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Μουσικό εργαστήριο «Ζωγραφίζουμε ήχους» με τους Ζήση Σέγκλια και Andrey Smirnov

dimitra.samsaki — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 13:20:17 +0000

Music Workshop “Composing sound paintings” with Zesses Seglias and Andrey Smirnov dimitra.samsaki Wed, 08/27/2025 - 16:25

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Sat, 10/04/2025 - 10:00

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Sun, 03/01/2026 - 20:00

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Museum of Modern Art

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A new, double workshop addressing children with axis on musical experimentations, electronic music and musical technologies commences on October 2025 at MOMus-Museum of Modern Art-Costakis Collection, Moni Lazariston, Thessaloniki, under the title “Composing sound paintings”, led by Zesses Seglias and Andrey Smirnov.

The participation in the double workshop is admission free, while registration is mandatory (find details below).

Following the completion of the two workshops on March 2026, the young musicians will execute their joint musical composition along with the musicians of DissonArt Ensemble, completing their experience with a unique artistic presentation.

The programme is supported by the 2025 Funding for Youth Projects of Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation.

In detail:

A. Workshop with Zesses Seglias

October 2025 – March 2026

Workshop participants have the opportunity to discover the world of contemporary music and the sound creation through play and improvisation. They explore the relationship between sound and silence, they create musical instruments with every-day objects and useful instruments, they experiment with new composition techniques, they participate at the composition and interpretation of a musical melody, combining sound along with image, being inspired – amongst others- by the art-pieces of the Costakis collection of the Museum.

Dates & hours of meeting ups: Saturday 4, 11, 18 October / 8, 15, 29 November / 13, 20 December / 17, 24, 31 January / 7, 14, 28 February, 10:00 – 12:00. On Sunday 1 March, a common performance of the two workshops will take place along with DissonArt Ensemble.

Venue: MOMus-Museum of Modern Art-Costakis Collection, Moni Lazariston, Thessaloniki

Audience: Children aged 6-12. The knowledge of a musical instrument is not mandatory. Classes will be held in Greek. The workshop will be supervised by an Education Curator from MOMus.

Admission free. Due to a limited number of places available, registration is mandatory, by calling at (+30)2310589143, on a first-come, first-served basis.

B. Workshop with Andrey Smirnov

January – March 2026

Andrey Smirnov’s workshop is dedicated to the origins of electronic music, sound art and music technologies, focusing on key inventions and ideas at the time of their appearance. At the span of the workshop an experimental approach will be followed were a variety of instruments and tools will be used while participants will also create their own. The main areas to be explored are New Instruments, New Sound and New Boundaries under the broader thematic of New Music. The participants will have the opportunity to play music on theremins, specially designed for children, unique in the world.

Dates & hours of meeting ups: Saturday 17, 24, 31 January / 7, 14, 28 February, 12:00-14:00. On Sunday 1March, a common performance of the two workshops will take place along with DissonArt Ensemble.

Venue: MOMus-Museum of Modern Art-Costakis Collection, Moni Lazariston, Thessaloniki

Audience: Children, aged 12-15. Classes will be held in Greek and English.

Admission free. Due to a limited number of places available, registration is mandatory, by calling at (+30)2310589143, on a first-come, first-served basis.

Curricula Vitae

Zesses Seglias is a composer of sonic bodies and lingual structures. His compositional output focuses on the relationship between the sound of voice and its semantic, as defined by language. Much of this repertoire is staged, although concert pieces also share the same principle. Latest compositional activity focuses on unifying musical and spoken language in a hybrid of sound and meaning described as spoken sound theatre. Opera and music theatre has been on the spotlight of his creation: To the Lighthouse (2017) in Bregenzer Festspiele received rave reviews by magazines and newspapers such as Opernwelt, Süddeutsche and Frankfurter Allgemeine. In 2023, he was commissioned by the Greek National Opera to compose a new music theatre piece based on Samuel Beckett's Not I. Other accomplishments include hystéra (2014) at the GrazOpera, while he has been a finalist in opera composition competitions (Joseph Fux – Graz, Mannheim National Theatre). In 2023 he was awarded with the Staatsstipendium from the Austrian state. In 2026 a new, semi-staged vocal theatre piece commissioned by Konzerthaus and supported by EVS foundation will receive its premiere. Seglias has taught Composition and Music Education subjects in various universities and academies.

https://zesseseglias.com

Andrey Smirnov is a musical artist and researcher, internationally known for his teaching and research in the field of electronic music and the history of avant-garde music along visual arts. He established the Theremin Centre and he was the head of the Sound – Laboratory at the Rodchenko School of Arts in Moscow. He teaches history and aesthetics of electroacoustic music, sound design and composition, new musical interfaces and physical computing courses. He has implemented a variety of workshops and seminars, not only specialized but also for the general public, in the USA, Europe and Russia and has participated in worth-mentioning festivals and conferences. He is the author of the books “Sound In Z: Experiments in Sound and Electronic Music in Early 20th Century Russia” (Walther Koenig & Sound and Music, London, 2013) and “In Search of Lost Sound. Experimental Sound Culture in Russia and USSR in the first half of the 20th century” (Moscow, GARAGE, 2020) (The Book of the Year Award, Innovation 2021). Since September 2023, Andrey Smirnov is a special scientific associate at MOMus-Museum of Modern Art-Kostakis Collection in Thessaloniki.

