Kafeneon Day 24

Well today is that last day of kafeneon.. it has been an amazing ride.. tonight is THE FINAL SHOW…you can see it all on tomorrows blog. Yesterday was a great day.. after about 72 hours on this thing THE FINAL SHOW is up and running with a few visitors….this kind woman came in to see Irini and Maria’s work.. I was still solving some issues with Marias … so she didnt get to see it.. problem is solved now.. COME BACK!

Then Pelli showed up to meet with Jennifer..

she didnt want coffee at first but with the time change.. Jennifer was tardy.. so.. she broke down and had an amazing cup of FREE Greek Coffee..

we had a great time waiting around for Jennifer.. and when she FINALLY showed up.. she begged me for a….

…THATS RIGHT! an amazing FREE cup of Greek Coffee..

I decided to join in the fun with my own..

Pelli and Jennifer left and i decided to read my coffee cup… I see a performance on the horizon what do you see?

This guy Stelios came by to see the show and what kafeneon is all about.. i have him the down low..thanks for coming by!

LOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!! hanging around in kafeneon getting some work done!

Tasos came back by to finally see everything working… and have an amazing FREE cup of Greek Coffee….here his is enjoying a video by Karla Milosevich

Tasos brought friends too…

and once again ladies and gentlemen.. Mary Zygouri who came by for a last look at the space before the her performance tomorrow.

thats right! THE FINAL SHOW… CLOSING March 31st 8:30… PERFORMANCE…VIDEO… BIG JUGS OF WINE… AND… WELL… FUN!

see you there..

Kafeneon Day 23

WOW.. well.. a few hours of sleep and up early to go buy what i needed to install THE FINAL SHOW (CLOSING MARCH 31 8:30 -but its open for viewing from 12) and back to kafeneon to do the impossible… it was… A little after i returned to kafeneon with dvd players, fabric, chords and such Dionysis, Dafni and Niko showed up to help.. at this point sleep deprived from capturing video i needed it..here is Niko

And always fun to have visits from the Lord of Death Dionysis…

Im tired of taking pictures of Dafnis hands.. but LOUIE showed up from Kalamata to have an amazing FREE cup of Greek Coffee…

LOUUUUUUUUUUUUU seems a little shocked by his coffee ground future..

Maria Theodorakis mom came buy and brought some amazing food from Alatsi.. She was soo cool and just dropped by to say hello.. unfortunately Marias video wasnt ready yet.. But man.. the food was GREATT!!!

And Dionysis brought some great strawberrys..

shooting the shit..

This guy Tasos came in to see the show, which i said before.. the impossible. not much ready yet.. but he’s in a video show at Booze Cooperative april 3-7.. I told him to return tomorrow to see it all going. Thanks for coming by..

And then shit started getting weird.. Dionysis got a great amount of pleasure (it was a little scary) from fingering these pillows..

And Tereza was curious so she tried it.. and judging by the look on her face … Dionysis was right..

the fun continued as guest kept showing up to watch me struggle away on my computer.. WHAT UP STELIOS AND SIFIS

AND TULA CAME TOO

every one was chatting.. drinking wine.. getting comfy.. like Stelios here..

and Nikos (O Philosophos) here.. like i said.. shit started getting wierd.. i think Dionysis said something about his pointy head?

Ohhh Pauul. his head wasnt THAT pointy proclaims Nikos

Ahhhh i need a cigarrete

This is pretty much what ive been doing for the last 72 hours

and occasionally this..

Tereza got a picture of me doing my best impression of my photo in the Athens Voice.. I think i look less mean in this one.

And finally.. most the videos going.. 12 hours after the show “opened” I discovered that if you throw a 2 euro coin enough times at the ground the middle pops out. Pretty cool actually good party trick.. seems to be entertaining the guys..

Well thats it for now..back to the computer.. wait.. im on the computer now.. WEEEEIIIIRRDDDD!! ..

