The 8th Handmade & Recycled Theater Festival, our favorite festival in the historic neighborhood of Kerameikos, returns for the eighth consecutive year!
From September 24 to October 4, 2020, we take art in our hands!
The idea
Why handmade and recyclable?
“What we did with effort, we gave him a title.” Central keystone to the Handmade and Recycled Theater Festival is the idea of handmade and recyclable. The name and character of the Festival emerged from the identity of the group. So it is not about choosing a title, but about a need, a way of life that is reincarnated in an artistic vision. A festival with self-organized artists, creating together, each taking on different roles to achieve a result.
In this particular period we are going through, with the field of culture being affected and artists being called upon to find ways to continue creating, the idea of the Festival is inspired by a different way of operating.
Our goal is to support artists who want to take art into their own hands, to highlight DIY creations and to develop a network of artists who have a common way of thinking, perceiving and creating. We invite all of you to share your ideas with us and to co-organize a different Festival of Handmade & Recyclable Theater!
A few words about the festival
As in previous years, this year the festival program includes many different forms of expression and artistic creation:
Prose, musical theater, performance, music performance, site specific performance, physical theater, street theater, children’s theater, improvisation, standup comedy, bar theater, storytelling, theatrical analogy, contemporary dance, dance theater, jazz dance, concerts, dj sets, music , movie screenings, short films, documentaries, painting, collage, photography, architectural design, installations, book presentation, book reading, video art screenings, site specific art, video performance, circus, acrobatics, aerial Skills, jugglers, clowns, jewelry, mask, doll, clothing, DIY Constructions, workshop, children’s creative work, seminars, lectures .
At this year’s festival, the venues and the way of operation will be differentiated from the previous years, and will be shaped – determined in accordance with the rules and protection measures proposed by the competent bodies.
Festival Program
Thursday 24/09
19:00 8th Hrtfest Start Party [Live Graffity, Fabrica Events show, Handmade creations Lottery]
A surprise night in the colorful courtyard of Fabrica Technoparka always with the most funky music and cool cocktails
Opening of art exhibitions
“Reborn” – Stella Diplachili
“Pulpstruct” – Manolia Kokologianni / Paul Goodman
“Couples in 10 worlds” – Silvana Sarti
“Digital portraits” – Christina Goumourian
“State of War” – Aris Beozo
“Wooden animal shapes” – Ricardo Di Lauro
“Chaos” – Elvis Santzakou
Craftsmen
Dot.I – Greek Yota / Fabric painting
Chryssalendra – Alexandra Spanou & Chrysi Petroulaki / Handmade macramé jewelry
Pocket Clay Jewelerry – Melina Koffa / Handmade clay jewelry
Artastic abstract by ctefu – Stefania Ioannidou / Constructions from recyclable materials
Friday 25/09
18: 00-20: 00 “Principles of the Actor’s Presence”, The participants will work on the principles of the actor’s presentation as they apply in the Anthropological Theater. Seminar with Antonis Diamantis and the Omma Studio team
20: 30-22: 30 “The Conquest of Difference”, Documentary screening of the Odin Theater by the group Omma Studio
22: 30-24: 00 Dj Set
Saturday 26/09
10: 00-13: 00 “Principles of the Actor’s Presence”, The participants will work on the principles of the actor’s presentation as they apply in the Anthropological Theater. Seminar with Antonis Diamantis and the Omma Studio team
13: 30-15: 00 “Aikido” Exercise for the body and cultivation for the spirit, lesson-presentation with Makis Kosmidis and the Aikido Center
15: 30-16: 30 “Dance trips”, Creative play and improvisation workshop for young and old, with the team A(r)CT
17: 00-20: 00 “Clown Playground Impro Rehearsal”, open rehearsal for those interested in taking part in the show Clown playground Impro
20: 30-21: 15 “Ascetic” performance / research on: “The Relationship between Ritual and Theater” Conception – Text Composition – Direction – Visual Arts: Antonis Diamantis, Omma Studio group
Sunday 27/09
12: 00-14: 00 “Zero Waste” Walking Workshop on zero waste and ecological visual arts, with Nikos Malamas
15: 00-17: 00 “ShenDao-Qigong / Fabrica Lab”, ShenDao-Qigong Workshop with Emilios Italikos
17: 30-19: 00 “Ram Yoga / Fabrica Lab”, New Ram Yoga course at Fabrica Lab of Fabrica Artspace. A personal encounter with the breath, body and mind, with Giòvanna Michaliadi Sarti
20: 00-21: 30 “Clown playground Impro”, After a while of not thinking, the clowns decided to improvise! The theatrical clown relies on improvisation because that is how he inspires and creates with what is happening around him. He plays and enjoys his uniqueness, and with them he survives on stage. From the Maybe A Company team
Monday 28/09
16: 30-18: 00 “Tai Chi and Theater”, An opportunity for the body to learn – to take a position, to find the measure, and to have a clear direction – keeping the mind at peace, with Maria Riga
18: 30-20: 30 “HoopDance – Dance Class with Hula Hoop / Fabrica Lab” For those who like dancing, acrobatics, juggling or all three, Hoopdance is the perfect combination for them in one lesson, with Giòvanna Michaliadi Sarti
Tuesday 29/09
17: 30-19: 30 “Stilts / Fabrica Lab” A workshop for those who want to get in touch with the art of Stiltwalking and wish to enrich their skills on stilts, with Fanis Katechos.
