What about this city
The city as theorem of existence
What
is the heart of a town? The soul of a town? Why is a town said to be,
beautiful, or said to be ugly? What is beautiful and what is ugly in a town?
Georges Perec,
Species of Spaces and Other Pieces, p.61, transl.John Sturrock, Penguin Classics, 1988
Living in Athens for the past year while coming from Thessaloniki, it feels like I am stuck in a curious space in between. Sometimes it feels unfamiliar when trying to perceive the cthe two cities and myself in in them. It almost feels like I don’t belong in any of them, or maybe I belong to both cities.
Work in progress 1
I began sending letters to my old address in Thessaloniki, as a resident of Athens, writing about bits and pieces of my life there and vice versa. It felt like a game of table tennis, an exchange of letters that could capture the moments, the everyday errands, feelings and thoughts of a life in one city. Bits and pieces of my life in between two cities.
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Work in progress 2
I kept running into other women that also lived in between these cities and they would talk to me about their own perspective.
What about this city is a project that focuses on the understanding of urban spaces as imagined and lived experience. The representation of these spaces is perceived through a collective monitoring of the urban environment, yet projected through personal lenses.
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Video 2021 Duration: 13:30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rurTX92WAEk&ab_channel=EugeniaGrammenou
It was presented at Tales of X-cities, Goethe - Institute Thessaloniki and ArtBOX, curated by C. Savidis, S. Bahtzetzis, L. Hatziakovou
Concept: Eugenia Grammenou
Directed by: Eugenia Grammenou
Music: Dalot
Ending song: Thodoris Cortes
Translation: Dora Phsoma
Camera:
Eno Athanasiadou
Dimitris Panagou
Eugenia Grammenou
With the participation of:
Mary Adreou
Fenia Apostolou
Eleftheria Giouvanaki
Sia zourladani
Katerina Iliopoulou
Evi Karkiti
Marina Konstantinidou
Mario
Konstantina Stathoulopoulou
Dorota Wolczek
Voice over:
Eno Athanasiadou
Pola Georgiadou
Eugenia Grammenou
Olia Panidou
Elina Tsiorbatzi
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Georges Perec,
Species of Spaces and Other Pieces, p.61, transl.John Sturrock, Penguin Classics, 1988
Living in Athens for the past year while coming from Thessaloniki, it feels like I am stuck in a curious space in between. Sometimes it feels unfamiliar when trying to perceive the cthe two cities and myself in in them. It almost feels like I don’t belong in any of them, or maybe I belong to both cities.
Work in progress 1
I began sending letters to my old address in Thessaloniki, as a resident of Athens, writing about bits and pieces of my life there and vice versa. It felt like a game of table tennis, an exchange of letters that could capture the moments, the everyday errands, feelings and thoughts of a life in one city. Bits and pieces of my life in between two cities.
Work in progress 2
I kept running into other women that also lived in between these cities and they would talk to me about their own perspective.
What about this city is a project that focuses on the understanding of urban spaces as imagined and lived experience. The representation of these spaces is perceived through a collective monitoring of the urban environment, yet projected through personal lenses.
Video 2021 Duration: 13:30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rurTX92WAEk&ab_channel=EugeniaGrammenou
It was presented at Tales of X-cities, Goethe - Institute Thessaloniki and ArtBOX, curated by C. Savidis, S. Bahtzetzis, L. Hatziakovou
Concept: Eugenia Grammenou
Directed by: Eugenia Grammenou
Music: Dalot
Ending song: Thodoris Cortes
Translation: Dora Phsoma
Camera:
Eno Athanasiadou
Dimitris Panagou
Eugenia Grammenou
With the participation of:
Mary Adreou
Fenia Apostolou
Eleftheria Giouvanaki
Sia zourladani
Katerina Iliopoulou
Evi Karkiti
Marina Konstantinidou
Mario
Konstantina Stathoulopoulou
Dorota Wolczek
Voice over:
Eno Athanasiadou
Pola Georgiadou
Eugenia Grammenou
Olia Panidou
Elina Tsiorbatzi