SCREENING and LECTURE

The rain continued this day at kafeneon.. i have been lucky with the weather this month so no complaints here. plus i have the cool blue glow of the kafeneon sign to keep me warm and dry.. ahhhhhh.. SO.. its the third great event in a row this final week of kafeneon… I received a few more tv deliveries from the lovely people, who offered me their monitors even during tonights event.. Im very grateful to all those who selflessly offered their time, equipment or help to kafeneon AMAZING! speaking of amazing.. there is a Screening and a Lecture tonight.. so. heeeerrrreeeee we go.. first.. this picture…SEE i told you it was raining and notice the cool blue glow!

Here are some of those who braved the monsoon (really .. only a drizzle) to see the event…

A great group of great people in for a great night…greaaaaaaaaaat

Els from ITYS (who has curated a great show opening April 2nd) introduced video Journal No 1, which was first show at this past years Documenta in kassel Germany

A clip from the video

Dafni, Dionysis, and Nikos showed up with a tele and stayed for a bit.

the crowd with the cool blue glow from an HP projector

and after a short intermission and some a.v. switching around.. Aristede came to tell us about his project…He decided to speak in english even though there were only two of us who wouldnt understand what he was saying.. which was nice of him.. here he is now..

the audience into the lecture.. ahhh yeahhh

Here is Aristede explaining a schematic of his project…

Nadia intensely listening (she reviewed the photos after the lecture and gave me her stamp of approval) Thanks for coming Nadia

Pretty sure he called this a “Shit Lake” looks pretty nice to me.. but hey.. images can be deceiving

Irini asay.. “SHIT YEAHHHH…. SHIT LAKE”

did he just say “shit lake?” (while Inge contemplates the smell)

So Aristede delivered a great lecture.. as he finished to take some questions.. in the picture behind him are videos taken by robots in the water system to help pinpoint problems.

Aristede finishing his lecture

and a few stayed dry inside and continued the conversation

so thats it for the Screening and Lecture… Many thanks to ITYS and Aristede and I hope to see you all at the closing of kafeneon and THE FINAL SHOW on monday MARCH 31st at 8:30 and thanks to all for the help, see you back here soon!

Kafeneon Day 22

a gray rainy day in Athens.. trying to organize a few tv’s for THE FINAL SHOW (Monday March 31st 8:30)… figured some people might want to take shelter and enjoy a FREE cup of Greek Coffee… and i was right.. Inge and Nikitas showed up to deliver a TV but they werent in the mood for coffee…

Mary showed up while i was busy capturing video for the show to keep me company and to take some measurements of her own for THE FINAL SHOW here she is enjoying an amazing FREE cup of Greek Coffee…weather doesnt look so bad in this picture.. though.. but take my word for it.. it was raining…really.. nice picture though.. i think

Mary went on her way.. and my wonderful cousin Myrto came by with her old tv… you know those big clunk ones.. not the sexy new thin HD flatscreen type.. but what she brought me.. was perfect! Thanks Myrto you deserve a FREE Cup of Coffee. and you know it was amazing!

and that was about it for the coffee.. a few visitors but they each stayed a good length and kept me company while working on the computator.. which ive been on way too much lately! Tonight is the ITYS screening of the Hito Steyerl documentary and Aristide Antonas’ talk about he Cyprus water system.. cant wait.. im sure you cant either….

FILM SCREENING

Well the screening went great.. a great turnout of people who were greeted with Sushi.. i mean come on .. a japanese film.. gotta have sushi right? RIGHT! Some helpers rolling sushi while i got the Cineplex ready.. that is to say.. putting a projector on a table!

Dimitris showed up to present the Norwegian documentary Satan Rides the Media about Black Metal.. ROCK ON!

Here is some of the lovely people.. getting ready to attack the sushi and see some films!

Christina introduces the japanese movie Woman in the Dunes by director Hiroshi Teshigahara..

attentive movie watchers…

image from the movie which was great.. go rent it.. amazing textures, and cinematography..

