Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

Nelly’s

dimitra.samsaki — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 17:10:45 +0000

Nelly’s dimitra.samsaki Mon, 02/19/2024 - 19:25

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Start Date

Fri, 02/23/2024 - 10:00

End Date

Sun, 04/28/2024 - 18:00

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Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

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Opening: Friday 23 February 2024, 19:30

Female dancers in front of the Parthenon, musicians and dancers from Crete, peasant women from Ioannina, ladies from New York and Athens, the politician Eleftherios Venizelos and the poet Kostis Palamas are just some of the protagonists of the photographic lens of Elly Sougioultzoglou-Seraidari (1899-1998), well-known as Nelly’s in the exhibition under the same title which will be presented at the MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography (Warehouse A’, Pier A’, Thessaloniki port) from 23 February to 28 April 2024. Focusing on the three cities in which Nelly’s formed her photographic gaze, the exhibition attempts to present her multidimensional work from the years of her apprenticeship in Dresden in the early 1920s, her arrival in Athens and her dynamic presence in the city’s photographic events until 1966 when she retired after twenty-seven years of tireless work in New York.

The exhibition is part of “Nelly's” retrospective exhibition organized by the Benaki Museum on 2023 in Athens, in commemoration of the twenty-five years after the photographer’s death, with the aim of reintroducing the artist to contemporary audiences.

Nelly’s work was particularly important in the interwar period, exercising many types of photography and having a particular impact on the development of the medium in Greece in the 20th century. After her stay in the United States for almost three decades, her work began to be re-evaluated from the 1970s.

The exhibition consists of 185 vintage prints, produced by the photographer herself and selected from her voluminous archive in order to represent the different aesthetic trends she adopted during her forty-five years of working with the medium and the numerous photographic techniques she experimented with. Fifty-three contemporary digital prints made from her original negatives are added to these works in order to fill in some narrative gaps.

The photographic equipment Nelly used as a student in Dresden but also as a professional photographer in Athens during the interwar period and in New York after the war is also exhibited in order to document her deep knowledge of photographic technology. The exhibition also includes archival material, such as albums, original publications, periodicals and postcards, which altogether help visitors understand the ways in which her photographic works were used at the time. The exhibition also includes Nelly's painting on porcelain, an activity she developed alongside photographic work during her stay in America, as well as original, archival material -costumes, masks- from the Delphic Festival of 1927 and 1930.

Curator: Aliki Tsirgialou

Exhibition designer: Natalia Boura

There will be guided tours in Greek language; the dates will be announced.

Credits: Elly Sougioultzoglou-Seraidari (Nelly's)
The Russian dancer Elizaveta "Lila" Nikolska in the Parthenon, November 1930
© Benaki Museum / Photographic Archives

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Εκδήλωση-Finissage της κεντρικής έκθεσης της Thessaloniki PhotoΒiennale 2023 «Το φάντασμα του λαού»

dimitra.samsaki — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 14:51:01 +0000

Main exhibition “The Spectre of the People” closing event dimitra.samsaki Tue, 02/06/2024 - 17:33

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Εκδηλώσεις Β

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Event Exhibition

The Spectre of the People | Thessaloniki PhotoBiennale 2023

Start Date

Sat, 02/10/2024 - 17:00

End Date

Sat, 02/10/2024 - 20:00

Museum

Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

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Main exhibition “The Spectre of the People” closing event

Saturday 10 February 2024 | 17:00

MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography (Warehouse A’, Pier A’, port area)

Presentations by Joan Fontcuberta and Pilar Rosado Rodrigo, artists-photographers participating at the exhibition.

Interventions by Yannis Stavrakakis, Professor at the School of Political Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Julian Stallabrass, art historian and curator of the exhibition.

In detail, Julian Stallbrass will speak in his presentation about the concept behind the main exhibition of this year’s PhotoBiennale, while Yannis Stavrakakis will refer to the current trends and aspects of populism as an international phaenomenon.

Pila Rosado Rodrigo will present her work with a focus on her research on the relationship between art and artificial intelligence and Joan Fontcuberta will do a retrospective of his work.

Participation is free for the public. There will be simultaneous interpretation from English to Greek and vica versa.

