A bag full of telephone cards
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In the framework of the exhibition A bag full of telephone cards a series of public events will take place at TAVROS. A screening of Latent Community’s film Otranto will take place followed by a discussion about border violence, as well as discussions around the 2004 severe attacks on Albanian migrants; collective memory and the making of migration archives. Through the public programme and our daily presence at the exhibition space, we are aiming to create a meeting place for dialogue and collaboration that will enhance the development of the archive and the formation of an open community around it.
Wednesday 18 September, 19:00 Exhibition opening. The director of ASKI, Manos Avgeridis, the associate director of SNFPHI, Dimitris Antoniou, and the co-curators of the exhibition, Pati Vardhami and Ilirida Musaraj, will address a short greeting. There will be traditional Albanian food with the kind contribution of the Association of Albanian Women in Greece.
Friday 20 September, 19:00 Film screening and Discussion. How do we speak of border violence? A discussion on the occasion of the film screening Otranto. Contributors: Ionian Bisai & Sotiris Tsigkanos (Latent Community), Olga Lafazani (post-doc researcher, Humboldt University Berlin), Stefanos Levidis (researcher and visual practitioner), Niovi Zarampouka-Chatzimanou (curator, co-director of Counterpoints Greece). Moderation: Pati Vardhami (curator and critical theorist).
The discussion with live interpretation in Greek Sign Language by Polyvios Kosmatos.
Monday 23rd September, 19:00 Discussion. The “honourable” 2004. From the heights of Europe to racist violence? Contributors: Giorgos Chalkias (sports editor), Giannis Gkolfinopoulos (assistant professor, Panteion University), Nancy Papathanasiou (scientific director & co-founder at Orlando LGBT+), Ervin Shehu (activist, former member of Forum of Albanian Migrants). Moderation: Kostis Karpozilos (historian).
Wednesday 25th September, 19:00 Discussion. Something that will remain. Migration and contemporary archives. Contributors: Sebene Isete (founder of migratory oral history project “Our stories”), Valbona Hystuna (founding member of Association of Albanian Migrants “Mother Tereza” in Greece), ΙIirida Musaraj (coordinator of the Archive of Albanian Migration), Penelope Papailias (associate professor of Social Anthropology, University of Thessaly). Moderation: Stathis Pavlopoulos, historian, scientific coordinator of ASKI.