Time for intermission.. and ill admit it.. kafeneon may be a lot of things.. but lacks comfortable seating for a 2 hour 20 minute film.. my ass hurt.. but the film took my mind off it!

many left after the first but those who stayed later were rewarded with an amazing documentary.. here is a schot of the screen…

Well thats it.. another successfull event at kafeneon… this is the final four days.. tonight a screening presented by ITYS of a short documentary by Hito Steyerl and a short lecture by Aristede Antonas.. hope to see you there.. and thanks again to Christina and Dimitris for offering the films..

Kafeneon Day 21

alll goood at kafeneon.. it started seeing this great article in the athens voice WORD UP!

somewhat slow today in kafeneon.. an architect came early to take measurements.. thats right.. the place is rented and will become………a cafe. She wasnt really into having her picture taken or drinking coffee.. so.. i let her be.. Yiorgos however came in to investigate whats up… he doesnt drink coffee but had a cup of water.. which is also FREE at kafeneon.. thanks for stopping by!

Then all the way from Amsterdam.. for a FREE cup of Greek coffee… Stefanos showed up to show his support…he has a great piece in the In Present Tense show at Megaro Musikis.. go see it soon.. it closes this weekend..

Stefano was excited to see the important detail of a cookie with his amazing cup of Free Greek Coffee.. cheers!

Well that was it for the day in kafeneon… i had to run some errands to prepare for the Screening tonight.. picture of this soon!

LECTURE #4 : CONTROL/CAPOEIRA

Not much in the way of coffee today but Andreas showed up for a pre-lecture FREE cup of amazing Greek Coffee..the force is strong with this one…

ARE YOU READYYY???? CAUSE ITS LECTURE #4 and WOW what a lecture….

You all ready?… “YEAH MAN”

Angelos and Kosta say FUCK YEAH… or something to that extent…

As the crowd gathers.. Nikitas reads up on kafeneon in Athinorama …

and Angelos shows his Capoeira style…

and his thoughts on what might go on in the Air Traffic Control Tower on Santorini…

Lets begin already… shall we ??? The audience seems ready…

Kostas is an air traffic controller on the island of Santorini.. they have no radar.. just radios, flight plans.. and volcanoes… Kostas delivered an open talk with much interest, questions and participation from the audience who seemed thoroughly interested in the nature of air traffic control. Here we see Kostas listening intently to a question from the audience.

and Stelios and Tula hanging on every word

this lady wandered in from the neighborhood.. Thanks for coming!

Kostas on Camera

My wonderful cousing Mytro and her friend Ada came for a listen…

and as Kostas continued …

Nikos started questioning flying ever again

a truely amazing lecture which was much enjoyed by the enthusiastic crowd..

time for intermission.. and Kostas was very happy with the experience.. werent you Kosta..

Stelios (aka Dylon) pulled me aside for a moment.. distraught about the closing of kafeneon…

BUT ITS OK STELIOS.. BECAUSE ITS TIME FOR CAPOEIRA….. Here is Allison beginning her lecture with a bit of video and the little known history of Capoeira.. i will be posting links to external capoeira sites shortly..

here we see a bit of the video…. I can do that…. just dont wanna….

and an amazing image one of the first depicting Capoeira

Allison passed out t-shirts from some of the different schools of Capoeira…

and continued explaining about the intensity, history and methods to a very attentive crowd.

Allison on camera…

Sofia limbering up to help Allison demonstrate…

And as she promised…chairs moved back… and Allison starts to demonstrate some basic moves of Capoeira..

so eaasy.. even I can do it….here i am ready to defend my Capoeira style to the death…

and then Allison and Sofia.. get crazzzzzyyyy….

and craazzziiierrr

While Illeana is mesmerized….. Nikos says.. I can do that … just dont wanna…

and.. of course some headstands to appease the audience..

they look appeased.. dont they?

winded.. and sweaty.. Allison fielded some great questions…

Well thats about it for LECTURE #4 .. hope you enjoyed it.. and since this is the final week of kafeneon.. there are a few more events for you to come and see… Nikitas says… good fucking lecture man….

and a group picture with the fantastic lecturers of the evening.. thanks Kosta and Allison!!!

