Kids' Guernica in Chios May 4th - 6th, 2007 - Ποιειν Και Πραττειν

Kids' Guernica in Chios May 4th - 6th, 2007

Children of the World dream and paint about Peace.

KIDS' GUERNICA Events in Chios May 4th - 6th 2007.

When there is peace, then even the sun wears sunglasses!

Program

Friday May 4th

While setting up in the Platia (main square) the exhibition consisting of18 peace murals from Japan, India, Sarajevo, Italy, USA, Greece (Athens, Chios, Kastelli), New Zealand, Nepal and Lebanon along with Peace Posters from London, UK,
others visited the Primary School to discuss Art Education.
This was especially due to the international coordinator of Kids' Guernica, Takuya Kaneda, having not come alone from Japan, but brought with him a delegation of 30 Japanese scholars, parents and students of art education.
The exhibition concentrated around the Peace Murals brought from Japan, in particular the one from Nagasaki with the telling title: 'Re-Constructing the City after the Atomic Bomb' and therefore a clear reminder that the legacy of Picasso's Guernica continues in the modern world.
There was presented as well a special peace mural from Lebanon with the telling title: "Enough. We want to live".
20.30 Start of 'Education for Peace' event

Saturday May 5th

9.00 - 12.00 Peace Workshops
For children of Chios the start of a new Peace Mural to be completed with children from Izmir, Turkey - towards cultural bridges based on friendships and understanding.
With Vilka Tzouras for Youth about video documentation with subject "living in different cultural worlds"

Thomas Economacos starting with the children the action by means of introductory games.

12.00 - 13.30 Literary discussion between writer George Crane (author of "Bones of the Master" and "Beyond the House of the False Lama" and Zen-Priest Noriaki Suzuki about the relationship between "art and religion" meant examining different philosophical and aesthetical approaches to the arts and in particular to writing. Socrates Kabouropoulos from the National Book Centre of Greece moderated the discussion. It took place at the Papyros bookshop, 44 Aplotariasstr. in Chios.

George Crane, Author of "Bones of the Master" and "Beyond the House of the False Lama"

13.30 - 17.00 Explaining the paintings with Asit Poddar, Coordinator of Blind Boys Guernica in India
Japanese students - decorations for the evening
Japanese women - international cuisine
20.00 Evening celebration with dances from Nepal, Japan and Chios, Japanese puppet show for children, and a taste of the international food

Sunday May 6th

9.00 Excursion to Anavatos

11.00 Chios Declaration of Peace
17.30 Departure by Fast Ferry back to Piraeus

Chios - towards a peace declaration

with children from Chios and Izmir, Turkey

painting together a peace mural, the canvas for which has been donated by Takuya Kaneda, Coordinator of Kids' Guernica International and to be shown at the Kids' Guernica exhibition linked to the Symposium "Productivity of Culture" organised by the Network of European Cultural Capital Cities at the Megaron - Zappion, Athens, Oct. 18 - 19, 2007.

Stones and Sand

Create conditions of peace so that stones and sand can settle down to form an artistic pattern of sublime beauty along the curvatures of the earth as
home for everyone.

Pre-history and responsible for the organisation:

The "Kids' Guernica" project started in Japan 1995, 50 years after the end of WWII
In 2005 the 10th Anniversary was celebrated in Ubub, Bali.
In 2006 POIEIN KAI PRATTEIN organized an exhibition of 15 paintings in Kastelli, Crete. One teacher from Chios, Markos Kavouras participated. He suggested to do it again the following year in Chios.
The kids' Guernica action came about thanks to the support of the Prefecture of Chios and was realized in collaboration with the Municipality of Chios. Everyone coming from abroad paid for their own travel expenses. Moreover the Japanese delegation gave both financial support and brought many other materials from papers for folding to donating one new canvas for what became the Chios-Izmir painting.
Locally the Prefecture covered costs of the exhibition and accommodation along with a part of the food costs.
POIEIN KAI PRATTEIN organized the entire Chios event with 'zero budget'.

Participants:

Delegations with 30 people from Japan, 4 from Lebanon, 1 from London, 1 from India, 4 from New York / USA, 1 from Germany, 7 from Athens

Takuya Kaneda, International Coordinator of Kids’ Guernica, Japan
Hatto Fischer, Coordinator of POIEIN KAI PRATTEIN, Germany
Thomas Economacos, Art Coordinator, POIEIN KAI PRATTEIN, Athens
Mr. Suzuki, Zen Priest and Art Educator, Japan
Iman Nouri, Mother and Business Consultant, Lebanon
Kate Parker, Art Educator, London, UK
George Crane, writer e.g. “Bones of the Master”, USA
Vilka Tzouras, filmmaker, video documentation
Maya Fischer, photography documentatio
Mr. Asit Poddar, Artist, India
Anna Arvanitaki, Planner and Architect, President of POIEIN KAI PRATTEI
Socrates Kabouropoulos, Greek National Book Centre
Markos Kavouras, Principal of Primary School in Chios

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