26 OCT '18

DREAM & MEMORY: Every day life in China, now and then

The Photography Exhibition‘’ Dream & Memory’’ of the China Photographers Association( CPA) organised by My Odyssey Travel inaugurated on Tuesday the 16th of October with great success in Ziller Art Space of Athens.

In the exhibition 41 images from the rich archive of the China Photographers Association were displayed documenting the vast changes in Chinese people’s lives from the 20th to the 21st century.
In the inauguration ceremony a formal delegation from China attended as well as eminent personalities of the political, artistic and business area.

The CEO of My Odyssey Mr. Fokion Drosos, Mr. Yang Yueluan, Vice President of the China Photographers Association (CPA), Alexandros Modiano City Councillor of Athens City Hall and Mr. Kostantinos Bassios, Research Associate at the Lab of Political Communication of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and member of the Association Internationale des Critiques d’Art, (A.I.C.A.) delivered greetings while inaugurating the exhibition according to the Chinese ritual.

Mr. Yang Yueluan during his speech expressed his wish, that this selection of photos will be an opportunity for the Athenian public to better understand modern China.

Mr Bassios noted that while the content of the photo exhibition contains aspects of everyday life, it also acts as a documentary of a serious sociological, anthropological, cultural and, ultimately, political approach.

“Dream & Memory: Everyday life in China, now and then” is hosted in Athens during a European tour, with former station the Museum of Natural History in London.

Dream & Memory, red ribbon inauguration (from left): Mr. Zhang Chunrong, Board Member CPA, President of Photography Association Ningxia, Mr. Konstantinos Bassios Research Associate at the Lab of Political Communication of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and member of the Association Internationale des Critiques d’Art, (A.I.C.A.), Mrs. Anna Vernardou, Head of Operations My Odyssey, Mr. Yang Yueluan, Vice President CPA, Mr. Fokion Drossos, CEO My Odyssey, Mrs Salome Chondrouli, Experience Designer My Odyssey

Dream & Memory, invitees from East & West: Mr. Vaggelis Savvas, artist, Mr. Yang Yueluan, Vice President CPA, Mr. Wu Lahan, Board Member of CPA, President of Mongolia Photography Association

Dream & Memory: Mr. Konstantinos Bassios Research Associate at the Lab of Political Communication of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and member of the Association Internationale des Critiques d’Art, (A.I.C.A.), Mr. Fokion Drossos, CEO My Odyssey, Mr. Manolis Barboussis, Photographer, Athens School of Fine Arts

Dream & Memory, invitees: Mr. Leonidas Raftopoulos, Senior Developer Airline Development & Mrs. Ioanna Papadopoulou Director Communications & Marketing in Athens International Airport

Art Space Ziller. 1 Vassilikis Str.
Ag. Irinis Square, 1st floor
Duration: 16 – 23 October 2018
Opening hours: 10:00 – 17:00 daily