Category: Quo Vadis Europa?

📚📚On the occasion of the publication of her first poetry collection "Πλάνης στην πλάνη της" [Errant in (her) error] (Τhines, 2024), architect and poet Katerina Gkiouleka spoke to Reading Greece about the book and her experimentation with language, as well as the convergence of #poetry and #architecture in their use of lived experience.

"Beyond the obvious mirroring between, on one hand, the poetic essence in architecture – the lyricism in its lines and the compositional form-shaping outcome, along with its dialogue with the landscape or broader environment, concepts which, incidentally, remain relatively ignored to the wider Greek public – and, on the other hand, architecture’s influence on the composition of writing, architecture and poetry converge in their use of lived experience. They grasp spatial and temporal qualities; they perceive, comment on, and respond to decay, entropy, the chiaroscuro of life; to the challenges of places and landscapes; to grounding and suspension; to the subtlety of shades; to the capacity to introspect the private and provoke the collective; to the staging of temporarily permanent habitats, and to the hosting of their visitors".

📷Vaggelis Tsiamis

🎞 The New York Greek Film Expo 2025, presented by Hellenic Film Society USA (HFS), will close with a special retrospective of the films of prominent Greek director, Pantelis Voulgaris, October 10-12 at the prestigious Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) in Astoria.

“As master filmmaker Pantelis Voulgaris marks his 85th birthday later this month, the time seems right to present a retrospective of his work, an opportunity to revisit, enjoy and reassess some of his major films,” said Maria C. Miles, HFS president.

🎫 Tickets are available now on HFS’ website: https://hellenicfilmsociety.org/

🎞 Following last year's success, the second edition of ArtCinema Hydra -a curated cultural weekend of art and film- will take palce on October 3–5, 2025.

ArtCinema is a cultural organization and artists’ platform dedicated to championing independent voices in film and the arts. Offering a platform for cultural exchange and funding opportunities, along with special events, it empowers artists and filmmakers to bring their visions to life, with a view of preserving Hydra’s legacy as an artists’ island and creative hub.

ArtCinema Hydra is under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού, the Region of Attica Περιφέρεια Αττικής, the Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Center S.A.-Creative Greece Ελληνικό Κέντρο Κινηματογράφου, Οπτικοακουστικών Μέσων & Δημιουργίας, the Embassy of Italy in Greece Ambasciata d'Italia ad Atene, the Australian Embassy, Greece and the Municipal Port Fund of Hydra.

🎫 Discover this year's program: https://www.artcinemahydra.com/

📌 Read more about Hydra as an artists' hub via GNA:

https://www.greeknewsagenda.gr/artists-hydra/

https://www.greeknewsagenda.gr/hydras-ongoing-legacy-of-artistic-expression/