Event Category: Festival

SoUL Made
Two-day Multi-themed Festival of Art & Mental Health

The Pan-Hellenic Association for Psycho-social Rehabilitation and Vocational Reintegration (PEPSAEE) is a non-profit scientific association that has been active since 1997 in the field of psychosocial rehabilitation and the social and vocational reintegration of individuals with psychosocial difficulties.

The Specialized Day Center of P.E.P.S.A.E.E., “Center for Social Dialogue,” is organizing the first Two-day Multi-themed Festival of Art & Mental Health “SoUL Made”, primarily funded by the Ministry of Culture, as part of the action “Creative Greece 2024: Strengthening Multi-themed Festivals across Greece.” It also serves as a broad initiative for Community Education and Awareness.

The festival includes a visual arts exhibition, experiential contemporary dance workshops, a physical theater performance, an improvisation workshop, dance performances by artists with and without disabilities, three masterclasses, and a contemporary music concert.

Pre-festival activities: On Friday, November 1st, 2024 (11:00 AM – 2:00 PM), workshops on Theater Education, Rhythm & Voice, Bollywood Dance, and Percussion will be held by members and employees of P.E.P.S.A.E.E. for the students of the Public and Community Health Department at the University of West Attica.

The SoUL Made Festival aims to become an annual meeting ground for collaboration and the promotion of contemporary artistic trends, providing a space for the gathering of all social groups by utilizing different art forms such as theater, music, dance, and visual arts.
The philosophy of the SoUL Made Festival highlights the positive impact of art on mental health and the crucial role it can play in fostering acceptance of diversity.

The innovation of the SoUL Made Festival lies in its encouragement of inclusion, active participation, and the collaboration and coexistence of socially vulnerable groups in artistic creation alongside artists, students from art schools, and individuals from the community.
We invite all our fellow citizens, mental health professionals, professional and amateur artists, mental health service users, and individuals from all socially vulnerable groups to come together, collaborate, share roles and experiences, broaden horizons with new stimuli, and co-create a new understanding of mental health and art.

Participation in the workshops and entry to the performances and concert are free, but reservation of a spot is required.

Saturday, November 2, 2024

• 12:00 – 14:00 Improvisation Workshop by Choreographer Ms. Jacqueline Fischer:
  “Improvisation & Mapping”
• 15:00 – 17:00 Contemporary Dance Workshop by Dancer & Choreographer Mr. Plotinos Iliadis:
  “Speed the Spiral”
• 17:00 – 19:00 Workshop by Psychologist and Interdisciplinary Artist Mr. Antonis Bertos:
  “Movement & Nonviolent Communication”
• 20:30 – 21:30 Performance by the group “Plefseis” titled “Black Dot”

Sunday, November 3, 2024

• 17:30 – 18:30 Performance by the inclusive dance group ARTOGETHER (Production by Liminal) titled “Tricky Little Games”
• 21:00 – 23:00 Concert by the band The Burger Project

Due to a limited number of seats, interested participants must complete the online reservation form for the free workshops, performances, and concert (priority will be given on a first-come, first-served basis):
Reservation Form

Finally, the SoUL Made Festival offers the opportunity for mental health professionals, artists (both professional and amateur), and the general public, with or without vulnerabilities, to participate in three Masterclasses conducted by esteemed professionals in their fields.

Saturday, November 2, 2024

14:00 – 18:00 MASTERCLASS by Director, Performer, and Physical Theater Teacher Mr. Antonis Koutroubis:
“The Performer Meets the Theatrical Object on Stage”

Sunday, November 3, 2024

11:00 – 15:00 MASTERCLASS by Psychiatrist – Psychotherapist & Psychodrama Instructor Mr. Antonis Liodakis:
“Psychodrama: A Guide for Self-Help”

16:00 – 18:00 MASTERCLASS by Dancer & Choreographer – Inclusive Workshops Instructor Ms. Giota Peklari:
“Body Music” with the Connecting Body Method

Participation in the Masterclasses requires a fee and reservation of a spot in advance.

Due to a limited number of seats, those interested must contact us to reserve their spots, inquire about the cost of the masterclasses, and obtain information on payment details exclusively via email: [email protected].

Throughout the SoUL Made Festival, artwork created by mental health service users in the Art Workshop, part of the Specialized Day Center “Center for Social Dialogue” of P.E.P.S.A.E.E., will be exhibited in the festival spaces.

