The 13th Photosynkyria is the second to be organised by the Thessaloniki Museum of Photography under the new system of rotating curators. Last year, the photographic gaze was investigated by Costis Antoniadis; this year, John Stathatos takes us on an exploration of the fantastic in photography, while his Vindication of Tlon celebrates that great writer, Jorge Luis Borges, who, though bereft of sight for much of his life, perceived so much through the eyes of imagination.

We live in an age in which the image is all-powerful. Photography, which introduced this age, may now also be its culmination within the broader framework of the digital society. For photography is at once a medium and a product, a product of particular historic and artistic significance, a product with infinite applications on the international market, and a work of art with its own particular codes and aesthetic value.
Photography is, in the final analysis, the ultimate proof that reality can be recorded in a multitude of ways while still remaining essentially uncharted, since even the unfailing honesty of the photographer's lens is open to subjective readings on the part of the artist, not to mention the possibilities of digital processing. Digital processing, however, is far less significant than imaginative and aesthetic treatment.


THURSDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2001 17:30 AM
THE FERDY CARABOTT SEMINAR
PHOTOGRAPHY AND SOUND
Music and sound have been used to accompany moving pictures since the early days of silent film.The use of sound with still images is relatively scant and movement is suggested by rotation of projection slides or by use of a rostrum camera. The combination of sound/music with purely still images such as prints isscarce and typically consists of sound effects or music reduced to a soundtrack role. This talk considers the historical background and examines the effects of sound on the still medium and, conversely, the effect of the still image on sound.
BRITISH COUNCIL AUDITORIUM
Ethnikis Amynis 9
TEL 235236-7, 285570

FRIDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2001 11:00 AM
CONFERENCE 2001
With
Yves Abrioux (France)
Joan Fontcuberta (Spain)
Holly King (Canada)
Emmanuel Hermange (France)
Ian Jeffrey (GB)
Erasmus Schroeter (D)
Costis Antoniadis (GR)
BRITISH COUNCIL AUDITORIUM
Ethnikis Amynis 9
TEL 235236-7, 285570
All lectures and discussions
in english or translated into english

SATURDAY EVENING, 19:00
EchoSynkyria
MUSEUM OF BYZANTINE CULTURE / FOYER
CONTEMPORARY CHAMBER MUSIC / WORKS BY GREEK COMPOSERS

SATURDAY EVENING, 21:00
WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCE
"THE VINDICATION OF TLON", A NEW WORK BY THE YOUNG GREEK COMPOSER PANAYIOTIS LEFTHERIS COMMISSIONED BY PHOTOSYNKYRIA, WILL BE GIVEN ITS FIRST PERFORMANCE ON THE OCCASION OF THE EXHIBITION OPENING AT THE MACEDONIAN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART

SATURDAY EVENING, 21:30
AWARDS 2001
DURING THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE "VINDICATION OF TLON" EXHIBITION AT THE MACEDONIAN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
The SANI FESTIVAL / SHELL Award
THE BEST -OVERALL- SOLO EXHIBITION
OF PHOTOSYNKYRIA 2001
The KOYNIO / HASSELBLAD Award
FOR THE BEST GREEK SOLO EXHIBITION

TUESDAY, 27 ΦΕΒΡΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ, at 20:00
CAFE LITTERAIRE
"IMAGINARY LIVES"
With EMMANUEL HERMANGE,
curator and Art critic
and THALIA STEFANIDOU,
Professor of Art History
FRENCH INSTITUTE
LEOFOROS STRATOU 2Α