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2019-2020 National Theatre of Northern Greece

The Birds: Exhibition

Opening: Forest (Dassous) Theatre, 22/07/2020

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Ornithotheomachia: The Battle of Birds and Gods
The flocking mind

Artists of the Greek diaspora take the NTNG’s production of the “Birds” as the starting point for their art

Artists of Greek descent from around the world spread their wings and, through their palettes and lenses, take to the skies in the company of Aristophanes’ “Birds”, which the NTNG is staging this summer translated into Modern Greek by K. H. Myris and directed by Giannis Rigas. The “Ornithotheomachia: The flocking mind” exhibition is touring along with the National Theatre of Northern Greece production. In all, 28 plus artists from the Greek Diaspora (the US, Argentina, Mexico, Italy, Russia, France, Hungary, Belgium, Italy, Germany) star in a parallel artistic event as... “Birds” of a different feather.

Note from the NTNG’s Artistic Director

A visual art event staged in parallel with the “Birds”, the exhibition is a comment on contemporary impasses. Dozens of artists from the Greek diaspora were called upon to express themselves in multiple dimensions for the show, creating a polyphonic and universal response to the problems of today’s world, offering an escape but also a fruitful raising of awareness.

Like a second Chorus, the artists, photographers, visual poets and architect-sculptors gave wings to Aristophanes’ lyricism with their works (the parodos, the vanguard) and add their voices to the hoopoe’s call to move on from all forms of tyranny (restriction, deprivation, fear, separation) in a world struggling to attain the utopian kingdom between Earth and Heaven. In so doing, they will also shed light on an aspect of the Greek spirit that has not fallen silent for centuries now.

So marvellous works by Greek artists arm in arm with brushes and paints, oils and acrylics, side by side with the amphora and baskets and tripods of ancient Greek comedy, the Nightingale, Tereus, Pesthetaerus, Euelpides, Triballus, Iris and the flautist. And playing lead roles, as providers of the armoury with which a kingdom of the birds—their very own Cloud Cuckoo Land—may be acquired, the Inspector, the Constitutional Lawyer, the Oracle Man, and all of us in the audience are first summoned then sent on our way—“Will I fly..?”... “Will we fly..?”—taking this year’s offering from the NTNG beyond the clouds... beyond borders.

Nikos Kolovos

Graphics: Lisa Sotilis
Graphics: Philip Tsiaras
Graphics: Georges Nassos
Graphics: Adam Karamanlis
Graphics: Stelios Papageorgiou
Graphics: Andrea Papageorgiou
Graphics: Marina Vamvakas
Graphics: Yiannis Vellis
Graphics: Flora Kavoura
Graphics: Stella Sevastopoulos
Graphics: Lydia Leventeris
Graphics: Alkistis Athanasiadou
Graphics: Rena Fili
Graphics: Anthia Loizou
Graphics: Giorgos, Kontis
Graphics: Yorgos Maraziotis
Graphics: Katerina Christidi
Graphics: Nia Hefe Filiogianni
Graphics: Stelios Karamanolis
Graphics: Vassiliea Stylianidou
Graphics: Danai Sioziou
Graphics: Ifigenia Papadatou
Graphics: Mary Anna Pomonis
Graphics: Costas Picadas
Graphics: Christophoros Doulgeris
Graphics: Kostas Pappas
Graphics: Elena Poka
Graphics: Persefoni Myrtsou
Graphics: Georgia Kotretsos
Graphics: Stylianos Papadopoulos
Graphics: Lydia Venieris
Graphics: Nina Ioannidou
Graphics: Evaggelos Papadopoulos
Graphics: Giannis Metzikof
Graphics: Angelos Panagiotou
Graphics: Giorgos Stathopoulos
Graphics: Alekos Fassianos
15 exibition days - 13,513 visitors
Forest (Dassous) Theatre (22/07/2020 - 24/07/2020)
Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus (07/08/2020 - 09/08/2020)
Tour (07/08/2020 - 29/08/2020)
Ancient Theatre of Philippi, Kavala (29/08/2020)
Forest (Dassous) Theatre (04/09/2020 - 10/09/2020)
The Birds
Athens and Epidaurus Festival
Filippoi Festival
6th Forest Festival

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