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Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki – Ephorate of Antiquities of Thessaloniki City – University of Ioannina (Department of Fine Arts and Art Sciences - Laboratory of History of Art)

Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, Museum of the Ancient Agora of Thessaloniki9 & 10 June 2018

PROGRAMME

The work of magic ar tHistory, uses and meanings of the Incantadas monument in Thessaloniki

A Two-day Conference

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11.00-13.00

1st session:

The Monument of the Incantadas: Architecture, Sculpture, Iconography

Elements for a new architectural study of the IncantadasMichel Sève, Archaeologist, Εmeritus Professor, University of Lorraine The inscription of the Incantadas colonnade in the context of the majuscule lettering of the Imperial EraGeorgios Velenis, Architect, archaeologist, Professor Emeritus, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

“Las Incantadas” (the Enchanted) in Thessaloniki and the monu-mental landscape of the city in the second century CETheodosia Stefanidou-Tiveriou, Professor Emerita of Classical Archaeology, Aristo-tle University of Thessaloniki

The fifth pillar of the Idols colonnadeAsterios Lioutas, Head of the Department of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities and Museums, Ephorate of Antiquities of Thessaloniki City

Discussion

Welcome talks Evangelia Stefani, Archaeologist, Director of the Archaeological Museum of ThessalonikiPolyxeni Adam-Veleni, Archaeologist, theatrologist, Director of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Thessaloniki CityYiannis Boutaris, Mayor of Thessaloniki

“The work of magic art”: Themes and objectives of the meetingEsther Solomon, Assistant Professor in Museum Studies, University of Ioannina, Styliana Galiniki, Archaeologist, Head of the Department of Lithics, Wall-paintings and Mosaics Collections, Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki

Saturday 9 June 2018Archaeological Museum of ThessalonikiManolis Andronikos Hall

9.30-10.30

10.30-11.00

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14.30-17.00

13.00-14.30

2nd session:

The Incantadas of the Foreigners (Travellers, photogra-phers, archaeologists)

Travellers and the Magemenes of Thessaloniki Sappho Tambaki, former Assistant Professor, Department of Early Childhood Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

The Incantadas: From Étienne Gravier d’Otières (1685) to Paul Perdrizet (1930): Unknown texts and testimonies Alexandros Ch. Gregoriou, Researcher

A long delayed endeavour: the publication of the “Incantada” by Paul Perdrizet (1910-1931)Samuel Provost, Associate Professor of Late Antique Archaeology and History of Art, University of Lorraine (Nancy)

Discourse of experience: (philological and) methodological re-marks on the (historical) narration of the ‘steal’ of the IncantadasPanagiotis El Gedi, Ph.D. candidate in Modern Greek Literature, University of Ioan-nina

Searching for the Incantadas through the history of photographyHaris Yiakoumis, Historian of Art and Photography, collector, Doctor of the Univer-sity of Paris

Discussion

Lunch break

17.00-17.30 Coffee break

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Angels and idols at the threshold of Ottoman modernity in ThessalonikiPanagiotis C. Poulos, Lecturer, Department of Turkish and Modern Asian Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

The Place of Thessaloniki in Early Ottoman ArchaeologyEdhem Eldem, Bosphorus University & Collège de France

Discussion

17.30-18.30

3rd session:

18.30-18.45

Ancient remains and Ottoman modernity in Thessaloniki

Break

Shaping the cultural identity of Thessaloniki (1985-2018): Public discourses on the rediscovery of a forgotten monument Styliana Galiniki, Archaeologist, Head of the Department of Lithics, Wall-paintings and Mosaics Collections, Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, Esther Solomon, Assistant Professor in Museum Studies, University of Ioannina

Searching for lost memories: The Incantadas in the recent literature of ThessalonikiGeorgia Gotsi, Associate Professor of Modern Greek and Comparative Literature, University of Patras

“Las Incantadas” of Thessaloniki in contemporary artistic creation Maria D. Kagiadaki, Art Historian, Ephorate of Antiquities of Thessaloniki City, Adjunct Academic Staff (Tutor), Hellenic Open University

Discussion

18.45-20.15

4th session:

The Incantadas in the present of Thessaloniki: Collec-tive cultural memory, public discourses, literature and arts

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Sunday 10 June 2018Museum of the Ancient Agora of ThessalonikiGiorgos Velenis Hall

5th session:

10.00-12.00 Historic topography and spatial research

Las Incantadas: The topographic framework, the architectural typology, and the disiecta membraMassimo Vitti, Archaeologist, Municipality of Rome, Fulvia Bianchi, Archaeologist

The “Incantadas”: a proposal for partial reconstruction of the monumental center of the Roman city of ThessalonikiAristotelis Mentzos, Professor Emeritus of Byzantine Archeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

The Incantadas in Szekely’s panorama, 1863. Evidence on the orientation of the monumentYiannis Epaminondas, Architect, Director of Thessaloniki Centre, MIET (Cultural Foundation of the National Bank of Greece)

Collecting and archaeological researchSavvas Demertzis, Veterinarian, collector, Curator of the Mount Athos Map Library, member of the Advisory Committee of the Centre for the History of Thessaloniki

Discussion

12.00-12.30 Coffee break

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The neighborhood of the prayers; a draft for the history of the Enkantadas area, 15th-20th centuriesEvanghelos Chekimoglou, Economist PhD, MA, Principle Curator, Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki

Unfolding the cortijo of the Incantadas: The architecture of Sep-hardic housing complexes –cortijos– in ThessalonikiVilma Hastaoglou-Martinidis, Professor Emerita, School of Architecture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

The Incantadas Brook: Evidence and data on geomorphological changes in the regionElli Gala-Georgila, Civil Engineer, Phd in History of Architecture

Discussion

14.00-15.00 Lunch break

The Incantadas 1995-2017, the adventure of the copies Polyxeni Adam-Veleni, Archaeologist, theatrologist, Director of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Thessaloniki City

“Las Encantadas” in Thessaloniki. TIF-Helexpo’s month-long efforts to bring the “Caryatids of Thessaloniki”, the interest of 200,000 visitors and the integration of the sculptures into the urban landscapeKyriakos Pozrikidis, Phd, Managing Director of TIF HELEXPO S.A

7th session:

15.00-16.30 Originals and copies: looking for a new cultural paradigm

6th session:

12.30-14.00 The Incantadas quarter

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16.30-17.00 Closing session – concluding remarks

Walk in the Agora and the broader area of the Incantadas.

New restoration and casting of the pillars of the Incantadas: An opportunity given by the Parisian exhibition Au royaume d’ Alex-andre le Grand. La Macédoine antique. Sophie Descamps, Senior curator, The Louvre

Discussion

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