kinesis & taxis

kinesis & taxis @ Thessaloniki City Hall | 20.10 – 10.11.14

International Organization for Migration – Office in Greece organizes the Photo Exhibition “kinesis & taxis”, under the auspices of Thessaloniki’s Prefecture, from 20th October to 10th November 2014, at Thessaloniki City Hall, 1st fr, 1 Vasileos Georgiou Str. The Launch Event will take place on Tuesday 21st Oct. at 7pm.

The title of the Exhibition is borrowed from biology terminology according to which, kinesis is the non-directional movement of an organism, caused by an external stimulus; taxis is the directional movement. The collection is a journey with IOM ‘s Global Missions in space and time, whenever and wherever the need for massive displacement of populations was an escape for survival or a movement to a specific destination. These photographs capture the basic principles and values of IOM regarding the humane management of migration for the benefit of all.

The Exhibition was an initiative by IOM Greece, which was adopted by Thessaloniki Prefecture and the Mayor himself. October is the month of celebrations for Thessaloniki and this is why it was decided to have the Exhibition hosted in the City these days. The valuable partnerships contribute not only actually but also in a symbolic way. With the support of Thessaloniki International Film Festival and the specialized collaboration of the Museum of Photography of Thessaloniki, IOM’s Photo Exhibition ‘kines&taxis’ is related with the top 2 cultural Institutions of the City. The communication sponsors are the portal ElCulture.gr, the tv station TV100, RadioThessaloniki 945fm and Parallaxi.gr free-press Magazine of the City.

During the Launch Event , artists of the ‘Sofouli Theater’ and the ‘Kafantari Dance School’ will participate voluntarily while the companies ‘TUVUNU’, ‘ZoinosWineryS.A.’, ‘Plaisir Catering’ and ‘ProlabDigitalPrints.gr’ will kindly contribute their services and products.