Greek Tragedy

photo © Tjeerd Knier | tagcode: UPC0912 | Theme: I see faces

29 Sep '12 16:00 by Jean-Baptiste Perrin in Athens

Greek classic masks ans puppet theater. In September, the Athens Urban Photo Collective will hold its second meeting. According to our international schedule, the theme is “I see faces”.

We will try and capture the essence of Greek tragedy and comedy through two classic “faces”: the masks of Greek ancient theater and the puppet faces of Greek modern era puppet theater. Puppet theater, called Karagiozis (from the name of the main character) is made of carbox two dimensional puppets, held with sticks.

It figures grotesque personages and scenes of the life of Greece before its independance from the Ottoman Empire. The caricatures themselves are reminiscent of the masks of the ancient theater, with hunched postures and broken noses… We will try to mix the two and take the best pictures of these singular “portraits”.

 

2012-09-29 13:00:00
I see faces
In September, the Athens Urban Photo Collective will hold its second meeting.
According to our international schedule, the theme is "I see faces". We will try and capture the essence of Greek tragedy and comedy through two classic "faces": the masks of Greek ancient theater and the puppet faces of Greek modern era puppet theater. Puppet theater, called Karagiozis (from the name of the main character) is made of carbox two dimensional puppets, held with sticks.
It figures grotesque personages and scenes of the life of Greece before its independance from the Ottoman Empire. The caricatures themselves are reminiscent of the masks of the ancient theater, with hunched postures and broken noses… We will try to mix the two and take the best pictures of these singular "portraits".
NOTE! Time and meeting place will be announced later.
Jean-Baptiste Perrin,
Athens