The exhibition “The Spectre of the People” ends on 11 February 2024 and is hosted in MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography (Warehouse A', port area) and the MOMus-Experimental Center for the Arts (Warehouse B1, port area). More information can be found here https://photobiennale-greece.gr/en/ektheseis/main-exhibition/

Short bios

Joan Fontcuberta has developed both an artistic and theoretical activity focused on the conflicts between nature, technology, photography, and truth. Recently, he has explored the new visual culture in the light of the impact of technological tools and artificial intelligence.

Pilar Rosado holds a PhD in Fine Arts and a Master's degree in Biology. She is interested in how new technologies can change our perception of the world, but also in the creative possibilities that are within our reach.

Yannis Stavrakakis is Professor in the School of Political Sciences at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where he directs the Postgraduate Programme in Political Theory, The Laboratory for the Study of Democracy, and the POPULISMUS observatory: http://www.populismus.gr

Julian Stallabrass is a writer, photographer, curator and lecturer. His books include Killing for Show: Photography, War and the Media in Vietnam and Iraq, 2020; A Very Short Introduction to Contemporary Art, updated edition, 2020; Internet Art: The Online Clash Between Culture and Commerce, 2003; Paris Pictured, 2002; and High Art Lite: British Art in the 1990s, Verso, London 1999. He curated Art and Money Online for Tate Britain in 2001; the 2008 Brighton Photo Biennial, Memory of Fire: Images of War and the War of Images; and Failing Leviathan: Magnum Photographers and Civil War at the National Civil War Centre, Newark in 2015. He has made online TV programmes about aspects of modern and contemporary art for Tariq Ali TV in the series ‘Rear Window’.

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Ξεναγήσεις στην έκθεση «Frida Kahlo – Her Photos»

dimitra.samsaki — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 10:35:35 +0000

Guided Tours of the exhibition “Frida Kahlo – Her Photos” dimitra.samsaki Thu, 09/25/2025 - 14:37

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Guided Tours

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Education Exhibition

Frida Kahlo – Her Photos

Start Date

Thu, 10/09/2025 - 18:00

End Date

Sat, 01/04/2025 - 19:00

Museum

Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

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The tours are held only in Greek.

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ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ ΩΡΑΡΙΟΥ #MOMUSPHOTOGRAPHY

dimitra.samsaki — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 14:00:59 +0000

OPENING HOURS ANNOUNCEMENT #MOMUSPHOTOGRAPHY dimitra.samsaki Fri, 07/18/2025 - 17:05

The exhibition “About Humans” will end on Sunday, 20 July 2025, due to scheduled renovation works in preparation for the upcoming exhibition “Frida Kahlo – Her Photos” (3 October 2025 – 4 January 4 2026).

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Frida Kahlo – Her Photos

dimitra.samsaki — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 12:33:13 +0000

Frida Kahlo – Her Photos dimitra.samsaki Thu, 07/17/2025 - 16:25

Exhibition Type

Temporary

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Start Date

Fri, 10/03/2025 - 10:00

End Date

Sun, 01/04/2026 - 20:00

Museum

Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

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Frida Kahlo “arrives” at MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, from 3 October 2025 to 4 January 2026, for the first time in Greece, as the next stop in the list of more than twenty cities where the exhibition “Frida Kahlo – Her Photos” has been presented internationally.

The exhibition reveals aspects of the inner world of the internationally recognised artist from Mexico through 241 unpublished photographs representing different periods and people in her life, and provides a new perspective on the turbulent life of one of the most mysterious and iconic figures in Latin American art.

Τhe exhibition is organised by the Frida Kahlo Museum and Diego Rivera-Anahuacalli Museum.

An Archive and a well hidden Collection

Despite the importance of photography to Frida, a major part of her collection of photographs was hidden away from the public for several decades. When she died, in 1954, her husband Diego Rivera donated their house – known as the Blue House (Casa Azul), in Mexico City – to the Mexican people, so that they could turn it into a museum about Frida’s life and work. This was the beginning of what is nowadays the Frida Kahlo Museum, one of the most popular museums in the world.

Although Diego Riveira gave Frida’s artworks and objects to the museum, he asked to lock a part of them away from people’s curious eyes. That is the main reason why this personal archive, which included more than six thousand photographs, some drawings, letters, medicines and clothes, was closed for five long decades. A Blue House’s bathroom was the chosen place to save those treasures, and therefore gained an almost mythical aura.

It was only in 2003 that the numbed archive was opened. A selected part of the newly found photographs was transformed into this exhibition under the title “FridaKahlo – Her Photos” presented in MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography.

