The
exhibition "From Asia Minor in Thessaloniki in Thessaloniki: The
Renaissance of a City" was inaugurated at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall.
The report by November 15
The arrival of Greek refugees from Asia Minor to Thessaloniki and their
decisive contribution to the Renaissance and evolution of the city is
the theme addressed by the historical retrospective exhibition entitled
"From Asia Minor to Thessaloniki: The Renaissance of a City", which was
inaugurated yesterday. Evening at the foyer of the M2 building of the
Thessaloniki Concert Hall.
The report is the result of OMTH's collaboration. With Thessaloniki
magazine "Thessaloniki Otherwise" and will be hosted at the site of the
organization until Tuesday, November 15, 2022. Entrance is free to the
public and the photographic material describes the uproar of the Asia
Minor Refugees, their establishment in Thessaloniki and socio -economic
integrate them into the life of the city.
"If a city is entitled to honor the events of that time, this is
Thessaloniki. The refugee, the refugee, which became a place of
reception of tens of thousands of oppressed refugees. We highlight how
the tragedy's lament turned into a breath of creation. We remember and
honor that with blood and ink the end of the 25 centuries of Hellenism
in Ionia, Cappadocia, Pontus and Eastern Thrace. At the same time,
however, we become wiser in how the Asia Minor Disaster was one of the
most important incisions in modern Greek history. The uprooting of the
Asia Minor contributed to the national homogenization of modern Greece
that was built on tears, anxieties, personal and collective tragedies,
”said Vassilis Gakis, president of the Thessaloniki Concert Hall, Mr.
Vassilis Gakis.
For his part, representing the Municipality of Thessaloniki, the
President of the Culture Center of the Municipality of Thessaloniki, Mr.
Haris Aidonopoulos, noted: "I hope and hope all the commemoration
events that are consistent with the memory of our nation will never be
forgotten."
The ways in which the Asia Minor refugees vaccinated Thessaloniki with
culture and creativity were mentioned by the publisher-director Mr.
George Toulas, adding that "the exhibition acts as an ideal reason for
all of us to study and think about what the refugee meant city".
The exhibition entitled "From Asia Minor to Thessaloniki: The
Renaissance of a City" is based on archival and bibliographic research
and articulated in three sections.
The
first concerns the places of origin of refugees, their history and
culture. The second focuses on the temporary establishment by narrating
the time of refugees in Thessaloniki after the 1917 fire and the third
narrates their permanent establishment that led to the city's rebirth.
The whole venture is implemented by a team of teachers and students of
the Department of Architecture of the Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki "Thessaloniki Otherwise", under the auspices of the
Municipality of Thessaloniki and with the full support of OMTH.
The research, the organization of the material and the curation of the
exhibition was undertaken by the professors of the Department of
Architects of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: Athina
Vitopoulou, Maria Doussis, Sofoklis Kotsopoulos, Michalis Nomikos and
Erifili Kontolidou.
Partners: Dimosthenis Sakkos, PhD candidate Tam |
Co -organized: Municipality of Thessaloniki, AUTH/Department of
Architects of Polytechnic School, Thessaloniki History Center
With the cooperation of the Cultural Center of the Region of Central
Macedonia
Sponsors of the exhibition are: Stavros Andreas, Zoe Papageorgiou.
[PS: It's very good, it's worth seeing it] LIGHT OFFICE IN MMU, until November 15
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