20: 00-21: 30 “Martial Arts and Theater”, A workshop that combines Theater and Martial Arts, with Grigoria Petropoulou.
21: 00-22: 00 “1st year DARE DANCE DIGITALIZE The 3D project”, Event that includes screening of the video of the performance of DARE DANCE DIGITALIZE The 3D project at the European Music Day in June 2019 and short speeches about the goals and the vision by DARE DANCE DIGITALIZE The 3D project.
Wednesday 30/09
16: 00-18: 00 “Modern Acrobatic Dance / Fabrica Lab”, The aim of the course is to find the mechanics of each movement and its possible alternations, to play the limits of a three-dimensional movement in space and to develop a choreographically complex result that will emerge through simpler kinetic materials, with Natassa Arabatzi.
18: 30-20: 0000 “Ram Yoga / Fabrica Lab”, New Ram Yoga course at Fabrica Lab of Fabrica Artspace. A personal encounter with the breath, body and mind, with Giòvanna Michaliadi Sarti.
20: 30-22: 30 “What is Erasmus +”, A talk about Erasmus + such as Youth Exchanges, Training Courses, ESC, Seminars etc., with Adriana Maltezeanou.
Thursday 01/10
18: 00-19: 30 “Suzuki Training / Fabrica Lab Meeting”, The purpose of the meetings is to create a common place and time where performing artists have the opportunity to learn about the Suzuki Method for Actors and to train together, based on the techniques with Giòvanna Michaliadi Sarti.
20: 00-21: 30 “I WRITE – SONORCH, the” hybrid “”, Presentation of the book Sonorh by Jenny Dagla an experimental text, the fruit of 10 years of work, by the author herself.
Friday 02/10
16: 30-19: 00 “The Dimensional Actor – Research Theater / Fabrica Lab”, Fanis Katechos, founding member of Fabrica Athens, inspirer and keynote speaker of the modern theatrical method “Research Theater”, shares for another year intensively the findings of his personal theatrical research, workshop with Fanis Katechos.
20: 30-22: 30 “Film Screenings”, Screenings of short and medium films by the team of Fabrica Athens and independent creators.
Saturday 03/10
11: 00-13: 00 “Awakening the Body”, An exciting practice of motor meditation / physical awareness through movement and free dance, with Maria Varela of Movement Medicine Greece.
14: 00-15: 30 “HoopDance – Dance Class with Hula Hoop / Fabrica Lab” For those who like dancing, acrobatics, juggling or all three, Hoopdance is the ideal combination of them in one lesson, with Giòvanna Michaliadi Sarti.
16: 30-19: 00 “The Dimensional Actor – Research Theater / Fabrica Lab”, Fanis Katechos, founding member of Fabrica Athens, inspirer and keynote speaker of the modern theatrical method “Research Theater”, shares for another year intensively the findings of his personal theatrical research, workshop with Fanis Katechos.
18: 30-19: 20 “Jaguar Wariors Show”, Martial arts presentation by the Jaguar Wariors team and Grigoria Petropoulou.
20: 30-21: 00 “Masks on”, A show based on the modern reality of the now well-known coronavirus. Five dancers in an improvisation choreography aim to transmit the… laughter virus, from group A(r)CT.
Sunday 04/10
12: 00-13: 30 “The heroes of the forest”, An experiential workshop for children from 4-10 years old through the method of theatrical play centered on ecology, by the team Tyranteles
14: 00-15: 30 “Play jam”, an interactive group game workshop based on the value and importance of the game at any age, with Eleni Papaioannou and the A(r)CT team.
16: 30-19: 00 “The Dimensional Actor – Research Theater / Fabrica Lab”, Fanis Katechos, founding member of Fabrica Athens, inspirer and keynote speaker of the modern theatrical method “Research Theater”, shares for another year intensively the findings of his personal theatrical research, workshop with Fanis Katechos.
19: 30-22: 30 “Physical Cinema Research Laboratory”, This workshop aims to tackle and study the writing of motion, the Cinema. Here the camera, as the main narrator, the present existence of the action, is embodied and reveals to us the subjective, each time, truth, with Kostas Tataroglou and Cinemascoop.
19: 00-20: 00 “PuRangers improvise”, The PuRangers improvisation team invites you to come and play with her in an improvisation show. In improvisation there are no texts and scenes. We will create them together on stage to make a show just for us and only for one night, by the PoRangers team.
20: 45-21: 45 “The Seagull ‘Ou”, The’ Ou is a seagull. It flies, it dreams, it sees the world not only from above to the earth, but also from the bottom to the sun, from the land to the fertile land, and many times from the cut waves to the land. He knows that there is always something more to go through in all lengths and breadths. He learns from wandering and knows how to generously share his experiences with other seagulls, comic theatrical improvisation – Improv Comedy Theater – from the Comic Theatrical Improvisation team, Sweet Herring.
21: 45-24: 00 Closing Party