Curated by: Pablo Ortiz Monasterio

Photo credit:

Nickolas Muray, Frida Kahlo in New York, United States, 1946.

Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Archives.

Bank of Mexico, Fiduciary in the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Museum Trust

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Παρουσίαση λευκώματος «Δημήτρης Μουγκός. Κάνα δυο φωτογραφίες»

dimitra.samsaki — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 09:49:41 +0000

Album presentation “Dimitris Mougos. A couple of photos” dimitra.samsaki Fri, 06/27/2025 - 14:45

Event Type

Εκδηλώσεις Β

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Start Date

Thu, 02/01/2024 - 19:00

End Date

Thu, 02/01/2024 - 21:00

Museum

Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

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Thessaloniki PhotoBiennale 2023

Album presentation “Dimitris Mougos. A couple of photos”

Dimitris Mougos has been recording moments of his friends for years, allowing us to take a look at the complex mosaic of his friendship and artistic creation. This special mosaic will unfold at the presentation of the album “A couple of photos”, Petites-Maisons editions, which will take place at MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography (Pier A’, Warehouse A’, Thessaloniki Port area), on Thursday 01 February 2024 at 19:00.

In the exhibition “A Few Photos” presented at The Eye Altering gallery, curated by Eleni Giannakoulis, as part of the Thessaloniki Photobiennale in the fall of 2023, Dimitris Mougos did not simply share with the audience photographs from his group’s shared and creative journey, but created an in situ photographic environment from objects left behind by Lex concertgoers, things found along the way over the years, thousands of photo prints and typographic sheets from the album’s production.

Speakers

Aris Stylianou, Professor of Philosophy, Department of Political Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Eos Paschou, Assistant Professor of Photography and Audiovisual Arts, University of West Attica

Orestis Pangalos, Visual Artist, Lecturer at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the University of Thessaly

Dimitris Mougos, Photographer

Coordinator

Stergios Stefanou, Publisher, Petites-Maisons Publications

Artist Bio

Dimitris Mougos was born in Thessaloniki in 1984. Coming from an environment identified with the graphic arts, he studied photography at the School of Applied Arts and Culture in Athens and did postgraduate studies at Goldsmiths College in London. Since 2012 he has been living and working in Thessaloniki. He is a member of MOUGOS Image & Communication, whose focus is photography, visual communication and graphic arts.

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«Ζωντανές φωτογραφίες». Προσβάσιμες δράσεις στο πλαίσιο της έκθεσης «ΙστορίεςΤης. Φωτογραφικές πρακτικές, 1974-2024»

dimitra.samsaki — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 12:36:50 +0000

“Living Photos”. Accessible actions in the context of the exhibition “Her Stories. Photographic Practices, 1974-2024” dimitra.samsaki Fri, 06/27/2025 - 14:31

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Εκδηλώσεις Β

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Event Exhibition

HerStories. Photographic Practices, 1974-2024

Start Date

Wed, 09/11/2024 - 18:00

End Date

Sun, 09/15/2024 - 13:00

Museum

Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

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Two participatory actions entitled “Living Photos” will take place in the context of the exhibition “Her Stories. Photographic Practices, 1974-2024” on Wednesday, September 11 at 18:00 and Sunday, September 15 at 11:30 at MOMus-Experimental Arts Center (Warehouse B1, Pier A, Thessaloniki Port area). The actions are organized by MOMus- Thessaloniki Museum of Photography and the AccessibleLimitlessLiving NGO, with free participation for the general public.

Works from the exhibition will “come to life” in front of the public through a group of people with visual impairment. Escaping the narrow limits of vision, the art of photography is intertwined with other senses such as hearing, touch, smell. In this way, it is redefined through a new perspective and opens up new paths of creation and perception.

The actions are part of the Art CHAIN - Art, Cultural Heritage, Accessibility and Inclusion project, which is implemented within the framework of the BUILD - Building a robust and democratic civic space program, with the implementing body being the Accessible Limitless Living NGO. BUILD is co-financed by the European Union, through the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) program, the Bodossaki Foundation and the NGO Support Centre - Cyprus.

The action is implemented by Nikos Argyros, Christina Blavaki, Nikos Brantis, Roudtina Debrova.

