital collection of artworks on Europeana
We are happy to share with you that the ECHO II digital collection of artworks is now also available on Europeana – the platform and infrastructure that provides art lovers, cultural heritage enthusiasts, professionals, educators, and researchers with digital access to European cultural heritage materials, to inspire and inform multivocal perspectives and critical discussions around…
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GLAM Hack workshop
On Wednesday 25 May 2022, Balkans Beyond Borders and GLAM Hack welcomed a group of cultural managers, GLAM professionals and creatives to the 2-session workshop, organised in the context of the open access policy of ECHO II, and facilitated by Revekka Kefalea, our open access advocate and recent graduate of the CC Certificate for GLAM.
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Cultivating mindful communities: About the ECHO II event in Kythnos island
On the 21st and 22nd of May 2022, PostScriptum organised the local event “Cultivating Mindful Communities” in Kythnos island, presenting the ECHO II project to local artists and communities, and exhibiting the artworks created in the ECHO II art residencies in dialogue with the local tradition of Xerolithia (the art of drystone walling).
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Cultivating mindful communities: An ECHO II event in Kythnos island
PostScriptum invites you to an event in Kythnos island, presenting the ECHO II project to local artists and communities, and exhibiting the artworks created in the ECHO II art residencies in dialogue with the local tradition of Xerolithia (the art of drystone walling). The event will take place on the 21st and 22nd of May 2022, at the primary school…
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GLAM Hack workshop announcement
Balkans Beyond Borders and GLAM Hack, in the context of the open access policy of the ECHO II project, co-organize a 2-session workshop for artists, heritage professionals, cultural managers, activists and anyone interested in the Open GLAM movement. The workshop will take place on Wednesday 25 May 2022 (time: 17:30 – 21:00) at Goethe-Institut Athen.
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ECHO II webinar series: Artists thriving in the digital era
During February 2022, PostScriptum offered a series of three (3) webinars as part of the digital strategy of ECHO II, providing insights and tools to empower artists, heritage professionals, cultural managers and nonprofit organisations in the digital era.
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Artists thriving in the digital era: An ECHO II webinar series
PostScriptum, in the context of the digital strategy and outreach of ECHO II, announces a series of three (3) webinars providing insights and tools to empower artists, heritage professionals, cultural managers and civil society organizations in the digital era.
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Gala of Curiosities in Pristina (Kosovo)
On 29 and 30 October 2021, Balkans Beyond Borders hosted the Gala of Curiosities -a networking and audience development event of ECHO II- in the context of the 12th BBB Short Film Festival, which took place in Pristina, Kosovo. This event consisted of a series of activities that presented the ECHO II project and its artistic outcomes to…
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Creative documentary: “Dark Vein”
Click to learn more about the creative documentary “Dark Vein” that was created by Stratis Vogiatzis and Giorgos Samantas, and produced by Inter Alia and Caravan Project during the ECHO I project.
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ECHO II – Open call for artists (extra)
We are looking for 4 artists (1 from Greece, 1 from Bulgaria, 1 from North Macedonia, and 1 from Hungary), who are working in the fields of painting, sculpture, graphicdesign, fashion design, craftwork, and mural to participate in the fifth *extra* art residency of the project.
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ECHO I keeps echoing: Dark Vein screening at the 23rd TDF
We are happy to announce that ECHO: European Cultural Heritage Onstage keeps echoing via the screening of “Dark Vein” at the 23rd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (24 June – 4 July 2021).
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ECHO II – Open call for artists (2)
We are looking for 4 artists (1 from Greece, 1 from Bulgaria, 1 from North Macedonia, and 1 from Hungary), who are working in the fields of painting, sculpture, graphic design, fashion design, and craftwork to participate in the forth and final art residency of the project.
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Győr art residency – COVID-19 update
In light of COVID-19 crisis, we decided to postpone the Art Residency in Győr, Hungary, and organise it in July 2021.
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ECHO II – Open call for artists (1)
We are looking for 12 artists (3 from Greece, 3 from Bulgaria, 3 from North Macedonia, and 3 from Hungary), who are working in the fields of painting, sculpture, graphic design, fashion design, craftwork, and mural to participate in the first three (3) art residencies of the project (one artist from each country in each…
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Local activities in Athens and Ioannina (Greece)
Click to learn more about the local activities that took place in Athens and Ioannina (Greece) during the ECHO I project.
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Final art exhibition in Veliki Preslav (Bulgaria)
Click to learn more about the final art exhibition of the ECHO I project that took place in Veliki Preslav (Bulgaria).
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Art residency and local events in Novi Sad (Serbia)
Click to learn more about the art residency and local events that took place in Novi Sad (Serbia) during the ECHO I project.
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Art residency and local events in Bitola (North Macedonia)
Click to learn more about the art residency and the local events that took place in Bitola (North Macedonia) during the ECHO I project.