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CONVERSATIONS | ELINA KOUNTOURI & SOCRATES STRATIS

13 October, 13:00 - 14:00

Elina Kountouri & Socrates Stratis conversation | space of togetherness | NEON at the National Theatre of Greece Drama School | Photography Courtesy NEON
Elina Kountouri & Socrates Stratis conversation | space of togetherness | NEON at the National Theatre of Greece Drama School | Photography Courtesy NEON
Elina Kountouri & Socrates Stratis conversation | space of togetherness | NEON at the National Theatre of Greece Drama School | Photography Courtesy NEON
Elina Kountouri, Photography Natalia Tsoukala & Socrates Stratis, Photography Courtesy Europan Sweden

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CONVERSATIONS | ELINA KOUNTOURI & SOCRATES STRATIS

13/10/2024 13:00 - 14:00 

 


National Theatre of Greece Drama School | School of Athens - Irene Papas

SUNDAY 13 OCTOBER 

13:00 – 14:00

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Socrates Stratis bio

Elina Kountouri bio

Why Alice is not in Wonderland? Alternative Practices to Reclaim the City

How can architecture as an urban practice claim an active role in shaping alternative public spaces, supported by the Commons, especially in contentious cities? Why isn’t Alice in Wonderland? Could it be to help strengthen citizens’ social skills in the city, to gradually understand the complexity of fragmented lands in which they live? And if Alice isn’t in Wonderland, where might she be? Perhaps she camouflages herself, forming tactics in environments not conducive to the creative transformation of conflicts, trapped in entrenched narratives hostile to difference. Could she hold onto magic, making the unattainable possible, in collective efforts to claim the co-creation of common urban imaginaries—imaginaries that seek creative transformations of conflicts?

Architecture as an urban practice shapes “instantaneous alternative publics” to overturn dominant narratives. It translates differences, fostering constructive interactions in the city. It disorients creatively, encouraging the public to unlearn entrenched urban beliefs.

Elina Kountouri, NEON’s Director and curator of the exhibition space of togetherness discusses with Socrates Stratis, Professor at the Department of Architecture, University of Cyprus alternative practices to claim the city.

Drama School of the National Theatre of Greece | School of Athens – Irene Papas

Pireos 52

Piraeus, 185 47

Greece


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