Visual Path to Prespa/1st Painting Workshop/University of Western Macedonia presents at the Platforms Project/Contemporary Art Platforms Thursday 9th to Sunday 12th, October 2025 the evolution of the Visual Path through its latest form as a partner of the Creative Europe Program: Walking and Local Communities (WALC and LOCAL COMMUNITIES/WALC) as well as the initiator/ organizer of the International Encounters (WAC): Walking Home/Walking in Transition which took place in Prespa in the first week of July 2025.
Artists who have a long-standing presence in Prespa will present a trace of the memory of their presence in Prespa. We will meet at the Tobacco Factory, Lenorman 218, Athens, conveying the aroma of almost twenty years of experience in the area, our walks, our meetings with the communities and the way all of this evolved with the implementation of international art gatherings in Prespa, and inviting everyone we meet to travel with us to Prespa.
Curator: Yannis Ziogas
Participants: Yannis Daikopoulos, Leonidas Gelos, Filippos Kalamaras, Vasilis Ioakeimidis, Christos Ioannidis, Maria Papalexiou, Kiki Stoumpou, Rania Schoretsaniti, Alexandros Tsantidis.
Opening: Thursday, October 9th, 18:00 to 22:00 pm
Duration: Thursday 9th to Sunday 12th, October, 2025
Hours: 12:00 έως 21:00 pm
Walking Arts & Local Communities (WALC) is an artistic cooperation project, co-funded by the European Union, Creative Europe, starting in January 2024 for four years. With seven partners from five countries, WALC establishes an International Center for Artistic Research and Practice of Walking Arts, in Prespa, Greece, at the border with Albania and North Macedonia, backed up by an online counterpart in the format of a digital platform for walking arts.
WALC builds on the previous work of hundreds of artists and researchers already practicing Walking Arts as a collaborative medium, and having met at the significant previous walking arts events and encounters in Greece, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, and during online activities at walk · listen · create.
We acknowledge the support of the EU Creative Europe Cooperation grant program in the framework of the European project WALC (Walking Arts and Local Community).
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
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