Tuesday, November 11, 2025
(Μια ξενάγηση με τον Θόδωρο στο Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Αθηνών)
Saturday, October 1, 2022
Builders, Housewives and the Construction of Modern Athens
To celebrate the revised third edition of Ioanna Theocharopoulou’s book Builders, Housewives and the Construction of Modern Athens (Onassis Foundation, 2022), the Onassis Foundation is hosting a wide-ranging discussion in the context of Archtober 2022 (NYC's Architecture and Design Month) about the relevance of this modern city, its architecture, and ancient history. In a parallel trajectory, the Onassis Foundation produced documentary, by Tassos Langis and Yiannis Gaitanidis, based on Ioanna Theocharopoulou’s book and sharing the same title, begins (also this fall in New York) its United States and Canada tour, as part of the official Architecture and Design Film Festival program (2022–23).
North American premiere at the Architecture and Design Film Festival 2022
The city of Athens is so much more than the classical architecture that adorns it since there is a vibrant energy, buzz, and density that fills its streets and neighborhoods. The film Builders, Housewives and the Construction of Modern Athens (87 minutes, 2021) by Tassos Langis and Yiannis Gaitanidis unveils a new perspective of the city, examining the most distinctive Athenian building type—the polykatoikía—and the city's reconstruction by the anonymous lay builders and their housewives, who were the most unlikely “co-authors.” The documentary takes a deep dive into the lives of the provincials who came to Athens after the Civil War and sheds light on how they developed their craft and communicated with the educated architects. Based on the book of the same title by Ioanna Theocharopoulou, the film proposes a fascinating account of the provincials’ role and encounter with the “project of modernity.”
ADFF film screenings
September 30–October 1, 2022, New York: Cinépolis Cinemas: 260 W 23rd St: Friday, September 30, 6:45-8:45pm, Theatre 8 / Saturday, October 1, 4:15–6pm, Theatre 9.
November 2–5, 2022, Toronto
November 9–12, 2022, Vancouver
January 16–19, 2023, Los Angeles
January 26–29, 2023, Washington
February 2–5, 2023, Chicago
During the ADFF screenings in the United States and Canada, the third edition of the book will be available for purchase in collaboration with Actar Publishers.
Book launch & panel discussion at Archtober, New York
Thursday, October 13, 6–8pm
Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY 10012
Architectural historians have tended to disparage the lack of formal planning and the apparent homogeneity of Athen’s “box-like” concrete buildings. By casting Athens as a uniquely local mode of informal urbanism, a phenomenon that, in a broader sense, is found around the world and particularly in the “developing” world, Theocharopoulou’s book offers a critical re-evaluation of the city as a successful adaptation to circumstance, enriching our understanding of urbanism as a truly collective design activity. Builders, Housewives and the Construction of Modern Athens advocates for an architectural history that allows access to the conceptual worlds and the imaginations of builders and inhabitants. This approach departs from a focus on structures designed exclusively by architects and planners, to explore processes—financial, cultural, and material—that rely on self-organization and community. These improvisations and adaptations, which succeeded in producing a dense and vibrant city, can, in turn, help us imagine how to create more sustainable and livable urban models today.
Speakers: Simon Critchley, Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy, The New School for Social Research / Neni Panourgiá, Adjunct Associate Professor, The Prison Education Program, Psychology Department; Academic Adviser, The Justice in Education Initiative, Columbia University / Ioanna Theocharopoulou, Visiting Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Art and Planning, Cornell University; Author, Builders, Housewives and the Construction of Modern Athens
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥΠΟΛΕΙΣ/ ΝΗΣΙΑ: ΑΛΛΑΓΗ ΠΑΡΑΔΕΙΓΜΑΤΟΣ
Thursday, October 17, 2019
Ο Ιωάννης Δεσποτόπουλος και το Bauhaus
Η έκθεση εστιάζει στο Ωδείο Αθηνών, παρουσιάζοντας παράλληλα πτυχές της διαδρομής του αρχιτέκτονα και άγνωστα στοιχεία από την πρόταση του Πνευματικού Κέντρου. Κεντρικό στοιχείο της έκθεσης αποτελεί η κοινωνική διάσταση του έργου του Δεσποτόπουλου. Η κοινότητα αποτελεί όχι μόνο ένα από τα βασικά στοιχεία της σχολής του Bauhaus αλλά και μία από τις βασικές αρχές οργάνωσης των οικισμών στην Ελλάδα. Ο Δεσποτόπουλος που γνωρίζει καλά αυτές τις αρχές, θα τις μεταφέρει στα σχέδια του Πνευματικού Κέντρου και στο κτίριο του Ωδείου.
