(by Simone Perotti) Petros Markaris was born in Istanbul from a family of Armenian origin whose chosen language was that of the pilgrims, and thus linguistically, Greek; he studied in Germany, but later came to live in Athens, where we meet at the [...]
(by Simone Perotti) Kostas Koutsourelis is a handsome man, with a good build, wearing a white shirt and beige trousers. He doesn’t look like a poet, not as we normally think of them, but more like a self-assured financial director of some company [...]
(by Simone Perotti) “What is the Mediterranean…”. Christos Hadziiosif, is a meditative, well-groomed, person who dresses with sober elegance. His courtesy and gentleness give him the air of a gentleman from another era. He is indeed a sensitive and cultured man, a scholar, [...]
(by Simone Perotti) Nanos Valaoritis is an elderly gentleman of 93 who has lived, to say the least, intensely. He welcomes us to his home in the elegant suburb of Kolonaki, in the city centre, at just a stone’s throw from Sintagma Square. [...]
(by Simone Perotti) “Countries of the Mediterranean do not exist. Only cities and people of the Mediterranean exist”. This is the original manner in which we are welcomed by Denys Zacharopoulos, Art Director of the Athens MAM (Alex Mylona Museum) and the MMCT (Macedonian Museum of Contemporary [...]
Today at 11.00 local time the sailing boat Mediterranea landed in Istanbul. The Italian Mediterranea, sailing boat of the sailing, cultural and scientific expedition Progetto Mediterranea set sail on May 17th from Italy, sailed over 6 months (29 weeks), throughout 2,750 miles, symbolically [...]
Some meetings you try to arrange, but it is not always easy, because the Mediterranea is in Athens and the person we want to meet is abroad, away from Greece. Prof. Nikos G. Moschonas, Director Emeritus of the Byzantine Research Institute of [...]
Here, the first 4 months of the journey of Progetto Mediterranea. Every 4 months we will make a short movie. A mix of pictures, moments, words, things said, things are missing. It will be us, dozens of members of the group of the Mediterranei, along [...]
(by Simone Perotti) “Don’t you think that there is still a great need Vassilis Vassilikos for this world, to interpret reality?” This might appear to be a bit of flattery, but it isn’t. It stems from an immediate liking, which is quite unexpected. I [...]
(by Simone Perotti) I reach my meeting with Theodossios Tassios unprepared. When I read his resume I realise that it would be impossible to prepare an interview with a man who is an educational engineer, Professor Emeritus of Athens University, a member of [...]
