18-19.9 - Ancient Drama & The Political Performance-Philosophy-Political Theory

  •  Published on: 16/09/2019

 

18-19 September 2019

Ancient Drama & The Political

Performance-Philosophy-Political Theory

 

Michael Cacoyannis Foundation & University of Bonn (Forum Internationale Wissenschaft)

 

 

 

Wednesday, September, 18th 2019

 

Curated by the University of Bonn (Forum Internationale Wissenschaft)

 

Grand Narratives and the Embodiment of the Public Sphere

 

 

15.00 – 15.30

 

Subscriptions

 

15.30-15.45

Opening Talk

 

The Re-invention of the Myth: Αrc-Net’s new project “Interconnecting myths and performing cultures. A laboratory of new mythologies”. 

Platon Mavromoustakos, Professor, University of Athens, Department of Theatre Studies

 

 

15.45 -16.45

 

1st Panel: The Body and the Polis

 

15.45 –16.00

On Bodies, Things, and Acts of Democracy. The Materiality of Ancient Theatre

Impulse by Julia Stenzel, Professor, Professor of Religion and Society studies, University of Bonn  

16.00-16.35

Negotiating Collectivity. Attempts on Gymnastics, ancient and modern

Presentation by Theatre Artist Oliver Zahn and Workshop Participants

16.35 – 16.50

The Art of Everyday Life

Response by Rodanthi Sedouka, Conceptual artist & Designer, Creative Director & Partner of Red Design Consultants. Creator of the Emblem of Olympic Games, Athens 2004

16.50 – 17.00

Break

 

17.00 – 18.00

 

2nd Panel: Evolution and Progress: Utopias of Community and Society

 

17.00 – 17.15

Entering the Polis. Antique and Modern Political Spaces

Impulse by Jörn Etzold, Professor at the Institute of Theatre Studies, University of Bochum

17.15 – 17.50

Leaving Home – Creating Homes. Timeless Drama in Athens

Presentation by Director and Performer Holle Münster, the Theatre Director Sarantos Zervoulakos and Workshop Participants

17.50 – 18.05

Utopia Becoming Reality – The Case of Epidaurus Lyceum

Response by Georgina Kakoudaki and Christos Karanatsis, Athens Greek Festival, Epidaurus Lyceum

18.05 – 18.15

Break

 

18.15 – 19.15

 

3rd Panel: Spaces and Spheres of Democracy: Reading ancient drama through politically tinted spectacles

 

18.15 – 18.30

 

The Double Presence of the Ruinous: Ancient Remains as Heritage and Failure

Impulse by Jonas Tinius, Anthropologist of art and Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

18.30 – 19.05

The Real Must be Fictionalized To BeTthought…Layers of Space in Modern Athens

Presentation by Artists Ilan Bachl, AnnaM. Pasco Bolta and Workshop Participants

19.05 – 19.20

The Audience in Motion

Response: Meti Panagiotopoulou, Choreographer-Researcher, Artistic Director of Kera One Stage/Giortes Rokkas

19.20 – 19.30

Break

 

19.30 – 20.30

 

The Art of Dialogue: An Experimental Democratic Gameplay

Conceptualized & Animated by Elena Timplalexi, Laboratory Lecturing Staff member, NTLab, Department of Communication & Media Studies, University of Athens.

Subject: The Limits of Presentation (laws, rules, responsibilities, rights)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, September, 19th 2019

 

Curated by Michael Cacoyannis Foundation

 

The Political and the Ancient Drama as Theory/Idea/Project

 

15.00-15.30

  

Subscriptions

 

 

 

15.30-16.30

 

1st  Panel

Elitism, Popularism, Entitlement

 

Chair/Discussant

Evdokia Delipetrou, Researcher, PhD in Performing Arts, University of Athens

15.30-15.50

From Politics as Theater to Politics as Firework

George Pleios, President of the Department of Communication & Mass Media-University of Athens

15.50-16.10

Theatres of Demagoguery. Aristophanic Attempts on Politics, ancient and modern

Julia Stenzel, Professor of Religion and Society studies, University of Bonn

16.10-16.30

Discussion

16.30-16.45

Break

 

16.45 – 17.45

 

2nd  Panel

 The Political and the Theatre (VS/+)

 

Chair/Discussant

Olympia Glykioti, Researcher, PhD in Performing Arts, University of Athens

16.45-17.05

Beyond the Age of the World Picture

Sebastian Kirsch, Theatre scholar, affiliated as a Feodor Lynen research fellow to the Department of German Studies at New York University, USA

17.05-17.25

Protest Choruses: Rethinking the Aestheticisation of the Political

Stefan Donath, Dr.in Theatre Studies, Researcher, affiliated at «Interweaving Performance Cultures» Institute, Freie University of Berlin

17.25-17.45

Discussion

17.45-18.00

Break

 

18.00-19.00

 

 

3rd Panel

The Tragic and the Political

 

18.00-18.20

Tragedy, Democracy, and Monetised Individualism

Richard Seaford, Professor, University of  Exeter

18.20-18.40

The Ancient Theatre and the Social Negotiation

Alexandros Mistriotis, Artist

18.40-19.00

Discussion

19.00-19.15

Break

 

19.15 – 20.30

 

4th Panel

The Drama Festivals and the Cultural Policy

 

Chair/Discussant

Eleni Koutsilaiou, Researcher, PhD in Performing Arts

19.15-19.25

Ancient Drama, Post-Democracy and Cultural Policy

Dimitris Yolassis, Administration & Program Consultant-Michael Cacoyannis Foundation

19.25-19.35

Culturalising Democracy - Democratising Culture

Panayiotis Neufelt,Founder and Chairman, International Independent (consortium of organisations on cultural research, policy and economy) and Arts Council Greece

19.35-19.45

Ancient Drama: Teaching the participation in politics

Dora Vyzovitou, Cultural Management, Media and Public Relations Consultant

19.45 – 19.55

On sponsorship

Minas Mavrikakis, Communication Expert, Communication Consultant and Chairman of the Consulting Committee on Artistic Fields at  Michalis Cacoyannis Foundation, as well as Chief Strategy Officer of the Pitch Communications Agency

19.55-20.30

Discussion