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<\/p>\nMystery_56 Culture 2030 Meeting was completed with great success in Elefsina. The Meeting was held between November 10 and 13, and it was a major legacy program of 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture, a 4-day celebration dedicated to Arts and Culture, under the curation of Kelly Diapouli, featuring discussions, workshops, presentations of artistic projects and networking actions, with the participation of international theorists, artists and cultural professionals, from Greece and abroad, as well as representatives of local government and residents and visitors of the city.<\/p>\n
Mystery_56 Culture 2030 Meeting, in its third edition, was developed around three basic axes: the mission of art and culture, the values that guide their practices and the well-being of the communities in which they are developed. Aiming at showcasing the connections between contemporary art and the everyday life of a city and its communities, the programme is developed around the themes of artistic citizenship, the art of sociability and the cultural development of cities and communities.<\/p>\n
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Mystery_56 Culture 2030 Meeting managed to create a natural meeting place for Greek and foreign cultural professionals\u2014from Lebanon, the Netherlands, Romania, the Czech Republic, Belgium, Portugal, Cyprus, Poland, Serbia, Germany, France and Denmark\u2014representatives of European institutions, artists, cultural managers, theorists, institutional bodies from the Municipalities of Attica and the wider region, as well as for all citizens interested in the cultural development of the region, arts and culture.<\/p>\n
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The following honored the meeting with their presence: Argyris Economou \u2013 Mayor of Elefsina, Andreas Vyras \u2013 Mayor of Larnace, Vangelis Diniakos \u2013 Mayor of Chaidari, Alexandros Pnevmatikos \u2013 Mayor of Korinthos, Fokion Zaimis \u2013 Deputy Governor of Entrepreneurship Research & Innovation, Region of Western Greece, Fotis Tatakis \u2013 Deputy Mayor for Culture, Municipality of Elefsina, Dimitris Papagiannaros \u2013 Deputy Mayor for IR & Tourism, Municipality of Elefsina, Lazaros Aslanidis \u2013 Deputy Mayor of Tourism of the Municipality of Veria, Manos Kitselis \u2013 Kaisariani Municipality Deputy Mayor of Education, Civil Protection, Tourism and Ecology, Panagiotis Sapkas \u2013 Deputy Mayor of Culture & Science, Municipality of Larissa, Kalliopi Papageli \u2013 Head of the Department of Prehistoric & Classical Antiquities of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Western Attica, Apostolos Kamarinakis \u2013 CEO of the Eleusis Port Authority, Sofia Adam \u2013 Vice President of the Public Benefit Enterprise of the Municipality of Elefsina (KEDE), Andreas Nefeloudis \u2013 Economist, former Director of the Lavrio Municipal Development Company, Katerina Grigoriadou \u2013 General Director of KEPA of the Municipality of Veria, Litsa Bafouni \u2013 Director of Culture of the Municipality of Piraeus, Thodoris Gonis \u2013 Director of Kavala DI.PE.THE., Kyriaki Spanou \u2013 Artistic Director of Thessalian Theatre, Haris Pehlivanidis \u2013 Artistic Director of Ioannina DI.PE.THE., Giannis Paraskevopoulos, former Artistic Director of Veria DI.PE.THE., Spiros Pisinos, Executive Director of Larnaca 2030 European Capital of Culture, candidate city, Yorgos Sarlis \u2013 Executive Director of Larissa 2030 ECoC, candidate city, Aurelien Zouki \u2013 Artistic Director of the Hammana Artist House, Dio Kagelari \u2013 Director of Studies at the Drama School of the National Theater, Henk Keizer \u2013 former Director of Leeuwarden \/ Friesland 2018 ECoC, \u039cilica Ilic \u2013 Reshape Coordinator, IETM Head of Communication & Administration and International Advisor at ONDA, Doreen Toutikian \u2013 Founder of the Beirut Design Week, MENA Design Research Center, Inge Ceustermans \u2013 Director of The Festival Academy, Ellada Evangelou \u2013 Artistic Director of the Buffer Fringe Festival, Immie Jonkman \u2013 Executive Director of the LF2028 Legacy Organization, Bruno Inacio \u2013 Head of Culture in the City of Faro, Stefan Teisanu, Director of the Cluj Cultural Centre, Yiannis Moiras \u2013 Coordinator of the Aeschylia Festival (1986-2000), Giorgos Skianis \u2013 Curator of Visual Exhibitions of the Aeschylia Festival, as well as various heads of public cultural institutions and organizations in the field of culture, entrepreneurship and innovation, local government representatives, artists, cultural managers, etc.<\/p>\n
Particularly important was the presentation in the newly established \u201cOpen Space\u201d of the work of more than 17 individual artists and\/or their groups, who are engaged in projects that are inextricably linked to the communities in which they are active, both in the neighborhoods of Athens and in the periphery.<\/p>\n
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Hidden and interesting facets of Elefsina were revealed through the works of local artists and associations, such as the Museum of Folklore Association \u201cTo Adrachti,\u201d which included a tour though the history and traditions of the Arvanites community of Elefsina, and the performance \u201cLemonia,\u201d by the Asia Minor Association which, through its collaboration with the director Yolanda Markopoulou as part of the performance Mystery_13 I_LEFT Asia Minor, guided the audience through the history of the refugee settlement of Elefsina, the Standing Wave by Culterra, a group of young creatives and creative professionals of the city, who transformed from young volunteers of the ECoC to a group of young creatives of the city, the Eleusinians Maria Kastani and Panagiotis Gkiokas, whocurated the walk entitled \u201cThe Guardians of Memory,\u201d fashion designer Nicoletta Pantazi, who connected the mythology of Elefsina to fashion, through an interesting performance, etc.<\/p>\n
Doreen Toutikian presented the work that she created during the European program RESHAPE, a participatory card game, inviting participants to rethink the way that they function within their workspace, their collaborations and their contact with other people.<\/p>\n
Adonis Volanakis met the audience on a blind date \u03c3\u03b5 for an experiential, participatory artistic workshop based on the creative partnership of people who begin from a different starting point but share the will for synergy and are curious.<\/p>\n
The issue of the \u201cmission\u201d of cultural organizations was at the heart of the workshop by Maria Vlachou, showcasing the difficulties faced by cultural professionals in describing the motives behind their actions, the mission of their work, as well as the values behind it.<\/p>\n
Mainly centered around the narrative axis of the environmental organizations of Elefsina, and guided by Christos Christakis from the civil society movement ECOELEUSIS, participants visited the bay of Vlycha, passing through the cement factory\u2019s (TITAN) establishments in the coastal zone.<\/p>\n
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The 3rd Culture 2030 Meeting concluded with Mystery_2 Clock tower voices. The original audio performance by 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture was held at the Clock, the city landmark on the hill within the archaeological site of Elefsina, with Maria Protopappa performing a unique interpretation of the \u201cSuppliants of Elefsina,\u201d that included extracts from Aeschylus\u2019 \u201cThe Suppliants,\u201d testimonies of women refugees from 1922, as well as original texts by Marianna Kalbari, who was in charge of the action\u2019s directorial curation.<\/p>\n
After an intensive three days of artistic workshops and working groups that fed back thoughts and discussion on contemporary artistic practices, participants, speakers and artists attempted a collective evaluation of Mystery_56 3rd Culture 2030 Meeting. The conclusions of this important meeting will be announced soon via the 2023eleusis.eu website.<\/p>\n