2 June 2021 10:15am
The Athens and Epidaurus Festival (AEF), one of the oldest in Europe, begins in June and runs through to 10 October 2021.
Rather than curtail activities, due to the pandemic, the festival is set to expand and is hoping to be able to present artists’ work live – and organisers are already preparing to go online if needed.
A series of research initiatives and collaborations were introduced, named after the well-known architectural term Open Plan, carrying connotations of open space, flow, freedom of thought, and movement. As with open plan spaces, this set of initiatives launched by the Festival suggests a new way of being together, of breaking down boundaries and barriers.