During the exhibition space of togetherness, NEON creates a unique living laboratory from the cohabitation of the activities of the Drama School, the exhibition and a versatile public programme, open to the public at the Drama School of the National Theatre of Greece | School of Athens – Irene Papas.

The first week of the program is dedicated to the exhibiting artists.

On Wednesday 11 September at 6:00pm, Elina Kountouri, curator of the exhibition will discuss with Moroccan-French visual artist Bouchra Khalili.

Three works by Khalili; a film, visual and sound work that captures her long-standing research on the movement of Arabs in Europe, dominate the main auditorium stage of the Drama School.

The Circle concludes Bouchra Khalili’s long-term investigation into the Movement of Arab Workers (MTA) and its theatre groups, Al Assifa (‘The Tempest’ in Arabic) and Al Halaka (‘The Circle’ or ‘The Assembly’ in Arabic), evidenced in the film The Tempest Society (2017, premiered at documenta 14), a book of the same title (Book Works, 2019), and the sound work An Audio Family Album (2020), among other projects.

The exhibition space of togetherness, curated by Elina Kountouri, Director NEON, raises some of the most pressing issues facing Europe and the world today. Safety, wars, climate change, socio-political conditions but also global demographic and economic status push towards a movement of people, cultures and ideas and shape our world as a space of flows through the interaction and diversity of cultures. space of togetherness is an exhibition of stories from the intersection of race, politics, and the rights of individuals and communities.