Piraeus - Athens

Installation and Printing workshops by Katerina Stefanidaki and Zafos Xagoraris. Outdoor, printing workshops at the Piraeus port, with the use of magnetic surfaces and the participation of school students and other visitors

In collaboration with the multilingual library We Need Books, Naouzat – Anastasia Hantid reads “The Lantern” by Ghassan Kanafani in Arabic and Greek.

Music powerfully conveys stories of migration across the Mediterranean, capturing journeys by sea, experiences of exile, and the search for refuge. By creating and sharing songs and sounds, participants will build empathy and deepen their understanding of migration’s human dimension. 

Scola Society celebrates with a performance by DOXIES followed by a show by XVT. These two music acts consist of members of Scola Society and their friends. Coming together will form a celebration of networks opening up to the audiences of Art Explora Festival in Piraeus. DOXIES is a pan-Asian alternative rock band made up of multilingual musicians from different cities across China, based in Athens.<br>XVT is a young musician, originally from Egypt who writes music in Arabic, English and Greek. Through his music he seeks to represent Egyptian tradition in contemporary music.

Spontaneous Symphony for Barrels is a participatory sound happening where oil barrels and self-made instruments are offered to the audience as percussive objects, played with drumsticks. The performance unfolds as a spontaneous act—an impulsive eruption of sound without premeditation or external prompt. Rhythm and tempo emerge organically through the collective dynamics of the audience, transforming participation into process.