Work in Progress

For Activity 1, students had to prepare logos related to the subject of the project. The students of the Greek team prepared 5 logos, which were first presented and then voting inside the team was carried out. Two logos were finally selected and presented in Activity 1 in France. The Greek logos were also voted for by our partners during the Activity. Eventually, the logo which our student Eleni Prodromiti created is the official logo of the project "Art and Space in the City".

Eleni Prodromiti

Maria Mylona & Eva Papakostopoulou

For Activity 1, the students also prepared a short video presenting our city, Chaidari.

Students studied articles to familiarise themselves with the subject "Art and Space in the City" as this is understood in the Greek context. Two examples are Modern Art and Public Space or Contemporary Art and Public Space in Greece.

For Activity 2, students had to prepare a presentation with spaces of Chaidari which could be offered for a work of art. At first, the students worked in groups and explored the whole area of the city. They talked about the spaces and took a lot of photos. At the second stage of this task, the students had to explore how realistic it would be to install "art" in these spaces, considering various factors, for example authorisation and possible destruction. The students arranged a meeting with the Deputy Mayor, responsible for Culture and Education in the city of Chaidari, and talked about these issues. At the third stage, the group of students presented their final choices and the whole team chose what would be included in the presentation. At the final stage, students had to measure and make sketches of the spaces. All the information gathered was eventually included in the presentation.

For Activity 3, the Greek students had to prepare their own suggestions for works of art for the German school. The students had to work individually or in groups. First, they had to study the German presentation. Then, they had to choose the space they preferred and think of its function and its importance. Finally, they had to prepare a project which included their suggestion with the reasons they reached this decision. To reach the desired results, students had the opportunity to talk about art, see a plethora of art works and discuss them with the art teacher in our weekly group meetings.

The umbrella is the only part with colour because we want to stress its power: the feeling of protection and safety it offers.

The parts are plastic-coated so they can stand weather conditions.

When everything was ready, the files were sent to print as the kids were eager to see their work and decided not to wait till February but send it to Germany with the team that would participate in Activity 4. When printing was over, everyone was more than happy with the result.

Finally, a paper version of the story was offered to Adolf Reichwein Gymnasium. You can see - and read - our story in the file that follows.

During the Activity, Greek and German students jointly presented the work of art. You can see the presentation in the file below.

This is a video with the preparation of the work "Under my Umbrella".

Pain and Hope

Just before the end of the project the Italian school "Liceo Artistico D. Colao" sent us the work of art they had prepared for us. The work was installed in our school's entrance hall as it had already been agreed. Here is the installation video.

The exhibition

After all the work was completed, all five partner countries started preparing the exhibition of the work done during these two years. The main exhibits were photos of all the works of art during the preparation phase and after they had been installed. The exhibition was arranged to start on the same day in all five countries, i.e. 9th May, Europe's day. For the Greek school the venue of the exhibition was the Town Hall of Chaidari, after arrangements with the municipality. In the end of the school year, all the works will be transferred to school where they will be exhibited on a permanent basis.

Presentation of the project - Dissemination

An important dissemination event for our project was the presentation to teachers and students of Western Athens after an invitation of the Regional Directorate. Four of the senior students along with a teacher prepared a presentation, talked about their experience, what they earned from the project, what they valued most and what they cherished and motivated more students and teachers to participate in similar programs.