Camera Lucida

National Network
Greece
Address

Stefanou Tatti n.3, cd. 54622
Thessaloniki
Greece

Telephone
+30 2310 274536
E-Mail
tkitsou@yahoo.com
Mobile Phone
+ 30 6944 244921
Mobile Phone (other)
+30 6944 968013
Organisation Type
Other
Year of Establishment
2004
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. International/Cultural relations
  3. Media
  4. Research
  5. Youth and education
General Information
1. “Camera Lucida” is a private non-profit association. There are three founding members and five official members. The association doesn’t employ any staff. Since it’s foundation the association is the legal representative of the Research Theatre Group “Fractals”, which started it’s activity during June 2001. 2. In 2005-2006: 12.000 euro. In 2006 up to the present date the budgetary sum achieved is 6.000 euro. 3. The association lacks a constant funding, although has received twice a funding from the Ministry of Northern Greece (2005: 2.000 euro, 2006: 1.000 euro.) 4. “ Camera Lucida” (and “Fractals”) act through theatre, music, education and social projects, seminars on theatre and art subjects, and media-video projects. Also keep theatre laboratories for people with disabilities, specially for people with mental disorders. 5. Teatro “Aenigma” (Urbino, Italy) “Groups for Human Encounter” (Naxxar, Malta) “Friends of the Foundation Melina Mercuri” (Thessaloniki, Greece) Art Laboratory “Sxedia stin Poli” (Thessaloniki, Greece) Association for Mental Health “Sinthesis”(Thessaloniki, Greece)
Mission and Objectives

The association’s objective is to promote methods and research toward the exploration of the individual and the collective memory: fields of the research are the tradition of the language and the cultural customs, texts , dances and songs, the interactive elements between cultures and the comport mental models of the individuals.
The ways to approach such a research are theatre (studies on body expression, voice, stage- space, interaction, improvisation) and media art-video (image’s aesthetics,function and semiology).

Main Projects / Activities

• 2004-2006 Project “Mnesimachos” (= he who fights against memory ) : a project on the meaning of violence - Replica alla Violenza” (presented in Thessaloniki-Greece, Urbino-Italy, Naxxar-Malta)
• 2005-2006 Project “Asinus Rex” (=the King Donkey): a project for a laboratory on the relation between urban environment, traditional fairy tales, children folk songs and Commedia dell’ Arte. Theatre performance “Asinus Rex”. (Samothraki- Greece, Urbino-Italy, Thessaloniki-Greece)
• 2005 “ Peri (e)aftou o Logos” (= talking about him) : street theatre performance,and “La Citta delle Maschere” (=the City of the Masks),
• 2006 Project “ The Voyage of the Water” : educational programme for children , using theatre, myth-making and story-telling laboratories
• 2006 Project “The Ways of Eros”: a research on the theme of Sofocles ‘Antigone” and the theme of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”.

Contact (1) Full Name
Tania Kitsou
Head of the organisation
Tania Kitsou
Contact (2) Full Name
Zoe Papadopoulou