Cavafy goes to school 2019-2020
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Middle- and high-school students
Cavafy goes to school is a one-week program, completed in five three-hour sessions. The workshops will be taking place after the regular school day.
Dates
January-April 2020
Cost
Free admission
Schools in the region of Attica and regional schools have to apply at education@onassis.org
Introduction
Τhe Cavafy archive becomes a point of reference and exploration through language games, new technologies, and movement. Do you want to get creative with material from Cavafy’s personal archive?
A very different kind of educational program is waiting for you in a world of photographs, letters, notes, and poems, all from the archive of C. P. Cavafy. Here you won’t just read—you’ll play loud music, imagine, create, dare, and, in the end, get to know the inexhaustible poetry of Cavafy, thanks to a program that has been running since 2013 in schools in Attica and other regions.
New technologies, improvised editions, and dance become the tools for three unique creative workshops, which will help you feel Cavafy’s poetry. Read his poems, browse the digital collection of the Cavafy Archive, write your own lines, illustrate, create your own editions—digital or not—and dance to your favorite poem, line by line.Just as Cavafy used to print and distribute single sheets bearing his poems, in the workshop “A poem, an image, an edition,” led by a poet and an artist, students will read Cavafy’s work, be inspired by his poetry, and create their own handmade, illustrated editions.
In the workshop “Verses made of movement,” students approach Cavafy’s work through the “vehicle” of bodily movement and the art of dance. Through a series of exercises that encourage self-expression as well as team-building, students explore Cavafy’s poetic universe.
In the workshop “Electrified poetry, ” Cavafy enters the contemporary moment: he becomes video, image, and digital installation.
Photo © Christos Sarris
Application and selection process:
(A) For schools in Attica:
Applications must be submitted to education@onassis.org by 18 October 2019, with the subject heading “Cavafy Goes to School (ATHENS)”.
Applications must include the workshop title, the number of students, and the school website. Replies expected by the 21 October 2019. An interview with the persons running the program at each school, is necessary for the evaluation. Each school may host only one workshop. Applications will be processed on a first come first served basis.
(B) Other regions each year, a different region is chosen to host the program “Cavafy Goes to school.”
Regional schools should submit applications to education@onassis.org by 21 October 2019, with the subject heading Indication “Cavafy goes to school (regional)”. Applications have to be submitted by the region’s Secondary Education Departments, and must include the number of schools in the region, the number of students and school websites. Replies expected by the 1 November 2019. The SED of the selected region, as well as local school representatives, are responsible for decide which regional schools will host the workshops. Applications will be processed on a first come first served basis.
Workshops
“A Poem, A Picture, An Edition”
“Verses and Movement”
“Electrified Poetry”
Theodoros Chiotis