For more information about the SoUL Made Festival, news, photos, and artist biographies, visit:
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PartSuspended Artist Collective opens the 1st edition of ECOPHILIA NOW festival in the unique space of PLYFA for 2 days, 19-20 October 2024.

The ECOPHILIA NOW festival brings together over 20 diverse participants, including performers, musicians, choreographers, visual artists, activists, environmentalists, and poets from across Europe. With representatives from countries such as Greece, Hungary, Spain, Italy, Belgium, France, Romania, Ukraine and Denmark, the festival is international in scope.

The festival’s concept of “ecophilia” — a deep love for Earth and nature as a shared home for all beings — invites participants to nurture their connection with the environment. This focus on “philia” (friendship) with nature is a call to embrace a more caring, sustainable, and mindful approach to how we interact with the environment.

Through a rich variety of artistic expressions, such as performances, audio-visual media, music, and visual art, as well as engaging talks and creative workshops, ECOPHILIA NOW looks for feminist and inclusive practices and how these can open new ways of thinking about a more environmentally conscious and socially just world.

Join us to explore together new possibilities of making art and thinking about the environment, and share the joy of being together!

*With the support of European Festivals Association, Europe for Festivals Festivals for Europe, European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists.

WORKSHOPS
Spaces are limited. To participate, please send an email to [email protected]

Doors open at 13:00.

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BIBLIOGRAPHIC, EDUCATIVE, EMPIRE, NOMAD, LAZY, COOPERATIVE, POLITICAL

IN SMINOURGIA PARTICIPATES THE COLLABORATIVES: SYNALOLIS, BIOME ATHINAS, MELANTHO, DOCK,
OBSCURA LAB, AS WELL AS THE COLLECTIVENESS EDUCATIONAL GROUP “THE SKASSIARCHIO”

BOOKS, DISCUSSIONS, MUSIC, PICTURES, SCREENINGS, CHILDREN’S AREA, FOOD, DRINK

[And while capitalism tries to convince us that there is no alternative, that the future is bleak and let us accept it, books are the ray of light that leads us into the thick darkness and cooperation is our way to preserve our humanity and to change the world.]

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 7
SMALL ROOM

17.30-19.00 || State control and surveillance in the 19th century. Introductions by the historian Xenia Marinou and dr. friend
of Thanasis Lagio. Historian Manolis Arkolakis coordinates and intervenes.

19.00-19.15 || Break time

19.15-20.45 || 7 years of #metoo and feminist solidarity. We talk to Georgia Petrakis, professor at Panteio Pa-
university and we watch short films by Alexia Tsounis (FemArtAct KOINSEP)

BIG ROOM
18.00-19.30 || School cooperation and collaborative techniques with Freinet pedagogy. Open discussion by the members of the Pedagogical Group “To Skasiarcheo”.

19.30-19.45 || Break time
19.45-21.15 || Communism and regime security: the construction of the internal enemy in the Greek 20th century.
Historians Kostis Karpozilos and Menelaos Charalambidis discuss, moderated by historian Stratis
Burnazo.
EXTERIOR SCENE
21.30-00.00 || CONCERTS. Dear Lou! in a tribute to Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground and Daddy’s Work Blues

Band in an electric blues session.
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 8 (MORNING)
SMALL ROOM

13.30-15.00 || Work Self-Management as a Movement: Weaknesses and Prospects Through Review of the Last Decade. The research collective Perfigurativa is introduced and discussed with the audience.

BIG ROOM
12.00-13.00 || Food preservation laboratory from Melantho COINSEP.
13.00-13.15 || Break time
13.15-14.45 || Make your own bookmark. Printmaking workshop by @the greyfox_linoprints.

YARD
14.30-17.00 || Collective Industrial Picnic. We eat, drink and chat together.
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 8 (AFTERNOON)
SMALL ROOM
17.30-19.00 || Visible and Invisible Straps: Surveillance, Control and Enforcement Inside and Outside Asylum Walls. Recommendations
by Vasia Lekka (current professor TEAPI-EKPA), Thodoros Megaloikonomou (psychiatrist), Giorgos Kesisoglou
(psychologist). Psychiatrist Lykourgos Karatzaferis coordinates and intervenes.

19.00-19.15 || Break time
19.15-20.50 || Projection. Parole de flic. Film with Alain Delon, written by Frédéric Fazardi.
BIG ROOM

18.00-19.30 || Sportswear, mental trauma and traitors to our class. D. Hunter, author of the book Chav / Solidarity from the Underground, talks about his new book, which is released for the first time during the festival.

