The lover, the priest, the owner, the lung.
Our first creative writing workshop in Athens, Letters from the Dead, was a blast, amazing characters, death, desire, anger, dispair, remembrance, tenderness, monsters and world building.
Loud shout out for the participating writers, wish we could do this daily
CREATIVE WRITING WOKSHOP!
16-17th May at @workinprogressstudios (Athens)
held by puja editors @cinderella_exit and @eloisefornieles
participation is free
max 10 participants
send us an email to apply at [email protected] before 5th May
more info in our web
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In line with our upcoming issue’s theme, we hold e two-day workshop centers on grief and the afterlife. We will focus specifically on remembrance, memory, and the dynamic between the city’s past and present.
In ancient cities, the resources and attention invested in preserving and highlighting the remnants of the past as the city’s core identity, leaves the living overshadowed by „the numberless monuments of the past, which have been hauled out and laboriously restored, and from which a tiny present draws nourishment, and because of the dreadful over-estimation of these deformed and ruined objects”.
In over a hundred years, since Rilke wrote his letter from Rome, the situation has just gotten worse. But it’s not only we, citizens and visitors, and generally the living, who are forced to live in the shadow of a conglomerate of the past. The spirits behind these “chance remains of another epoch and life which is not, and should not be, ours” have also become voiceless.
We will address how this epoch and life could indeed be ours by creating letters from the perspective of the city’s dead.
Participants will engage in writing exercises focusing on the impersonification of remains – sculptures, ruins, museum artifacts, tombstones, entire buildings or walls – with the final result of a letter written by the dead to the living.
Submissions open until 31st March!
Send complete written or visual pieces and abstracts to [email protected]
All info and full call in bio
Albeit daily political madness and tech psychedelia, ongoing wars, wildfires, floods, seven hours screentime, and looping, memefied despair, we seem to have few spaces left to mourn. Loss is all around, but within the infinite spin of productive individualism, grieving is almost an insult. It must remain hidden and dealt with behind closed doors. And quickly. But it’s a tricky game, since, as we all know, the dead have a habit of returning if we don’t take our time saying a proper farewell.
With the second issue of Puja Journal – On Grief & Mourning – we aim to rescue grieving from its voiceless coffin, and create space for it to be named, and worked through, so that we can shed light on the transformative agencies hidden within mourning. What and how are we grieving? What about anger, shame, and disconnection? Can despair alchemise us into something new?
🚀 VoltageFreqs DIY Synth Workshop: Build the Optolator Oscillator! 🎛️✨
Join us on March 23 in the center of Athens for a hands-on workshop where you'll build your own light-controlled synthesizer! No experience needed—just curiosity and a love for sound. 🎶🔧
🔥 What to expect:
✅ Learn how synthesizers and oscillators work
✅ Build an oscillator that reacts to light
✅ Take home your own handmade synth!
ℹ️ Details:
📍 Limited spots
💰 Cost: €40
☕ Coffee included
📩 How to apply:
Send an email to [email protected] with OPTOLATOR OSCILLATOR as the subject line.
In the email, include your full name and phone number.
Spots are first come, first served—don’t miss out! 🔊⚡ #DIYsynth #synthworkshop #electronicmusic
Waving out 2024 with a highlight reel sharing Dila’s activities this year -
In January we met with @lombaertstudio through @all.in.awe to plan the design of our much needed new website which is currently in development
In April we co-hosted an embroidery workshop @workinprogressstudios with @wearecommunity_org@shafi_qias@iliodoramargellos supported by @institutsavoirfairefr for @jemaofficiel
In May our poetry project with @karima_qias was installed @ulbruxelles as part of CurieuCity Festival in collaboration with @cinemaximiliaan
In June we joined @the_oecd first Forum on Gender Equality at its Paris headquarters to gain insights into issues facing young women today and hear from speakers including @aminajmohammed@michellebacheletpdta and @franciamarquezm
In September we started supporting @demirian.elen a talented young artist and illustrator from Armenia who won a scholarship to study visual arts @deree_acg and is now being mentored by graphic designer @patchil
In December we attended @thecomuseum conference @benakimuseum to learn from the inspiring female directors of @migrationmuseumuk and @palaisdelaportedoree
This month we also happily brought our first native Greek mentor on board - @ephemere whose experience in luxury brand communications in New York will be invaluable for our growing network, especially our newest mentee Alisa, a young Ukrainian woman in Athens who wants to pursue a career in fashion marketing.
