Achilleas Christidis started his career as a painter with an exhibition at the “Medusa” Art gallery of Maria Demetriades. He lived the Paros of the 80’s, adored the cuisine of Arghiro Barbarighou and this year he is coming to Antiparos for his third exhibition at the “anti” gallery of Mary Chatzaki on 8/6-3/7.
In Paros the word Routes means “Routes in Marpissa”. If you are from Marpissa you know the first name of everybody involved in this renowned festival. However, if you read articles or interviews with the mass or social media you won’t find even a single name. Here the ‘I” has given way to the “We”: the volunteer group of the Routes.
Archaeologist Dora Katsonopoulou got to know and love Paros thanks to Skopas. As President of the Paros and Cyclades Institute of Archaeology, she has done something very important: almost every year she invites here outstanding archaeologists and other scientists from Greece and abroad. The proceedings of these International Conferences - in excellently edited publications- make up an intellectual treasury, an invaluable source of information for the students of the island’s history.
She puts on Sartre, Genet and Camus, in packed halls. The notary Moschoula Kontostavlou always makes “difficult” play choices and the Parian spectators always ardently support them.
Dimitra Chanioti seeks the invisible side of things and uses Heraclitus classical dictum “Nature loves to hide” to urge us to discover it with art as our guide. Her exhibition at the “αντί” Art Gallery on Antiparos on July 16 to 29 will be a major visual art event at the two islands.
Talking with the musicians Martha Mavroidi and Spiros Balios about traditional music today, Greek feasts, fairs, the present and the future of our music tradition.
The minimalist architect tells us about his 25-year-old love with the island, the small olive grove, the traditional vineyard, the adventure of winemaking in his model winery which gave him a top place in the island’s oenological landscape.
Last year was a notable one for Paros’ cultural life. It was the first time the island hosted the Meeting of the Aegean Theatre Groups with great success and a high interest from the public. It gave us beautiful moments and a multitude of theatric recollections. So, let’s retrace this outstanding event and wish that it soon happens again.
I’m not sure whether there’s an established musical term such as this, but the outstanding musicians we discussed this issue with made one thing clear to us: when it comes to jazz, we don’t need labels – it’s a spacious music, open to experimentation, to any new conjugation, flexible, adventurous, wonderful...
Six traditional artisans stop their work for a while to look at the camera of the photographer Fanny Alexandropoulou and answer our questions. Their words are few but their hands tell their story through their artistry and the materials they work on - marble, wood, iron, clay and thread. Old arts, as old as mankind. They passionately love their work and, like all genuine creators, they will all leave a strong imprint on the island.