19.30-19.45 || Break time

19.45-21.15 || The omnipotent (?) state: Surveillance, control and enforcement in the digital age. Lawyers Annie Paparrousou and Thanasis Kabayiannis together with Panos Lambrou investigate aspects of unfreedom nowadays. It is moderated by the journalist Tasos Tsakiroglou (Editors’ Newspaper).

EXTERIOR SCENE
21.30-00.00 || CONCERTS with Alexis Kalofolia and Stefanos Flotsios and Frank Panx and Saltadoroia to close the festival in the best way!

AND OF COURSE throughout the duration of the festival, the following will operate in the area: XeFRENo Smenos: Pedagogical activities by the Pedagogical Group “To Skasiarcheo” (with an open-air library, visual art, construction, typography, poetry workshops, children’s radio and film screenings of student
films from the “Neaniko Plano”!) – Bookstore – Stalls with products from collaborative ventures – Art exhibitions – Bar and restaurant.

Once a year the circuit breaks down and in September 2024 the Agoraphobic Festival sets up again for two nights three stages at PLYFA.

This year’s curator, Metaman, holding the invisible ribbon that unites Lena Platonos with Eddie Dark, weaves the fabric of a festival open in every sense of the word. It brings together friends and idols or both at the same time, in a line-up several of whose names are accompanied, more or less, by the designation “legendary”, even if some had to do the Paris-Dakar on their knees to see the return of Regressverbot and Victory Collapse.

Somehow, Larry Gus and his unique live performances meet the beats of Dj Pitsouni, the heretical discourse of Lost Bodies meets the nihilism of Dramachine, while the electro-poetic element is omnipresent, from the iconic K. Beta, to Molyneaux, Lalousis and A. Epithetis. Olina and Euripides give a more sensitive perspective to things along with Tropical Geometry who indulge in more pop forms, honoring their kraut origins.

Penny, Dolly Vara and Expe on the other hand, form an explosive trio, each in their own personal way, which comes to be added to Krista Papista and Sci-Fi River who in turn bring to ΑΤΦ24 two of the most enjoyable appearances of AΦΦ23.

Incognito returns from last year’s edition of the festival are also the presences of Echo Tides, Vassilina and Kristof, in a local scene that changes shapes, names and combinations, constantly finding new ways to strengthen its ties and evolve, carrying and delivering the same cross from generation to generation, from the 80s to the present day.

The complete lineup of ΑΤΦΤ24:

K. Beta, Regressverbot, Lena Platonos, Echo Tides, Lost Bodies, Penny+Sci-Fi River, Eddie Dark, Dolly Vara, Krista Papista, Vassilina, Kristof, Larry Gus, Dramachine, Olina, Expe, Evripidis and His Tragedies, Victory Collapse, Molyneaux+Agatha, A. Epitheti, DJ Pitsouni, Tropical Geometry, Stelios Lalousis and Metaman

9/20/24 | 1st Agoraphobic Day

K. Beta, Echo Tides, Penny+Sci-Fi River, Eddie Dark, Kristof, Larry Gus, Dramachine, Evripidis ND His Tragedies, Molyneaux+Agatha, DJ Pitsouni, Stelios Lalousis

21/9/24 | 2nd Agoraphobic Day

Regressverbot, Lena Platonos, Lost Bodies, Dolly Vara, Krista Papista, Vassilina, Expe, Olina, Victory Collapse, A. Epitheti, Tropical Geometry, Metaman

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BOOK-LIKE, EDUCATIVE, EPHEMINE, NOMAD, LAZY, CO-OPERATIVE, POLITICAL

There is this deathly embrace of neoliberal destructiveness all around us. From Evia to Tempi and from Pylos to the daily wage, everything around us is filled with mourning and ugliness. And then there are the everyday resistances, overt and unacknowledged, that make life bearable, often and beautiful. Somewhere in the middle of this tug-of-war is us, who, more than a job, want our relationships to foreshadow a possible future beyond capitalism.

We said, therefore, that it is a good occasion to gather, words, ideas and actions in a two-day festival, in a celebration.

In place of forced association and pre-made behaviors, we counter-propose a swarming with you on the free and festive side of ideas and everyday life. We oppose a swarm of free meetings, of dialogue, of participation.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 09

BUILDING 7A

17.30-18.45 • DISCUSSION Small publishers – big ideas. With Michalis Paparounis (futura), Christos Mai (Psifides), Fotis Kateva (Eutopia) and Telemachos Doufexis Antonopoulos (Colleagues Publications).