The following collaborated to organize the action:

Antonis Vlachos, photographer

Paschalina Kalle, mobility, orientation and daily living skills trainer for people with visual impairment

Maria Kechagioglou, political scientist - museologist

Nicoleta Pappa, Greek Sign Language interpreter

Eleni Pnevmatikou, director - editor

Panagiotis Tsalis, accessibility expert

Pnevma Productions, video production

The actions are part of the Art CHAIN project, which is implemented within the framework of the BUILD - Building a robust and democratic civic space program, with the implementing body being the Accessible Limitless Living NGO. BUILD is co-financed by the European Union, through the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) program, the Bodossaki Foundation and the NGO Support Centre - Cyprus.

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Merry CLICKmas 2024! | Χριστούγεννα στο MOMus-Μουσείο Φωτογραφίας Θεσσαλονίκης

dimitra.samsaki — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 13:22:12 +0000

Merry CLICKmas 2024! | Christmas at MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography dimitra.samsaki Fri, 06/27/2025 - 14:28

Event Type

Εκδηλώσεις Β

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Start Date

Sun, 12/15/2024 - 11:00

End Date

Sun, 12/15/2024 - 14:00

Museum

Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

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Personal stories and favorite songs in the performance “Memories in Frames”, handmade sweets with Mammy’s Caravan, ornaments and many photographic clicks on Facebooth, “coming” on Sunday, December 15, 2024, 11:00-14:00, at MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography (Warehouse A, Pier A, Thessaloniki Port area) at our established pre-Christmas meeting “Merry CLICKmas”, with free participation for everyone, young and old!

The protagonists of the special performance “Memories in Frames” are the participants in the workshop of the same name, which was implemented within the framework of the program “Utilization of Art as a Prescribed Therapy for the Promotion of Social Cohesion and Activation of the ‘Silver Economy’ (Greece 2.0)”.

During the 12 two-hour workshop meetings, MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography served as a safe space for sharing personal experiences and memories. The participants, using photos from their family albums as an opportunity, presented personal stories, recalling memories and emotions. Under the guidance of narrator Anthi Thanou, these stories, framed by music and songs, constitute the content of the performance. Some of the personal narratives will soon be made into videos or podcasts, which will be published on social media and on the MOMus website.

The new cycle of the program will begin in January 2025. All adults over 65 years of age are eligible to participate. Participation in the program is free of charge (information & registration: reception.photography@momus.gr, 2310 566716).

Workshop contributors:

Idea conception: Maria Kokorotskou, MOMus Education curator

Project coordination: Maria Kechagioglou, MOMus Education curator

Narrative training: Anthi Thanou, storyteller

Music teaching: Alexandros Makris, musician

Graphic editing & podcast creation: Antonis Vlachos, photographer

Stories (in the order they are presented)

The chronicle of a random success (Dimitris Tsoukas)

The sign (Rita Douka)

Carnival party (Sofia Fakiri)

The journey (Maria Siopidou)

A piece of life (Chrysanthi Emmanouilidou)

The bicycle (Thomai Christidou)

As if it were yesterday (Adamantios Amanitis)

Gymnastic demonstrations (Evangelia Angelidou)

The flower (Dimitra Michaelidou)

Hamam Paradise (Sonia Papaggelou)

Songs (in the order they are heard)

Omorfi Thessaloniki (Beautiful Thessaloniki) (lyrics-music: Vasilis Tsitsanis)

Ela vre Charalambi (Come on Charalambi) (lyrics-music: traditional)

Pote tha kanei xasteria (When will the sun rise) (lyrics-music: traditional)

To podilato (The bicycle) (lyrics: Aris Davarakis, music: Christos Nikolopoulos)

Manoula mou (My mother) (lyrics: Iakovos Kambanelis, music: Manos Hadjidakis)

Menexedes and Zoumboulia (lyrics-music: urban Politiko)

Christmas Carols of Ikaria (lyrics-music: traditional)

Participants (in alphabetical order):

Evangelia Angelidou, Adamantios Amanitis, Maria Arvanitidou, Despina Giannousi, Rita Douka Chrysanthi, Emmanouilidou, Tania Zarkali, Vicky Kalafati, Sonia Karapanagiotidou, Dimitra Michailidou, Sonia Papaggelou, Maria Siopidou, Maria Tourtsaki, Smaro Tsintou, Dimitrios Tsoukas, Mary Tougiannidou, Sofia Fakiri, Thomai Christidou.

