The basic structure of our project as it is represented to the proposals to international organisatios is shown below.
1. Project title
The SPHINX PROJECT
What is ANTHROPOS
2. Activity type
Organization of cultural events of regional/international scope
3. Scope of the activity
Regional/International
4. Project summary (200words)
While our world is falling apart and a city pregnant with the foundations of human civilization is sinking into forgetfulness, a group of volunteers, artists and citizens, revives the famous riddle of the Sphinx with a question about man and his destiny..
Will the soul of the sick city rise and shine out of its skin, or, will it collapse in the abyss?
Looking for his sister Europe, Cadmus founded ancient Greek Thebes or Cadmeia. Here is the sacred Cabirion, where Prometheus and PAI (Primordial Child) assisted the birth of Primordial Anthropos...
On the borderline of this city lanscape, moulded in myth and legends, the enigmatic Sphinx is lurking...
Here is an attempt to change the 'language game' of this small city, which, has, clumsily, cemented, in its unconscious texture, the precious remnants of a dynamic world cultural heritage, which we long to drill, enhancing our present.
In this endeavor, we echoe back to the Sphinx, Oedipeus' answer to its riddle, intensifying, this transtemporal mystery
“What is ANTHROPOS?”
This question is the central theme of our awareness-raising experiment, held all over the city; a question set in the darkness of modern crisis which illuminates our essence...
5. Project description (step by step plan)
1. The Sphinx Project will be enriched by a psycho-social research on the particularity of this small city built on the surface of an especially condensed cultural heritage. (outside funding requests)
2. Installation of selected art prints creating 'parcours' inside the city, held with the help of volunteers-guides.
3. Internet interactive art project (with live camera scenes) concerning the everyday life in the city, its history, its cultural heritage- excavations and the SPHINX PROJECT events.
4. Opening informative event in the Conference Center of Thebes.
5. Installation of 20, relevant to our theme, sculptures, near mythological, historical, sites, accompanied by site-informative signs. Multi-media artworks are also installed in different parts of the city, in dialogue with its archeological remnants (e.g. The Cabirian theatre of Dionysos (considered to be the first European theatre), Cadmus' palace, Hercule's house, the royal grave of Oedipus children, the temple of Isminios Apollo which is gradually emerging from the earth excavations etc..
6. International art exhibition, of 100 contemporary artists, referring to the riddle of Anthropos (human being), seen in the light of a present rooted on its cultural past (The artists will be asked to donate their works for the creation of a museum of modern art in the city of Thebes).
7. Informative, interdisciplinary, awareness-raising discussion meetings between citizens, scientists, artists, in the central square of the city (Agora), aiming at the citizens' sensitization as to the importance of their global cultural heritage and the necessity of its promotion on a world scale. Collection of signatures for the monuments' preservation, especially for the Cabirion site and theatre which is dissimulated in the surrounding wilderness - in cooperation with the cultural, non-profit association Diazoma.
8. 10-20 Performances-interventions in the streets, neighborhoods and squares of the city.
9. Art schools exhibitions, held in 5-10 local schools. Citizens Art-photo shows held in the Library and in the Conference Center of the Thebes.
10. Text presentation by students and citizens concerning proposed solutions for the future of the city
11. Interactive social game -treasure hunt game all-over the city.
12. Event Closing in the Conference Center.
13. Evaluation of the psychosocial impact of the Sphinx Project on Thebes' social life.
6. Implementation schedule
7.Expected results
8.Compliance with objectives to which your activity contributes.
9.Communication and visibility of project
1. Project title
The SPHINX PROJECT
What is ANTHROPOS
2. Activity type
Organization of cultural events of regional/international scope
3. Scope of the activity
Regional/International
4. Project summary (200words)
While our world is falling apart and a city pregnant with the foundations of human civilization is sinking into forgetfulness, a group of volunteers, artists and citizens, revives the famous riddle of the Sphinx with a question about man and his destiny..
Will the soul of the sick city rise and shine out of its skin, or, will it collapse in the abyss?
