Thursday, 4 June 2026

4–6 pm

Have a coffee and a chat with the Core team and founding members

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6–7 pm

What Is an Art Association, and Why Set One Up In Athens?
Olympia Tzortzi, president of Core–Athens Art Association and ioLi Tzanetaki, curator and advisor to the artistic director at EMΣT | The National Museum of Contemporary Art and founding member of Core and Bernhard Moss, collector
Conversation
Language: Greek / English

Olympia Tzortzi, president of Core–Athens Art Association, and ioLi Tzanetaki, curator and advisor to the artistic director at EMΣT | The National Museum of Contemporary Art and founding member of Core, will discuss the history and development of the art association model, focusing on key practices and why there is a need for such a model in Athens. (Greek)

Subsequently, Tzortzi speaks with the Austrian collector and art enthusiast Bernhard Moss about why he finds it fulfilling to support an art association and what he personally gains from a more direct relationship with artists and individuals passionate about culture. (English)

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7:20–8 pm

Special Flight
Marina Velisioti, artist
Live vinyl performance

Special Flight is a raw sonic intervention. Using two turntables and a mixer, the performance deconstructs the traditional use of vinyl. Music and non-musical elements such as field recordings and spoken word collide live, creating an unpredictable soundscape.

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Special thanks to Johny & Jango Gin for the refreshments.

Friday, 5 June 2026

4–5:45 pm

Have a coffee and a chat with the Core team and founding members

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5:45–6:30 pm

Forms of Exchange: Annual Editions as a Model of Institutional Publishing
Anna Ebner-Quadri, founder of and the editions and founding member of Core
Presentation
Language: English

Anna Ebner-Quadri, founder of and the editions and a founding member of Core, will explain the concept of the Jahresgabe—a distinctive format of artist editions traditionally commissioned and released by art associations at the close of the year. Drawing on a selection of seminal examples produced by leading art institutions, Anna Ebner-Quadri will trace the history and evolving significance of the annual edition as a unique intersection of artistic production, patronage, and institutional identity. She will explain how this format can serve not only as a means of supporting an art association’s programme, but also as a vehicle for disseminating its ideas, values, and cultural vision beyond its immediate community.

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6:30–7:15 pm

Institutions and the Politics of Participation
Eleni Riga, head of education and exchange programs with Herbert Justnik, curator at Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art and founding member of Core
Talk
Language: English

Eleni Riga, head of education and exchange programs at Core–Athens Art Association, and Herbert Justnik, curator at Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art and founding member of Core, will discuss how contemporary institutions can support ongoing education, artistic research and public engagement through residency programs, collaborative learning and experimental formats of exchange. Drawing from Justnik’s curatorial practice, the conversation will examine exhibiting as a form of exchange and knowledge production, alongside performative and participatory methods in curating, teaching and collection work.

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7:30–8 pm

Nights of Labour and Entropy
“Nights of Labour” (2025) by Anna Witt and “Entropy” (2012) by Michael Franz and Nadim Vardag
Screening
Language: “Nights of Labour”, English / “Entropy”, German with English subtitles

Get a glimpse of the upcoming exhibition program curated by our artistic director Severin Dünser with the screening of the two short films “Nights of Labour” (2025) by Anna Witt and “Entropy” (2012) by Michael Franz and Nadim Vardag. Moving between collective dreaming and social stagnation, the two works reflect on labor, repetition, and the possibility of imagining alternative futures. While “Nights of Labour” explores dreaming as a shared act of resistance within a post-industrial landscape, “Entropy” captures the cyclical exhaustion of contemporary cultural life through fragmented conversations, repetition, and disorientation. Together, the films offer a compelling meditation on the political and emotional conditions of the present.

Saturday, 6 June 2026

12–8 pm

Jour Fixe
Kosmas Nikolaou, artist
Ιnstallation and activation

Jour Fixe is an installation that unfolds continuously throughout the day. Drawing from the artist’s collection of cutlery, memorabilia, books and domestic objects, the work centers on items inherited from his great-grandmother, alongside belongings passed down through other generations of his family and objects from his own personal archive. As the day progresses, the artist continually rearranges the setting in accordance with different meal services, as well as the etiquette and rituals surrounding each occasion. Through these shifting configurations, the installation reflects on domestic space, social performance and the cultural codes embedded in acts of hospitality, dining and entertaining.

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4–5 pm

Plant Remedies: Practices of Care
Christina Kotsilelou, product designer, cook and food researcher Performative tasting
Language: English

Christina Kotsilelou presents an introduction to the traditional healers of 16th- century Greece, exploring the medicinal properties of local flora and fauna through research, oral histories, and storytelling. The event culminates in a performative tasting experience engaging the senses through herbs, edible remedies and seasonal preparations.

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7–8 pm

Cookbooks: The Politics of Taste
Eleni Riga, head of education and exchange programs with Kosmas Nikolaou, artist
Performative activation and talk
Language: Greek

Eleni Riga, head of education and exchange programs at Core–Athens Art Association, and artist Kosmas Nikolaou will discuss food politics and the cookbook as a political and social tool. Taking Nikos Tselementes’ cookbook as a starting point and landmark of Greek social history, the conversation will explore how ideas of taste, domesticity and social status have been constructed and perpetuated through culinary culture. The talk will activate the performative installation Jour Fixe.

Sunday, 7 June 2026

12–1:30 pm

Nourishing Architecture
Antigone Michalakopoulou, artist, architect and educator
Workshop for adults and children from 9 years old accompanied by guardians
Language: Greek
Limited space / RSVP: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Antigone Michalakopoulou invites participants to collaboratively imagine and shape new worlds using ink and stale bread on a cotton tablecloth. Through a mindful monoprint practice, Michalakopoulou transforms a shared dining setting into a collective space for play, reflection, and speculation on the kinds of worlds we wish to inhabit together.

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4–6 pm

Phytogram Printing
Catriona Gallagher, artist
Workshop (adults only)
Language: English
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Catriona Gallagher leads a hands-on workshop exploring plant-based photochemistry and alternative photographic processes. Using naturally occurring compounds found in plants, participants will experiment with light, exposure and organic materials to create unique phytogram prints on photographic paper. Conceived as a different kind of recipe, the workshop brings together scientific experimentation, collective making and shared knowledge, proposing alternative ways of imagining togetherness, collaboration and ecological connection through image-making.