2025 Funding for Youth Projects / Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation

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dimitra.samsaki — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 09:34:33 +0000

Easter Art Workshop dimitra.samsaki Fri, 04/11/2025 - 15:03

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Sat, 04/12/2025 - 11:00

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Sat, 04/12/2025 - 13:00

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Museum of Contemporary Art

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Saturday morning right before the Easter day, we meet at MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art for a special art workshop. We visit the Museum's collections, discover any possible... "hidden" eggs and chicks and make beautiful origami structures together with ribbons and garlands, starting our holidays creatively!

Meeting date & times: Saturday, April 12, 2025, 11:00-13:00.

Venue: MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art (TIF-Helexpo premises), Thessaloniki

Audience: For parents/accompanists and children (5-12 years old).

Free participation

Information & registration: tel. 2310 2400002 (ext. 20, daily: 10:00-17:00).

Design & Implementation: Lena Athanasopoulou, Elena Viseri, Christina Mavini, Efi Skylitsi, MOMus Education Curators

Internship: Konstantinos Stagakis

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ΑΝΟΙΧΤΗ ΠΡΟΣΚΛΗΣΗ ΣΥΜΜΕΤΟΧΗΣ ΣΤΟ ΦΩΤΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΟ ΕΡΓΑΣΤΗΡΙΟ «A SEA BEYOND»

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OPEN CALL: Photography workshop “A SEA BEYOND” admin Thu, 03/23/2023 - 01:03

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Start Date

Tue, 04/25/2023 - 17:00

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Sat, 04/29/2023 - 17:00

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Experimental Center for the Arts

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OPEN CALL

Photography workshop “A SEA BEYOND”

A five-day workshop on photography with Stratos Kalafatis and Lia Nalbantidou

APPLICATIONS’ DEADLINE: April 7, 2023

The MOMus-Experimental Center for the Arts is promoting an open call to young photographers who would like to participate in the photography workshop entitled "A Sea Beyond", led by the internationally acclaimed photographers Stratos Kalafatis and Lia Nalbantidou.

The workshop will take place for five days, between April 25-29, 2023 at the port of Thessaloniki and the MOMus-ECT venue. This workshop is produced in the frame of the SEA CHANGE.

Participation is free of charge, after applying for it and being selected.

GENERAL INFO

The program “A Sea Change” is a project co-funded by the European Union and is focused on promoting creative innovation around the Blue Economy practices through interdisciplinary and intermedia arts, as well as artistic and curatorial research. Culminating in Barcelona with an exhibition in 2024, the project will develop between Croatia, Cyprus, Greece and Spain, and is led by Kontejner (HR) in collaboration with MOMus (GR), NeMe (CY), and Quo Artis (ES) as partner organisations. During 2022-2024, partner and collaborating organisations will get involved with different communities to catalyse a positive impact on the environment, the marine ecosystem and the well-being of coastal populations, with special emphasis on Blue Economy urgencies both at the local and European level.

The project will unfold across various sectors, including environmental sciences, health, tourism, and design, and will involve a series of exhibitions in many countries.

The activities of A Sea Change (workshops, artistic residencies, public programmes, documentary screenings, and educational activities, https://a-sea-change.net/) will promote and catalyse changes in local environments and will produce new works of art and intersectional collaborations to build a more sustainable, diverse and inclusive Mediterranean.

THE PROJECT’S AND EVENTS’ OBJECTIVES:

To bring new and sustainable cultural practices to coastal communities.
To educate and build capacities of involved cultural agents and local citizens.
To foster critical practices and innovations in coastal economies.

THE PHOTOGRAPHERS [STUDIOTESSERA]

Stratos Kalafatis was born in Kavala in 1966. He graduated from the Physical Education and Athletics department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and then he attended photography classes at the Art Institute of Philadelphia, U.S.A. He lives in Thessaloniki and has created, along with Lia Nalbantidou, STUDIOTESSERA, a photography platform with educational, publishing and artistic activities. During the last thirty years, he has been presenting his photographic works at private galleries, museums, festivals and artistic events throughout the world. The following works of his are available from Agra publications: Archetypal Images(1999), , Journal 1998-2002 (2004), Athos / The colours of faith (1^st edition2014), (2^nd edition 2018), Archipelago (2017). He is represented by the Bernier / Eliades gallery.

Lia Nalbantidou is a freelance photographer - active artist (member of EETE) based in Thessaloniki. She has been teaching photography for the last 30 years. Her work (photographic works and photobooks) has been presented in numerous Greek and international exhibitions and contemporary art events. She is represented in private and public art collections and libraries. Indicatively: EMST / National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens, MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Benaki Photographic Archives - Athens, Le Château d' Eau - pôle photographique de Toulouse - France, Architekturbild EV Stuttgart - Germany, PhotoIreland Collection / The Library Project, Dublin - Ireland, Zentrum für Künstlerpublikationen / Collection of Artists' Publications Weserburg Museum of Modern Art, Bremen - Germany, Le Château d' Eau / pôle photographique de Toulouse - France, Gulbenkian Library of Artists' Books Lisbon - Portugal, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library Yale University, New Haven - USA.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Artists interested are invited to apply as following:

By filling in the PARTICIPATION FORM (see below)
By sending visual material of their recent work: up to ten (10) photographs of recent work in electronic format (jpegs).
The above should be sent digitally to MOMus- Experimental Center for the Arts at info.experimental@momus.gr with the indication "A Sea Beyond".

Deadline by April 7, 2023 at 23:30

NOTES/INFO:

The selection committee will examine the files and assess their compatibility with the concept and content of the workshop, without being obliged to justify its choices publicly.
The names of the finalists will be published on the MOMus website, www.momus.gr, and they will be notified at the email addresses they have provided.
Information: info.experimental@momus.gr & phone 2310.593270, Monday-Friday 11:00-15:00.

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A Sea Change is co-funded by Greece and the European Union