Theatrum Mundi and Onassis Stegi launch The City Talks Back: Assembly-01
The City Talks Back brings together a group of architects, urbanists, activists, artists and anthropologists, in two creative research residencies in early 2020, to explore the political voices of contemporary Athens. The City Talks Back acts as a laboratory and a stage for a series of new texts, performances, and audio-visual pieces that reveal the ways the city and its inhabitants talk back. Originally intended to culminate with a public assembly in Athens in June 2020, the project has now expanded to include various phases taking place in physical and digital spaces.
Assembly-01 is the first public presentation of The City Talks Back and takes the form of an online exhibition on backtalks.city, a specially-designed microsite. The site will feature new works and scheduled performances by the invited residents and additional collaborators.
The City Talks Back is a collaborative project initiated by Theatrum Mundi in partnership with Athens-based cultural foundation Onassis Stegi and is co-curated by George Kafka.