Warm thanks to the Directorate of Elderly Protection of the Municipality of Thessaloniki and the 12th branch of the K.A.P.I. for their cooperation and support.

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Merry CLICKmas 2024! | Χριστούγεννα στο MOMus-Μουσείο Φωτογραφίας Θεσσαλονίκης

dimitra.samsaki — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:47:27 +0000

Merry CLICKmas 2024! | Christmas at MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography dimitra.samsaki Fri, 06/27/2025 - 14:26

Workshop contributors:

Idea conception: Maria Kokorotskou, MOMus Education curator

Project coordination: Maria Kechagioglou, MOMus Education curator

Narrative training: Anthi Thanou, storyteller

Music teaching: Alexandros Makris, musician

Graphic editing & podcast creation: Antonis Vlachos, photographer

Stories (in the order they are presented)

The chronicle of a random success (Dimitris Tsoukas)

The sign (Rita Douka)

Carnival party (Sofia Fakiri)

The journey (Maria Siopidou)

A piece of life (Chrysanthi Emmanouilidou)

The bicycle (Thomai Christidou)

As if it were yesterday (Adamantios Amanitis)

Gymnastic demonstrations (Evangelia Angelidou)

The flower (Dimitra Michaelidou)

Hamam Paradise (Sonia Papaggelou)

Songs (in the order they are heard)

Omorfi Thessaloniki (Beautiful Thessaloniki) (lyrics-music: Vasilis Tsitsanis)

Ela vre Charalambi (Come on Charalambi) (lyrics-music: traditional)

Pote tha kanei xasteria (When will the sun rise) (lyrics-music: traditional)

To podilato (The bicycle) (lyrics: Aris Davarakis, music: Christos Nikolopoulos)

Manoula mou (My mother) (lyrics: Iakovos Kambanelis, music: Manos Hadjidakis)

Menexedes and Zoumboulia (lyrics-music: urban Politiko)

Christmas Carols of Ikaria (lyrics-music: traditional)

Participants (in alphabetical order):

Warm thanks to the Directorate of Elderly Protection of the Municipality of Thessaloniki and the 12th branch of the K.A.P.I. for their cooperation and support.

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Εκδήλωση λόγου «Δρόμοι προς την καθαρότητα»

dimitra.samsaki — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 13:11:19 +0000

Speech event “Paths to Purity” dimitra.samsaki Fri, 06/27/2025 - 14:23

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Start Date

Thu, 06/27/2024 - 19:00

End Date

Thu, 06/27/2024 - 20:00

Museum

Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

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Presentation of the results of the therapeutic photography program “FACES PHASES” MOMus-Museum of Photography of Thessaloniki (Warehouse A’, Pier A’, Port)

MOMus-Museum of Photography of Thessaloniki in collaboration with the Alternative Treatment Program for Addicted Individuals “ARGO” of the Psychiatric Hospital of Thessaloniki are organizing a speech event entitled “Paths to Purity” on Thursday 27 June 2024, at 19:00, at the Museum (Warehouse A, Pier A, Thessaloniki Port area).

The event is held on the occasion of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking and is dedicated to the presentation of the results of the therapeutic photography program "FACES PHASES" which took place between March and June 2024 at MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography. The program is part of the pilot phase of the innovative Cultural Prescription program, which attempts to introduce Art as a therapy in Mental Health in our country and is implemented with funding from GREECE 2.0 under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture.

The following will participate in the discussion:

Maria Kechagioglou, museologist and artistic manager of the "FACES -PHASES" action,

Stelios Giouzepas, clinical psychologist, scientific manager of the Alternative Treatment Program for Addicted Individuals "ARGO",

Beneficiaries of PETHEA "ARGO" who participated in the program.

For the organization/presentation of the action, the following collaborated:

● Beneficiaries of "ARGO",

● Antigone Barba, Christina Vassiliou, Theano Hatzoudi (Coordinators of "ARGO" Creative Groups),

● Christoforos Athanasiadis (Sound Editor / Music)

● Antonis Vlachos, photographer.

Contributors to the "FACES-PHASES" program:

Antonis Vlachos, photographer,

Maria Kechagioglou, political scientist-museologist

Georgia Papoutsoglou, social worker,

Aphrodite Foutri, sociologist and drama therapist,

General coordination: Maria Kokorotskou, MOMus education curator

Participation in the event is free for the public.

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