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20.09.2016 / Cavafy Archive News
PRESS RELEASE: THE CAVAFY ARCHIVE, ONASSIS FOUNDATION PARTICIPATED AT THE 29TH MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR | 7 - 11 SEPTEMBER 2016
The Cavafy Archive, Onassis Foundation participated in the 29th Moscow International Book Fair. Throughout the duration of the Fair, the Cavafy Archive showcased a series of selected activities it had previously curated by the Archive while it also organised events focusing on the great Alexandrian poet as well as on the affairs pertaining to contemporary Greek culture.
As part of the Greece – Russia Year 2016 - and since this year’s Fair was paying tribute to the Greek culture-, the Cavafy Archive instigated an extensive discussion, mapping Greek culture through four open and fruitful discussions. These successful events proved to be highly popular with both the Russian and the international audiences attending the fair; a great number of questions and statements were raised and articulated in the open discussions. The significant interaction with the Russian audience, in particular, was of great interest, highlighting the importance of the Russian translation of the entirety of C.P. Cavafy’s poetry. The Cavafy Archive’s presence at the 29th MIBF confirmed once again that Cavafy is a poet transcending geographical and linguistic borders.
During the inaugural discussion “Why Greece I? Policies, institutions, challenges”, in which Mr. Aristeidis Baltas, Minister of Culture and Sports, and Mr. Konstantinos Tsoukalas, President of the Hellenic Foundation for Culture, participated, amongst others, the main focus was given on institutional cultural management, on the identification of Greece with the phenomenon of fiscal crisis but also on the possibilities of exiting crisis through culture. The event took place in collaboration with the Hellenic Foundation for Culture.
In the second discussion “Why Greece II? The burden of the past, the archive of the present and future practices”, which was attended by a significant number of Modern Greek Studies students from the Lomonosov Moscow State University, the interest shifted towards the discussion of practices regarding the Greek circumstance that could potentially support or even rescue Greek cultural organizations and the Greek publishing trade from the ongoing financial problems.
During the third discussion “Greek Literature Today: Voices in the Present” the debate moved towards the significance of the Modern Greek cultural production beyond the weight of the ancient Greek literature, its accessibility to the reader and its prospects of addressing an international audience.
Finally, the Cavafy Archive, Onassis Foundation with its mission to promote C.P. Cavafy’s work and the international character of his poetry and personality, organized a fourth open discussion entitled “Cavafy, a poet of the world”. During the talks, there were extensive references to the history of translating Cavafy in Russian, from the Soviet era to the present day. Furthermore, Theodoros Chiotis and Dimitris Papanikolaou presented the Cavafy Archive’s activities from 2013 until now.
The 29th MIBF took place in the largest exhibition center in the Russian capital, the VDNH, which proved to be a unique space for the Cavafy Archive. It was there where the opportunity to address a heterogeneous, diverse and large audience which maintains a great interest for Greece and its culture alike, arose.
The organization of the Greek participation was undertaken by the Hellenic Foundation for Culture.
The Cavafy Archive events at MIBF2016:
Wednesday September 7 (14.00-15.00)
“Why Greece I? Policies, institutions, challenges”
Discussants: Aristeidis Baltas, Minister of Culture and Sports,
Konstantinos Tsoukalas, President of the Hellenic Foundation for Culture,
Kostas Gavroglou, President of the Committee on Cultural and Educational Affairs of the Greek Parliament
Moderator: Dimitris Papanikolaou, Associate Professor in Modern Greek, University of Oxford and Senior Academic Advisor Cavafy Archive, Onassis Foundation
Organisation: Hellenic Foundation for Culture/Cavafy Archive, Onassis Foundation
Thursday September 8 (18.30-20.00)
“Why Greece II? The burden of the past, the archive of the present and future practices”
Discussants: Elena Pataki, Publisher, Patakis Publishers
Mikela Chartoulari, literary critic
Maria Tsantsanoglou, Director, State Museum of Contemporary Art of Thessaloniki,
Christos Chrissopoulos, author
Moderator: Dimitris Papanikolaou, Associate Professor in Modern Greek, University of Oxford and Senior Academic Advisor Cavafy Archive, Onassis Foundation
Saturday September 10 (14.00-15.00)
“Greek Literature Today: Voices in the Present”
Discussants: Krystalli Glyniadaki, poet,
Theodoros Chiotis, poet and Project Manager of the Cavafy Archive, Onassis Foundation
Giannis Palavos, author
Sunday September 11.09 (12.30-14.00)
“Cavafy, a poet of the world”
Discussants: Dimitris Gialamas, cultural adviser to the Greek Embassy in Moscow, Maria Tsantsanoglou, Director at the State Museum of Contemporary Art of Thessaloniki, Evgenia Smagkina, Cavafy’s translator in Russian, Dionysios Maroulis,
PhD student and lecturer at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Theodoros Chiotis, poet and Project Manager of the Cavafy Archive, Onassis Foundation, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Associate Professor in Modern Greek, University of Oxford and Senior Academic Advisor Cavafy Archive, Onassis Foundation
Event 2, 3 and 4 were organized by the Cavafy Archive, Onassis Foundation
A few words about the Cavafy Archive
The Onassis Foundation acquired the Cavafy Archive in the end of 2012. Its aim is to protect the almost 4.000 manuscripts and all of its valuable contents and to make it accessible to researchers and the public. It also wishes to promote C.P. Cavafy’s work and the international character of his poetry and personality. Working towards this end and in the context of a contemporary approach to the poet’s work, numerous projects and events take place in Greece and abroad, for the wider public and particularly the younger generations, creatively utilizing the potential of new technologies.
Cavafy Archive, Onassis Foundation
Designer of the initiatives of the Archive: Afroditi Panagiotakou
Senior Academic Advisor: Dimitris Papanikolaou
Project Manager: Theodoros Chiotis
Assistant Project Manager: Marianna Christofi
For further inquiries regarding the Cavafy Archive events you may visit the official Onassis Foundation website www.onassis.org or contact us at Kavafis@sgt.gr and at +30 213 0178058.
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