Kafeneon Day 20

Well.. it was the last day of Evas wonderful show.. and as well Greek Independence Day… a national holiday… and like the other Greeks.. I took the day off.. THAT DOESNT MEAN KAFENEON TOOK THE DAY OFF!… Eva was kind enough to sit and make amazing FREE Greek Coffee while i went and lunched (and did laundry) at my Aunts. No Independence day would be complete without some sort of military posturing.. which is where I start.. no blue angels here.. just a few jets and helicopters and in honor of the Greek flag the sky cooperated with a little blue and white of its own… Evas first visitor was her friend from Crete her name is Maria.. she looks happy to see the show.. and Eva.. i assume. I returned… to find Eva, Dimitri and their friend Vassilis Eva was more than happy to supply me with an amazing cup of FREE Greek Coffee. Eva seemed a little intimidated by this cup.. i think she was nervous she was making it for me… but it was great! this is Evas friend Goerge who showed up a bit later… i was taking a nap!I came down just in time to get a picture of Eva on her great bike!Well 8 oclock came and it was time to deinstall.. if you didnt see the show TOO BAD! .. but. not to worry.. this is the last week of kafeneon and there is TONS to do.. here is Eva admiring her letters as she deinstallsEva showing how easy deinstall is when you got a great art bikeShows broken down and Eva and friends are out the door.. thanks for participating in kafeneon EvaJust when Eva left, Jennifer and Toby came by with some friends to discuss and rehearse for their performance this Monday the 31st for the CLOSING of THE FINAL SHOW and of course kafeneonhere is Jennifer with Rosina and Elena..Rosina.. all smiles as she should be.. she is in kafeneon…Hope to see you later this week at one of the great events i have planned at kafeneon

UPCOMING EVENTS YO!

Here are the posters for the upcoming events during kafeneon’s final week! I hope to see you all here! Starting WED 26th March 8pm and Thurday the 27th! FRIDAY!!!and THE FINAL SHOW saturday through monday with the CLOSING as you can see MONDAY the 31st 8:30! DONT MISS A MINUTE!

Kafeneon Day 19

so here we are again.. another beautiful day in Athens at kafeneon.. slow in the afternoon.. as i just watched all that happens across the street at the court house.. the normal occurrences… some yelling.. some crying and of course scenes like this…now dont worry human rights watchdogs.. this is just family transport for some here! this nice lady came by to see what kafeneon is all about.. she couldnt stay for coffee cause she was off to work.. but hopefully she’ll come back by for a FREE cup of Greek Coffee! had some time today so i printed the signs for the final week and rearranged them on the window… WOW … A LOT GOING ON!This guy Antonakis came by to see what was up.. he heard about kafeneon through some friends and had even seen the blog…seems to be enjoying himself eh? Els cruised by to see the show and drop off some announcements for the show she curated called Selective Knowledge.. april 2- july 20.. GO SEE IT! here she is enjoying a conversation and an amazing cup of FREE Greek Coffee with Antonakis Olga came by to catch up and see the show… and of course some Greek Coffee youve maybe heard of the Minoan Snake Goddess from Crete.. now i present to you the Cretan Coffee Goddess! and finally Yiannis and Alexandros, two guys from around the way who have seen crowds and such in kafeneon decided to finally stop on by…they are musicians and after a great conversation and FREE Greek Coffee.. Alexandros mentioned he was inspired and will write a song about the place! I hope so! well thats it.. another great day at kafeneon.. Evas show is up only till 8pm today so if you havent had a chance.. COME ON BY..now off to do the dishes…