An Inclusive Artistic Initiative by the En Dynami Ensemble and the Okay Initiative Space "And yet I have it"

The collective of artists with and without disabilities En δυνάμει, in collaboration with Okay Initiative Space in Athens and with the support of ΔΕΗ

PRESS RELEASE Art project : I Got it Tho

"And yet I've got it"

An Inclusive Artistic Initiative by the En Dynami Ensemble and the Okay Initiative Space

From 20 November to 21 December | Okay Space Initiative

The collective of artists with and without disabilities En δυνάμει, in collaboration with Okay Initiative Space in Athens and with the support of PPC, presents an inclusive modular artistic initiative that focuses on enhancing inclusivity, diversity and creative expression. The initiative aims to promote a cultural narrative that focuses on the empowerment, resilience and unifying power offered by contemporary art.

As an integral part of the country's social and economic fabric, PPC actively supports talent, passion and fair play, while promoting equality and inclusion. Adhering to the principles of responsible entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development, PPC respects and values diversity, incorporating the principles of inclusion in its culture, giving equal opportunities to all.

The project is structured in three phases, with the third and final phase being the culmination of the group's vision for sustainable social change through art.

Specifically:

First phase

20 November - 7 December | Solo exhibition/live performance of painting by Loxandra "LLoxy" Lucas

28 November | Exhibition Opening

The project starts with a solo exhibition/ live painting performance at Okay Initiative Space by Loxandra "LLoxy" Lucas, an artist and performer with Down syndrome. For a week LLoxy creates with her materials in the Okay space transforming it into a vibrant and personal world, exploring the possibilities of color and form through her unique, proprietary method and thinking. Her work presents the everyday world through her own perceptual prism and encourages us to question our own, entrenched and often closed to meta-interpretations, perception of our environment. During the live transformation, the space will be open to the public and LLoxy will perform the metherapeutic performance of her universe.

The idea of creating a variation of our world, or even the birth of a new one, evolves and evolves throughout the project, in all its phases.

Second phase

8 - 15 December | Workshops

16 - 20 December | Open House / Final Collective Exhibition

Experiential workshops

The second phase includes a series of experiential seminars and workshops in the same space that LLoxy will have created. The workshops will be conducted by professional artists and curated by Stavros Kapetanios. The workshops will be open to the public of Athens and invited groups from organizations and institutions of the city dealing with social rehabilitation and reintegration, disability and social minorities. The workshops will approach the respective applied materials and practices in a broad, experimental and inclusive way, creating a new narrative environment in the already existing world that will have been created. At the end of the workshops, the final collective creation will remain open to the public.

The project will be filmed in order to create a documentary that will capture the whole evolution and outcome of the action throughout its duration. Also, the whole action will be monitored and documented by an academic team in the field of occupational therapy, which conducts research to study the impact of art on vulnerable and marginalised social groups and its contribution to the developing fields of occupational therapy and therapy through art.

The project is structured on a system of inclusive collaboration "co-creators", where each contributor (in production, editing, photography, graphic design, social media, lighting designers, etc.) will work closely with co-creators with and without disabilities from the En Dynami team. This initiative encapsulates at the core of the whole project a practical effort to include people with disabilities, and proposes a different creative - professional perspective. At the same time it aligns the project in a pioneering way with our vision of inclusion and equal rights in work, education and art.