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How much time do we need to prepare a face for the faces that we meet, to paraphrase T.S Elliot? Making a portrait is a process that involves a lot of unmasking as it were. For this reason, Diana Blok in her four-day workshop will work with participants in order first to exchange views on what makes a good portrait, and then through different exercises attempt to delineate it. Can you make a portrait of someone in his absence? How many masks does one need to construct or de-construct in order to create an interesting picture?
Themes regarding identity, role-playing, gender construction, and taboos will be touched upon, while the workshop will mostly focus on a hands-on experience discovering the important elements of a staged image which aims at showing a face or its many faces.
The Workshop will take place in collaboration with TransEurope Co-ordinators.
With the support of : Onassis Cultural Center | COCO-MAT Hotels | COCO-MAT Stores | coco-mat.bikes
The Expert
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Diana Blok |
Born in 1952 in Montevideo, Uruguay, Diana Blok lived in several Latin American countries before moving to Amsterdam where she developed her career in fine art photography. The camera became her tool for self-discovery and exploring ideas around sexual identity, gender, cultural and social diversity. Her main focus has been portraiture, self-portrait and the nude, always intending to reveal the invisible and the personal. Some of the selected titles from her eight publications are: "I Challenge you to Love Me", portraits and stories about sexual identity in Brazil today, in collaboration with INESC (2014), UN Women and the Royal Dutch Embassy in Brasília, "Time Tells" published by Witteveen Visual Arts (2012), a family history about war, identity and consolidation, and "See Through Us" portraits and stories of LGBTT in Turkey (2007).
Her work is represented in major public and private collections and is shown in solo and group exhibitions worldwide. She has taught fine art photography at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague, while also giving master classes and workshops internationally. She is currently guest professor of Photography for the Masters Program of the Polytechnic University of Valencia.
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Practical Info
DURATION 4-day Workshop 31st of October – 3rd of November
Schedule: To be announced
LANGUAGE English
PARTICIPANTS min. 7 – max. 15
USEFUL INFORMATION
Bring with you:
- your camera, charger and cables
- your laptop or notebook
- a work series of 10-15 images if there is an on-going project (preferably prints)
Location
Venue: Onassis Cultural Center, Athens
Onassis Cultural Center, Athens
[Space: Workshop for Education Programs]
Address:
107 - 109 Syngrou Avenue
11745 Athens
Useful Information
Wi-Fi connection available
Onassis Cultural Center is located near the center of Athens
How to get there
BY BUS OR TROLLEY-BUS
Take bus or trolley-bus and get off at "Panteion" stop.
If you are heading downtown, the bus/trolley stop is just 10 meters from the entrance to the Onassis STEGI.
If you are coming from the city center or the Syngrou-Fix Metro station, use the pedestrian underpass in front of Panteion University to cross over to the other side of Syngrou Avenue.
ON THE METRO
Take the "red line" (Line 2: Anthoupoli - Elliniko) and get off at "Syngrou-Fix". Follow the signs to “Exit to Syngrou/Drakou” and you will emerge on Syngrou Avenue. From there, you can either take a bus or trolley-bus from the stop in front of the Metro escalators on Syngrou Avenue and get off 3 stops later at "Panteion"; if you are not in a hurry, it is a 12-minute walk down Syngrou Avenue to Panteion University, where you can use the pedestrian underpass to cross over to the other side of Syngrou Avenue.
[The above information has been extracted from the Onassis Cultural Center webpage]
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Deadline for submitting your application: Open now until 29th of October.
Payment procedure
As soon as your participation has been confirmed please proceed to the payment procedure
- In one installment by 31st of October
- Participation fee 395€ (+20€ registration fee) Book here
OR
- In two installments
- Pre-inscription fee to secure your place (200€) by 31st of October. Book here
- Second installment: balance by 03rd of November.
…. And you are done! You will receive a confirmation e-mail. Welcome to the workshop!
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