Στην έκθεση θα παρουσιαστεί πρωτότυπο υλικό από το αρχείο του αρχιτέκτονα που φυλάσσεται στα Αρχεία Νεοελληνικής Αρχιτεκτονικής του Μουσείου Μπενάκη.
Oktober bis zum 7. November 2019 die Ausstellung „Vom Gebäude zur Gemeinschaft: Ioannis Despotopoulos und das Bauhaus“. Gefördert durch das Auswärtige Amt.
Despotopoulos war zudem einer der ersten griechischen Architekten, die sich mit der ideologischen, politischen und gesellschaftlichen Dimension von Architektur auseinandersetzten. Seine zweijährigen Erfahrungen am Bauhaus und das politisch-gesellschaftliche Klima der Weimarer Republik waren für sein Werk prägend. Er verstand das Bauhaus nicht als „Stil“, sondern als eine Denk- und Schaffensweise, die er in seinem Entwurf für das Kulturzentrum Athen 1959 und im Gebäude der Athener Musikhochschule „Odeion“, dem einzigen verwirklichten Bau dieses Projekts, umsetzte.
Im Mittelpunkt der Ausstellung „Vom Gebäude zur Gemeinschaft“ steht das Bauwerk des Athener Konservatoriums: das „Odeion“. Die Schau zeichnet Despotopoulos‘ Lebensweg nach und präsentiert unveröffentlichte Elemente seines Entwurfs für ein Kulturzentrum für Athen. Der Fokus der Ausstellung liegt auf der gesellschaftlichen Dimension seines Werkes. Die Gemeinschaft ist nicht nur eines der entscheidenden Elemente des Bauhaus, sondern auch eines der zentralen Organisationsprinzipien der griechischen Siedlung. Despotopoulos kannte diese Prinzipien bis ins Detail und integrierte sie in die Pläne für das Kulturzentrum sowie in das Gebäude des „Odeion“.
In der Ausstellung werden Originale des Archivs des Architekten gezeigt, das im Besitz des Archivs für Neugriechische Architektur des Benaki Museums ist.
Friday, June 21, 2019
Landlord Colors: On Art, Economy, and Materiality
This weekend marks the opening of our landmark exhibition Landlord Colors: On Art, Economy, and Materiality. This large-scale exhibition and public engagement series brings together artworks from five international art scenes that have experienced economic and societal upheaval: Italy (1960s-80s), Korea (1970s-80s), Cuba (1990s-present), Greece (2009-present), Detroit, USA (1967-present). It will be on view at Cranbrook Art Museum from June 22 through October 6, 2019, with a special preview celebration on June 21.
It is a rare opportunity for metro Detroiters to see seminal historic works from around the world along with new commissions from contemporary artists such as Reynier Leyva Novo, Zoë Paul, Kostis Velonis, Matthew Angelo Harrison, and Scott Hocking.
In Detroit, Cranbrook Art Museum Senior Curator Laura Mott has partnered with Taylor Renee-Aldridge (co-founder of ARTS.BLACK) and Ryan Myers-Johnson (Executive Director of Sidewalk Detroit) to offer a free four-month engagement series that is designed to connect art to history and contemporary life across Detroit. See the full list of events here.
Join us THIS WEEKEND for the opening events!
Friday, June 21, 2019
ArtMembers Preview Party
6–9pm
Cranbrook Art Museum
Free for ArtMembers, $20 at the door
Meet artists Elizabet Cerviño, Olayami Dabls, Tyree Guyton, Jennifer Harge, Carole Harris, Matthew Angelo Harrison, Patrick Hill, Scott Hocking, Addie Langford, Kylie Lockwood, Billy Mark, Tiff Massey, Allie McGhee, Jason Murphy, Reynier Leyva Novo, Zoë Paul, Susana Pilar, Anders Ruhwald, Chris Schanck, Socratis Socratous, and Elizabeth Youngblood, among others.
