Thursday, November 8, 2012
E X H I B I T I O N S
Sweets are not Forever
The Benaki Museum Shop at the Pireos Street Annex building is hosting a very 'sweet' exhibition featurings 4000 multicoloured ceramic chocolates, 60 small painted works, drawings on paper and other exhibits.
You can enjoy the exhibition until November 11, without taking any calorie!
- Who is Afraid of the Walls?
The Benaki Museum of Islamic Art, located close to the ancient Kerameikos cemetery, presents, until November 11, the work of artist Athina Ioannou, Who is Afraid of the Walls?.
Ioannou has decided to work in the basement area of a building where a section of the ancient walls of the city of Athens exists from the 4th century B.C., underlining thus her relation to the historic space by using simple and subtle undertones. A publication will accompany the exhibition with texts by Maria Marangou and Jackie-Ruth Meyer, Director of the Centre d'Art le Lait.
T H E A T R E
Jan Fabre @ Athens Concert Hall
One of the most versatile artists of our time Jan Fabre stages his historical performance The Power of Theatrical Madness, at the Athens Concert Hall, on November 14-15.
The play celebrates the former glory of theatre, with a lot of velvet, deep-red chairs and gilt ornaments; theatre as diversion and hallucinations for the gentry. But the illusions that are staged are no longer theatrical; this production reveals the end point, where the economy of illusion transcends itself.
The play celebrates the former glory of theatre, with a lot of velvet, deep-red chairs and gilt ornaments; theatre as diversion and hallucinations for the gentry. But the illusions that are staged are no longer theatrical; this production reveals the end point, where the economy of illusion transcends itself.
D A N C E- Lemi Ponifasio @ Onassis Centre
Samoan Choreographer Lemi Ponifasio, stages his latest creation Birds With Skymirrors at the Onassis Cultural Centre, from November 7 to 11.
The choreography is a multi-layered work that focuses on the subject of oceanic pollution and climate change. It combines film footage, sounds and an innovative lights design, with dance.
The choreography is a multi-layered work that focuses on the subject of oceanic pollution and climate change. It combines film footage, sounds and an innovative lights design, with dance.
- Battle of the Best Athens 2012
The Hiphop/Breakdance Festival Battle of the Best Athens 2012 returns revamped and full of innovations to reward the best. The event will take place on November 10 at the ACS Arts Centre, featuring dancers from Greece and the Balkan countries, who compete in several breakdance categories. In addition, a Streetdance Theatre Vol.2 will take place as part of the Festival, with top dancers presenting streetdance choreographies.
M U S I C 
- Wonder-fall Quartet @ Jazz Point
The Wonder-fall Quartet plays live at the Jazz Point on November 9. The group is mostly influenced by the sound of ECM recordings and the powerful lyricism of Esbjorn Svensson Trio.
Atmospheric sound, powerful improvisations, lyricism and outbursts of energy fill the quartet’s repertoire.
2nd Jazz Marathon / Unplugged Festival
The 2nd Jazz Marathon/unplugged festival takes place at the premises of the Parnassos Literary Society on November 9.
Atmospheric sound, powerful improvisations, lyricism and outbursts of energy fill the quartet’s repertoire.
2nd Jazz Marathon / Unplugged Festival The 2nd Jazz Marathon/unplugged festival takes place at the premises of the Parnassos Literary Society on November 9.
Fourteen young musicians and ensembles will present their compositions and play instruments such as jazz guitar, piano, the rarer hammond organ and the Greek Cretan lyra.
