Photography Center of Thessaloniki is organizing a series of actions in 2017 centered on Gender, under the general title "My gender, My self", as mentioned below:
Photography exhibition and video art at Toss Gallery, in the centre of Thessaloniki/ Greece. Paricipants are 15 young Greek artists, who work in Greece and also abroad. Curated by Thanassis Raptis, photographer. Opening on 31st of March, 2017, 8pm.
Paricipants are:
Froso Papadimitriou, Gina Maragoudaki, Manos Chrysovergis, Lily Zoumpouli, Panos Kefalos, Eva Geromichalou-Vei, Elena Ganda, Giorgos Kanis, Georgia Ponirakou, Georgia Lale (video), Vassiliki Sandali, Kyriakos Katsareas, Fili Olsefski, Maria Tzeferi, Afroditi Dafnou (performance)
On Saturday, January 14th, 2017, a meeting was held on the theme of Gender, at the Museum of Photography and was free to the public.
Participating speakers:
- Art Historian and Director of the Center of Contemporary Art. Syrago Tsiara., Subject: "Τhe turmoil of gender and policies of seeing in Contemporary Art"
- Poet and editor of the literary magazine 'Eneken' Giorgos Giannopoulos, Subject: "The issue of women and class consciousness"
- The Psychologist - Psychoanalyst and president of the Freudian Society of Northern Greece Christos Sidiropoulos, Subject: "Photography as a mirror without a surface and and gender intergration"
- The photographer and Art Director of the Photography Center of Thessaloniki Vassilis Karkatselis, Subject: "The emergence of the Feminist Photography within the Postmodern"
- Photographer Manos Chrysovergis, Subject: "Photography and experience on'' kinky'' sexuality"
- The PhD Psychopathology Univ. de Paris and Author Fotis Kaggelaris, Subject: "Gender as a limit"
The conference was supported by the Thessaloniki Museum of Photography.
