Ekon Greek Festival 2010

OTHER WORLDS | ELECTRIC WAVES

November 2010

This year we journey into shadowy depths. Our inspiration comes from a familiar Mediterranean image: the changing sea. At this point we sail away and the festival goes electronic at the heart of an urban landscape. Its theme is ‘Other Worlds | Electric Waves’. We’ll be taking you on a journey of exploration amid the circuits of change and transformation; of disposable images and uncertain finales; of the colourful deception of the mundane; even of what lies beyond ‘normality’; of unspoken thoughts and passions. Click here to see the programme in detail

Contemporary Classical Music

Discover the new generation of Greek and international composers, musicians and singers in a variety of ensembles that range from solo to sextet, both vocal and/or instrumental, presenting contemporary chamber or orchestral music alongside classical favourites.

 

Body Electric

‘Body Electric’ puts a hip face on the Festival, showing its playful but also experimental side. This is an opportunity for new artists to showcase their work, reflecting current artistic trends and letting nothing less than their creativity take centre stage.

Featuring a great variety of music, theatre and performing arts in a number of forms and combining different media, ‘Body Electric’ is a fantastic celebration of contemporary arts.

Presentations will include experimental/electronic music, contemporary dance and performance, combined arts, multi-media/installation.

Young & Talented

A new platform for 13-27 year old talents and youth art groups from the education sector and art colleges, from the Greek and non-Greek communities, to perform in a variety of events, join workshops, or share their inspiration. This is a chance for aspiring young artists to try out a new activity.

A series of music and movement or theatre workshops for different age groups will also be offered with the potential of participants presenting their work at the Festival.

The programme will include performances of folk Greek dance featuring dances from the Greek islands and Cyprus.

Exact days and venues to be announced

Olympics Festival 2012

WE ARE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE OLYMPICS EKON FESTIVAL 2012

Applications are invited in the fields of music, composition, dance, experimental/physical theatre, performance, adult puppet/shadow theatre, combined arts, and multi-media/installation.

For 2012, we will be exploring the idea of modern Greek cultural identity, re-interpreting or re-imagining ‘Greekness’. We will be looking at ways in which its different voices take up the challenges of the modern age to shape and be shaped by a wider society with evermore shifting borders.

We invite proposals from individual artists and groups (a) of Greek background who are primarily based in or retain links to the UK and (b) of other cultural or linguistic background whose work highlights or reinterprets aspects of Greek culture or themes and ideas related to it or inspired by it.

At Ekon Festival, we welcome young and emerging artists. We support new, innovative work and the partnership of different art forms. We encourage collaboration amongst artists and are interested in work that offers a unique artistic perspective. The Festival is committed to diversity and quality. It aims to provide a creative space for artists to pioneer their work and perform together in a stimulating environment.

How to Apply

Please contact us directly to receive the application form and for any questions you have about the process.

submissions@ekon.org.uk

07920 128 643 (voice / texts)

Ekon Festival, Submissions, 86 Bramfield Road, Battersea, London SW11 6PY