More next year... hoping that in 2025 we can each do our small part in building a brighter world. At Dila we believe that encouraging and prioritising the voices and visions of young women from diverse backgrounds plays an essential part in the creation of that future ♥️
#creativearts #creativefutures #artforgood #artforchange #socialchange #womensstories #refugeestories #refugees #multicultural #culturalexchange #mentorshipprogram #supportnetwork #london #paris #brussels #athens #greece #mediterranean #eu #europe2024
💥The time has come! DESMOS: A Dinner Study is coming out as a public group show on December the 7th at @eight_athens from 18:00 and until 11.01.25 🎉
🍝 After a series of 5 thematic dinners, with 28 different guests, artists and curators at @workinprogressstudios , a long research in archival material, interviews and fruitful conversations over stained tablecloths, the project will conclude on a celebratory group show including artworks, archival documents and performances. DESMOS: A Dinner Study is a project that focused on the empowerment of the artistic community, the valuable bonds we build among us and the precious time we can spend reflecting together, away from production stress, deadlines, openings and the art market. The show instigated from the historical events "Mondays of Desmos", that founders of Desmos Gallery held during the 1970s, inviting artists in casual pasta dinners at the exhibition space.
Curated by Christina Petkopoulou @chripetko
Participating:
@nadjaarg@eloisefornieles@ioanna.gerakidi@panosgnk@castrata_feel Nikolas Ventourakis, @olga_vlass@sylvia.ps@_vegstuff@ceres.k@konstractive@onthemezzanine Rena Papaspyrou, @inovarvariti@giannis_dela@theopro@sefnana@stefaniastrouza@disco_bouzouki@marianna_stefanitsi Stamatis Schizakis @christoforosmarinos@myrtoxanthopoulou@zoehatzi@yiannishadjiaslanis@konhadji@vera_chotzoglou@vaskos_
Graphic design: Dimitris Mitropoulos @theworststreetjournal
Photos: Zoe Hatziyannaki
The group show is supported by and organized under the auspices of @minculturegr
A-DASH thanks especially @emstathens and @nationalgalleryathens ISET for their collaboration during the archival research
🍷Thanks to @oinotypo.gr for offering their delicious house wines
💐 and @kopriastore for their gorgeous flowers
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#DESMOS #desmosadinnerstudy #artistdinner #workinprogressstudios #adash #adashplatform
🍝 DESMOS: A Dinner Study Ep.:4 took place at @workinprogressstudios and we are reaching the season finale of the project. Stay tuned for the upcoming public aspect of our collective work in the beginning of December 🥳
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DESMOS: A Dinner Study is a collective research project in the form of a pasta dinner series, inspired by the “Mondays of DESMOS Gallery”, artist gatherings that were organized at the historical gallery that operated in Athens from the 1970' to 1990's, by its curator Epi Protonotariou and director Manos Pavlidis.
Within this context, and along with archival research in personal collections and ISET (Greek Contemporary Art Institute), A-DASH hosts curated creative encounters at @workinprogressstudios Athens, inviting artists and other creatives to indulge into historical pioneering practices that shaped the Greek contemporary art community and reflect on the relations that bring us together within the current cultural, political and economic conjunction. We are interested in what art professionals bring to the table, both literally and metaphorically, in a personal condition of care and sharing, where antagonism, exposure and production stress are absent.
Curated by Christina Petkopoulou @chripetko
Photos: @zoehatzi
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❤ *A-DASH thanks @eloisefornieles for her valuable collaboration, Greek Institute of Contemporary Art-ISET for the precious archival material.
💐@kopriastore for providing inspired flower compositions
🍷 @oinotypo.gr for offering its high quality house wines
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#DESMOS #contemporaryart #dinner #workinprogressstudios #adash #archives #artistrunspace #artistrun #artistdinner #desmosadinnerstudy #collectiveart #ephemeralart #researchproject
More 📸 from a fabulous evening. Thanks again to our brilliant readers and beaut audience. Save the date for salad days 5 (June 15) and keep your eyes peeled for the lineup announcement 📣
