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Little Travelers: Learning the history of the National Garden (Athens, Greece)
7,000 trees from all over the world and 4,000 bushes become the setting for an exploration game in the National Garden of Athens. This is an initiative of the Onassis Foundation, where it invites families to discover the National Garden and learn its history. The action consists of 2 meetings, one online and one live. Background The Alexander S. Onassis Foundation was created by Aristotle Onassis to honor the memory of his son Alexander. The foundation is one of the largest in Europe, using its assets to create scholarship and prize programs. The Foundation aims at promoting Greek culture and civilization throughout the world and in Greece. The first international…
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Batman Gżirjan: co-creation in marginalised communities in times of COVID (Gzira, Malta)
Batman Gżirjan was a co-created and community-focused artistic and research project, carried out by the artist Kristina Borg. The setting of the process was the maritime town of Gzira, in Malta. The main aim of the project was to raise awareness within the community of their relation with the heritage surrounding them (and their urban environment in general), through creative means, tackling their memories as well as the current perspective of two groups of local participants. The research workshops evolved in a final co-created performance. The pandemic posed many challenges to the research and performative side of the project. Background The project is curated and directed by a local artist…