Special performance by Elizabet Cerviño at 7:30pm.
Saturday, June 22, 2019
Material Detroit Events Open to the Public
The full schedule can be found here. Special events include:
Dawn to Dusk: Billy Mark Wind Installation. Mark will create a participatory site-specific installation in his neighborhood of Detroit’s North End, featuring a handmade hoodie with 25-foot arms affixed to three flagpoles. Each morning from June 22–July 28, Mark will raise the arms of the sweatshirts at dawn and lower them at dusk. Visitors are invited to put themselves in the garment. Location: 858 Blaine St., Detroit.
3pm: Susana Pilar Alma (Soul) Performance.* The Havana-based Afro-Cuban artist will present a performance that draws upon a true story from the Detroit 1967 Rebellion. In collaboration with local musicians, Pilar will create a performance that honors the music of The Dramatics, whose founding member, Cleveland Larry Reed, survived the police siege on The Algiers Motel in 1967. Location: 8301 Woodward, Detroit.
*In the event of rain, the performance will be moved to Sunday at 3pm at the same location. Please visit our website and social media channels for the most up-to-date information.
1–6pm: Scott Hocking Bone Black Installation. A monumental installation near Atwater Beach utilizes a collection of the metaphorical ‘bones’ of Detroit’s once prosperous economy – the many boats abandoned throughout the city. Theatrically presented as a suspended fleet, Hocking applies “Bone Black” paint to the boats, an industrial pigment from crushed animal bones that has been produced in Detroit since the 19th century. Location: 900 Guoin St., Detroit (entrance on Guoin between Chene and Joseph Campau).
Noon–4pm: Anders Ruhwald Unit 1: 3583 Dubois Installation. Ruhwald will launch this ongoing project that will occupy an entire apartment in Detroit’s Eastern Market neighborhood. The artist investigates themes of transformation and memory through this installation of black ceramic, charred wood, molten glass, and perceptual environments. Location: Unit 1, 3583 Dubois St., Detroit.
3–6pm: Dabls’ MBAD African Bead Museum. A city-block-sized installation by Olayami Dabls that has been a cultural nexus in Detroit since the late 1990s will celebrate the launch of a new storytelling and exhibition space created in partnership with Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects (LOHA). Speakers will include Olayami Dabls (MBAD), Lorcan O’Herlihy (LOHA), Brittney Hoszkiw (Michigan Economic Development Corp.), and others, as well as a live musical performance by Efe Bes’s group iBm. The Material Detroit curators have organized the debut exhibition by Detroit-based artist Elizabeth Youngblood entitled, mat|ter. Set within the installation’s gallery space, the exhibition will serve as a momentary companion to this longstanding creative pillar. Location: 6559 Grand River Ave., Detroit.
Saturday, June 23, 2018
Η αμφισβήτηση του τελάρου και η θέση του «ερωτότοιχου» στη μεταπολεμική αφαίρεση (Α΄ Μέρος)
Sunday, November 12, 2017
Identities and Sub-Modernity Tropes and Psychic Apparatus in Contemporary Greek Culture
Text by Yorgos Tzirtzilakis
https://www.academia.edu/35068551/Identities_and_Sub-Modernity_Tropes_and_Psychic_Apparatus_in_Contemporary_Greek_Culture
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Το παγώνι
Γιάννης Κεφαλληνός, "Το Παγώνι" , 1946. Χαρακτικό για εικονογράφηση στο"Παγώνι" του Ζαχαρία Παπαντωνίου
Friday, October 13, 2017
Unsung heroes of Athens cityscape
Sunday, October 8, 2017
From Doxiadis’ Theory to Pikionis’ Work: Reflections of Antiquity in Modern Architecture
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Το κίνημα αναβίωσης της βυζαντινής (λαικοβυζαντινής) παράδοσης στις αστικές εφαρμοσμένες τέχνες την περίοδο του μεσοπολέμου
https://www.academia.edu/2267288/_The_revival_of_Byzantine_aesthetics_in_bourgeois_applied_arts_and_design_in_Greece_in_the_Midwar_period_._In_Greek_




