Call for participation
wooloo.org/open-call/entry/133503
Exhibition in Alexandroupolis-Samothrace
with simultaneous events in Thebes and Patmos
Org/Coordination: Union of Cultural Associations of Evros EPOFEthe PAI 2010 collection
Concept/ Project curator: Polyxene Kasda
will be hosted in the AthensArt 2010 international exhibition in Technopolis Athens 1-15/9/10
the Athensart catalogue
ΠΑΙ
“The eon is a child playing, tossing dice;
the kingdom is the Child’s” Heraclites
the kingdom is the Child’s” Heraclites
Antonis Papantoniou {Vim Viva}, Infinitoy, Athens
This saying of Heraclites seems to encapsulate the awareness of our age, in which, like children, we play with cultural landscapes, tossing with probabilities and open possibilities. In the winged dimension of our space age, where all cultures meet and crash, PAI seems to be the unageing nucleus behind cultural diversities and styles; an archetype that manifests itself in the end and the beginning of eons.
The word PAI, meaning Child, is inscribed on many sacred items in the museum of Samothrace. The Cabirian mysteries like the Eleusinian ones, were consumed with the birth of the pre-eternal Child.
The Archetype of the Child is central in C.Young’s deep psychology and he inscribed Heraclites’ saying, on a cubic stone on his Bollingen tower, in an effort to reassert this “neglected cornerstone, despised by fools and cherished by the wise”
Bollingen lapis,
C.G.Jung residence in Swiss {ph.sharealike}
On the 22nd of August 2010, an international cultural arch will be inaugurated, in Samothrace, titled PAI/ the eon is a Child playing, meant to restore, in a utilitarian world, the ontological importance of this island Since May 18th, the works will being hosted in the Museum of Natural History of Alexandroupolis, before being exhibited in the Municipal Center of Samothrace .
Children will interact with the artists, by creating an installation dedicated to the return of the Storks, index of fertility and health of ecosystems, under the title: Cicogna, Cicogna, come back. 
Ayshe-Mira Yashin, TurkishCypriot/Cambridge-UK
We hope that our project, based on the principle of regeneration, will work like the Heraclia Lithos of Samothrace, which was said to transmit its magnetic power to the iron rings of the initiates who, in turn, transmitted to the others, the Power of the Stone. This is the role of the artist, according to Socrates: he transmits the spirit of his age, only with his presence. Your presence will be felt through your artworks.
Polyxene Kasda
Procedure
-1st of January – 22nd of June 2010
Please send an image of your work with a very short biographical note to polykasda@gmail.com
- After getting the final OK, please send the work, by simple post, to
Katerina Kaltsou, EPOFE Plateia Polytechniou, Alexandroupoli, PC 68100, Greece
The works should be light, sent in envelopes or rolls. They will be framed by the local municipality
The deadline for the arrival of the works, in Alexandroupolis EPOFE, is the 9th of July 2010
The works will remain in the permanent collection/exhibition of the municipality. A catalogue will be issued .
Curators of the exhibition in Alexandroupolis-Samothrace:
Polyxene Kasda, Artist member of EETE/IAA UNESCO, writer, Athens
Dores Sacquegna, Director of Primo Piano Livingallery, Lecce, Italy
Pierre Chirouze, President of the artistic association K-Droz, Paris
Organization :
EPOFE, Union of Cultural Associations of Evros
Katerina Kaltsou, local newspaper co-editor, Secretary of EPOFE
Curator of the event in the Cabeirion of Thebes:
Constantin Angelou, Artist member of EETE/IAA UNESCO
Curator of the event in Patmos island:
Maria Pesmazoglou, Artist member of EETE/IAA UNESCO
While our call is going on
Children are sending their works for the PAI complementary installation
Cicogna, Cicogna come back
co-curated by Poly Kasda and Giota Vorgia
co-curated by Poly Kasda and Giota Vorgia
Achilleas Papantoniou is 2,5 years old, digital art, Athens
Odysseas Papantoniou is 4.5 years old, digital art, Athens
Joziana Papada is 5.5 years old, digital art, Athens
Jason Angelou, 3years old, Thebes, Greece
Dora Riga, 7 years old, Athens
The works that have arrived in Alexandroupolis
are already being exhibited in the local Museum of Natural History
since the 18th of May 2010
view from the interior of the museum of natural history of Maisros, Alexandroupolis
Pai 2010 in the museum
ΠΑΙ 19/5/2010 museum of natural history of Maistrou Alexandroulis
PAI 2010 exhibition in the museum
and
while our Call is going on
selected artists are sending their works from everywhere in the world
Dev Udaiyan, Eon, India/Cambridge
Masaki Yada, Primopiano Liningallery, Lecce, Italy
Barbara Lichtman, Animalkingdom, Brooklyn, Ν.Υ. USA{wooloo.org}
Mirek Antoniewicz, the next walk way, Poland {wooloo.org}
Elisa Laraia, video art, Primo Piano LivinGallery, Lecce
Aggelika Korovessi, Kronos balancer, Athens
Polyxene Kasda, doodling, Athens
Piero Ferroglia, Torino, Italy
Marea Atkinson, Mythic Universe, Australia {wooloo.org}
Constantin Angelou, Thebes, Greece
Hakan Akcura, look what beautiful seashells {video},Stockhholm {wooloo.org}http://blip.tv/file/1622559
Giselle Diaz Campagna, Aleph Boys, video art, San Juan Puerto Rico/Denver Colorado {wooloo.org}http://vimeo.com/1489078
Eozen Agopian, Armenia/Greece
Marie-Pierre Legrand, Vie d' une Oeuvre, K-Droz, Paris
Mahnaz Doustikhah, Quand j'avais cinq ans, Iran/K-Droz, Paris
Marilena Vita, Primopiano Livingallery, Lecce, Italy
Alexis Duque, Colombia/NY {wooloo.org}
Vera Tataro, Angel, Prague, Czech Republic {wooloo.org}
Dellavilla, K-Droz, Paris
Gheorghe Zaharia, Totem, Romania
Virginia Videa, Romania
Dimitra Bourouliti, silk embroidery,Soufli, Greece
Miron Milio, Zagreb, Croatia