19.00-20.15 • DISCUSSION Realistic utopias, Commons and cooperation. With Yiannis Zaimakis, Karolos Kavoulakos and Giorgos Lieros. Antonis Brumas coordinates.

20.30-22.00 • DISCUSSION Everyone is trying to heal me. Open discussion with interventions by the members of the Network of People Who Hear Voices and the Pedagogical Group “to Skasiarcheo”. This is followed by the interactive-reflective workshop “Empathy, collective care and collaboration for a community school”.

22.15 • SCREENING Wooden builders of the Aegean. Agios Isidoros Samos. Documentary by Giorgos Nikolakakis about traditional woodworking and the last ship carpenters in Agios Isidoros Samos and their relationship with the Commons.

BUILDING 7G

17.30-18.15 • THEATER The Theater Group of the People Hear Voices Network is inspired by Hieronymus Bosch’s painting The Ship of Madmen and creates a performance about coexistence in chaos. Excerpts of texts by Odysseus Elytis, Albert Camus, Justine del Corte, Antonio Porcia and others are heard.

18.30-20.00 • DISCUSSION Feminist violence? Rethinking the autonomy of the feminist movement. With Irene, author of The Feminist Horror.

20.15-21.45 • DISCUSSION From the libertarian colonies of the 19th century to the Temporary Autonomous Zones of today. With Daniel de Roulet, author of Ten Little Anarchists.

22.00 • SHOWING Working with our pass (Lavorare Con Lentezza). Film by Guido Chiesa about the historic Italian radio station Radio Alice, which was associated with labor struggles and the Autonomy movement.

OUTDOOR STAGE

21.15-00.00 • CONCERTS TOXIC RABBITS, DOT ON EARTH, LOLEK
Post-punk and electronic beats from the strongest bands, for a truly industrial Saturday night!

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

MORNING PROGRAM

BUILDING 7A

12.00-13.15 • DISCUSSION Instructions for using the need: How to build, manage and defend a collective. Members of collaborative ventures (Pangaki, Co. Others, BIOME, Publications of Colleagues) participate.

13.30 • SHOW 95% reality. Documentary by Pierre-Andre Sauvazo about Jean-Francois Villard, author of the book It’s Always Others Who Die.

BUILDING 7G

11.30-12.45 • DISCUSSION Noir at noon. The aesthetics of denunciation: neopolar instead of proclamation. A game of chess between a noir writer (Andreas Apostolidis) and an artist (Pavlos Nikolakopoulos).

13.00-14.15 • DISCUSSION Round table/open meeting for mental health professionals with the main topic of discussion being self-management issues in the professional field of psychotherapy and mental health and the professionalization model. Coordination: Apo Koinou collective. Psychosocial Empowerment and Psychotherapy.

OUTDOOR SPACE

14.15-17.00 • EVENT Collective Industrial picnic. We eat, drink and chat together. In this context, The Hour of Unconditional Laziness will take place. An hour without selling and doing nothing.

AFTERNOON PROGRAM

BUILDING 7A

18.00-19.15 • DISCUSSION The haunting thought screams “well you dug old mole”: Marx and Lukacs are still young. Participants: Yannis Milios, Dimitra Ali Fieraki, and Alexandros Minotakis.

19.30-20.45 • DISCUSSION Building a public school, cooperative and democratic, for all children. Open discussion from me

In September 2023, the musical constellations, shooting stars, meteors, pulsars, black holes and zodiacs that make up the sonic universe in which the generations of myspace, facebook, instagram, tiktok and other lovers of social isolation, gather in the same space, in a festival of two days and two stages, which explores the sonic and artistic identity of a large part of the past, present and future of the domestic scene.

22/9/23 | Agoraphobic Day 1
Stella, The Boy, The Children of Antiquity, Krista Papista, Veslemes, The Callas, Sillyboy’s Ghost Relatives, Degear0001, Dimitris Glyfos

23/9/23 | Agoraphobic Day 2
Pan Pan, Nalyssa Green, Melentini, Sci-Fi River, Lunar, $oft $kull, The Model Spy, My Brother the Couch, My Wet Calvin

Agoraphobic aspires to be repeated with a different curator every year – starting with Aris of My Wet Calvin.

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