Looking for his sister Europe, Cadmus founded ancient Greek Thebes or Cadmeia. Here is the sacred Cabirion, where Prometheus and PAI (Primordial Child) assisted the birth of Primordial Anthropos...
On the borderline of this city lanscape, moulded in myth and legends, the enigmatic Sphinx is lurking...
Here is an attempt to change the 'language game' of this small city, which, has, clumsily, cemented, in its unconscious texture, the precious remnants of a dynamic world cultural heritage, which we long to drill, enhancing our present.
In this endeavor, we echoe back to the Sphinx, Oedipeus' answer to its riddle, intensifying, this transtemporal mystery
“What is ANTHROPOS?”
This question is the central theme of our awareness-raising experiment, held all over the city; a question set in the darkness of modern crisis which illuminates our essence...
5. Project description (step by step plan)
1. The Sphinx Project will be enriched by a psycho-social research on the particularity of this small city built on the surface of an especially condensed cultural heritage. (outside funding requests)
2. Installation of selected art prints creating 'parcours' inside the city, held with the help of volunteers-guides.
3. Internet interactive art project (with live camera scenes) concerning the everyday life in the city, its history, its cultural heritage- excavations and the SPHINX PROJECT events.
4. Opening informative event in the Conference Center of Thebes.
5. Installation of 20, relevant to our theme, sculptures, near mythological, historical, sites, accompanied by site-informative signs. Multi-media artworks are also installed in different parts of the city, in dialogue with its archeological remnants (e.g. The Cabirian theatre of Dionysos (considered to be the first European theatre), Cadmus' palace, Hercule's house, the royal grave of Oedipus children, the temple of Isminios Apollo which is gradually emerging from the earth excavations etc..
6. International art exhibition, of 100 contemporary artists, referring to the riddle of Anthropos (human being), seen in the light of a present rooted on its cultural past (The artists will be asked to donate their works for the creation of a museum of modern art in the city of Thebes).
7. Informative, interdisciplinary, awareness-raising discussion meetings between citizens, scientists, artists, in the central square of the city (Agora), aiming at the citizens' sensitization as to the importance of their global cultural heritage and the necessity of its promotion on a world scale. Collection of signatures for the monuments' preservation, especially for the Cabirion site and theatre which is dissimulated in the surrounding wilderness - in cooperation with the cultural, non-profit association Diazoma.
8. 10-20 Performances-interventions in the streets, neighborhoods and squares of the city.
9. Art schools exhibitions, held in 5-10 local schools. Citizens Art-photo shows held in the Library and in the Conference Center of the Thebes.
10. Text presentation by students and citizens concerning proposed solutions for the future of the city
11. Interactive social game -treasure hunt game all-over the city.
12. Event Closing in the Conference Center.
13. Evaluation of the psychosocial impact of the Sphinx Project on Thebes' social life.
6. Implementation schedule
7.Expected results
8.Compliance with objectives to which your activity contributes.
- the importance of cultures as sources of knowledge, meanings, values and identity
- the role of culture for sustainable development
- artistic creativity in all its forms, while respecting freedom of expression
- international and regional cultural cooperation
- gender equality
- young creators and artists (18-30 years old)
- forms of expression that, despite their value for the community or countries of origin, are relatively
- underrepresented on the world arts scene and therefore deserve to be promoted
- peace, social stability and cultural diversity
9.Communication and visibility of project
Our desired scope of communication and visibility is international
-Our visibility will be enhanced through our calls for participation and our cooperation with international cultural organizations
- Our cultural interactive web games centered on Anthropos (Human Being) will promote the international interdisciplinary participation.
- The involvement of scientific research groups in our project will produce a collection of interdisciplinary texts on contemporary anthropocentered researches in many fields of knowledge, like Artificial Consciousness, genomics, space technology.....published in a special section of our website
and of course
- we will promote our event through mass media and cultural informative internet sites
- A press conference will be held in the Athens Municipal Center
- Volunteers will be encouraged to promote this participatory, collective, work through all possible channels
10. Partners
