When our art takes us abroad, we seek out art and artists who work outside the gallery system. We discover and document outsider art installations, transient land art, folk art objects and artifacts. Through these activities, we are often rewarded with surprising insights into the culture of the countries we visit.
“The twenty-seventh of August is in remembrance of the martyr Saint Fanourios”. This is written in the book of liturgy of the church Minaion (Calendar), which details the name days of each saint. Saint Fanourios is an important figure in the Greek Orthodox Church.
Once upon a time there was a vision in Greece about tourism. In the 60s and 70s, when services of tourism started to develop en masse, some preconditions were created so that this development would have the right foundation. The School of Professions in Tourism and the Schools for Tourist Guides were founded with excellent teachers and results. The state-owned hotels “Xenia” were built by important architects; posters that looked like artworks were designed for the promotion of Greece; and movies were shot that made Greece famous around the world. The GNTO (Greek National Tourism Organization) planned policies of tourism to control and coordinate this effort.
In the summer of 1960, an event happened in Antiparos that forever changed the face of the island. It was chosen by The Greek Film Production Company, Finos Films for the shooting of the film “Madalena”, starring Greek actress, Aliki Vougiouklaki.
Upon entering the Holy Pilgrimate of Ekatontapiliani and seeing the numerous votive offerings one can realize the extent of people's faith in the miraculous intervention of the Saints and the Holy Mother.
In a quiet and rather off the beaten track neighbourhood of Paroikia known as Tholakia, where tourists are rarely seen, there’s a house different from them all.
Ceramic is an international language. As a means of expression it grows, develops and follows various directions without ever loosing its roots. It is really exciting to recognise it both on archaeological findings and modern ceramic workshops around the world.
St. Onoufrios is a chapel in a little side street behind the Diplos grocery store on the main street at the Old Market.
There are more churches than houses at the Kastro (Venetian Castle) of Paroikia. Post-byzantine chapels mainly from the 18th c. add to the beauty and charm of the Kastro. It’s been quite a while since the Kastro-Old Market Initiative has been trying to keep up or revive the festivities at the Kastro chapels.
You may not have heard of the so-called “Simian basin”, an unusual traditional vessel exclusively built in Simi, one of the sponge-fishing islands in the Aegean Sea with a great ship-building tradition.
