[Note: The cluster will be held in English (ENG below) and Greek (GR below), without simultaneous interpretation, although translation will be provided where needed. There will be a response and discussion with attendants following each presentation.]
Writers-in-Residence: responses to the 3-day cluster through creative and critical modes of writing proposed by 7 artists and theorists – [Jeffrey Andreoni, Marios Chatziprokopiou, Georgina Kakoudaki, Stefania Mylona, Betina Panagiotara, Eleftheria Rapti, Evi Sougkara] – ENG/GR
THURSDAY 24th November 2011
20.00 – 22.00 Pre-cluster Sharing: ‘THINK TANK’: A meeting between the artists leading the workshops and all participants for an open discussion and reflection on their work and on the symposium’s theme. [Please note that this event will take place at the I. & R. Duncan Research Dance Centre, Municipality of Vyronas].
FRIDAY 25th November 2011
11.00 – 12.00 Registration
12.00 – 12.30 Group Presentation: ‘Welcome to Athens’: The city of Athens through the eyes of a foreigner [Katherine Adams & Christiana Galanopoulou, Annalaura Alifuoco & Antigone Gyra, Kathrin Felzman & Stella Dimitrakopoulou, Zeynep Gündüz & Zoi Dimitriou]-ENG
12.30 – 13.00 Introducing ‘Encounters in Synchronous Time’ [curatorial team] – ENG/GR
13.00 – 13.45 Opening Lecture [Maaike Bleeker] – ENG
13.45 – 15.00 LUNCH BREAK
15.00 – 16.30 Dialogue: ‘Double translations: telling another way to tell’ [Karen Christopher & Litó Walkey] – ENG (response by Zeynep Gündüz)
16.45 – 18.00 Lecture: ‘Elsew/here’ [David Williams] – ENG (response by Joe Kelleher)
18.15 – 19.30 Group Presentation: ‘Manifesto Lexicon’: 24 Greek words to approach performance studies [Stella Dimitrakopoulou, Zoi Dimitriou, Christiana Galanopoulou, Antigone Gyra & Vicky Adamou/ Kinitiras, Marios Chatziprokopiou, Katerina Paramana, Spyros Petritis, Adonis Volanakis] – GR (response by Anna Tsichli)
SATURDAY 26th November 2011
10.30 – 12.00 Dialogue: ‘Finally Together On Time’ [Bojana Kunst & Ivana Müller] – ENG (response by Bojana Bauer)
12.15-13.45 Lecture: ‘Climates of attention, ecologies of practice’ [Joe Kelleher] – ENG (response by Karen Christopher)
13.45 – 15.00 LUNCH BREAK
15.00 – 16.30 Panel: ‘Articulations of performance in Greece’ [Marios Chatziprokopiou: ‘Lament and performance in Greece: prohibited encounters in contemporaneity’, Hypatia Vourloumis: ‘Encountering Synchronicities: Performing Contemporary Athenian Presence’, Vasilis Noulas: ‘City and synchronicity in athenian performance: the case of the project “Urban-structures”‘, in conversation with David Williams] – ENG/GR
16.45 – 18.00 Performance Lecture: ‘NAME READYMADE’ [Janez Jansa] – ENG (response by Maaike Bleeker)
18.15 – 19.30 Participatory session: One-to-one encounters [with the participation of all speakers and attendants of the cluster] – ENG/GR
SUNDAY 27th November 2011
10.30 -12.00 Group Presentation: ‘Peachy Coochy’: 15 photographs, 10 artists, 5 minutes, 1 encounter [Jeffrey Andreoni with Nusa Pavko and Rebecca Weeks, Angeliki Avgitidou, Adonis Volanakis, Sozita Goudouna, Stella Dimitrakopoulou, Medie Megas, Eilon Morris, Katerina Paramana, Xristina Penna, Anna Tzakou] – ENG/GR (response by Litó Walkey)
12.15 – 13.45 Dialogue: ‘Now out of joint’ [Bojana Bauer & Myrto Katsiki] – ENG (response by Hypatia Vourloumis)
13.45 -15.00 LUNCH BREAK
15.00 – 16.30 Panel: ‘PSr: Performance Studies regional’ [Angeliki Avgitidou, Ayrin Ersöz, Zeynep Günsür, George Sampatakakis, Anna Tsichli, in conversation with Bojana Kunst – a panel co-curated with Zeynep Gündüz] – ENG/GR
17.00 – 18:30 Closing Roundtable Discussion [chaired by Maaike Bleeker & Joe Kelleher] – ENG/GR
18.30 – 21.00 DRINKS