Coexistence (Adults)
Marble-carving workshop (Adults)
The adult workshop Coexistence explores the relationship between people and marble, focusing on ideas of materiality, interaction, and togetherness. It draws inspiration from the multidisciplinary character of the Vorres Museum, where the folk art collection, the natural landscape, and contemporary art form a dynamic dialogue between cultural elements.
The workshop aims to examine the traditional craft of marble sculpture through a contemporary, hands-on lens. Participants will have the opportunity to work with different pieces of marble, attempting to connect them both symbolically and practically, applying carving and polishing techniques. Through theoretical analysis, they will learn about the material’s physical, aesthetic, and historical dimensions, while the practical exercises—drawing from principles of martial arts—highlight the importance of posture, balance, and controlled strength in the sculpting process.
The workshop seeks to bridge tradition with contemporary creation, as well as intangible with tangible cultural heritage, emphasizing the role of materials in shaping cultural identities. At the same time, it deepens the public’s connection to the art of sculpture and opens new pathways for artistic expression by bringing together sculpting, movement, and the body.
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Coexistence
Marble-Carving Workshop for Adults
Led by visual artist Filippos Vasileiou
Dates: Sundays, 7 & 14 December 2025
Time: 11:30–14:30
Participation fee: €30 (covers both workshop sessions)
Participation in both sessions is required.
Online registration is necessary.
This workshop is part of the museum’s new educational series “Materials, Techniques and Memory in Contemporary Creation: The Garden and the Tower of the Vorres Museum as Carriers of Cultural Heritage.”
Educational program design/curation: Myrto Lavda
With the support and under the auspices:
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Bio
Filippos Vasileiou
Filippos Vasileiou is a visual artist based in Athens. His work bridges visual and martial arts, focusing on the human body as medium, tool, and subject of artistic expression. He works across performance, sculpture, painting, video, and interactive installations that explore physicality, intensity, and the relationship between the body and space.
He is a graduate of the Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA), where he studied at the 1st Sculpture Studio (2012), specializing in plasterwork, bronze casting, fresco, and portable icons. In 2009–2010 he attended the “Arte de Accion y Performance” program at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), and later completed the MFA in Visual Arts at ASFA. He has an extensive background in martial arts, having been a member of the Greek National Karate Team. He holds a 5th Dan and is an accredited coach by the General Secretariat of Sports. In 2018 he received an award from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation through the Artworks Fellows program. He is also a founding member of Trojan DAO, an artistic collective exploring blockchain as an alternative medium for artistic creation and distribution.
His work has been presented in major exhibitions and festivals in Greece and abroad, including: “CEEGS” (University of the Peloponnese, Nafplio, 2024), “Chthonic Light” (Lofos Art Project, 2024), “Do Electric Sheep Dream?” (Old Chemistry Building, 2024), “The Nightmare of Persephone” (Tinos, 2023), “Rebetiko” (Municipal Gallery of Athens, 2022), “IFPA” (Drama, 2021), “Theorimata II – On History” (EMST, 2020), “Decentralised Exhibition” (Osaka, 2019), “Still Here Tomorrow” (Stavros Niarchos Foundation, 2018), Athens Biennale (2016), Athens Photo Festival (Benaki Museum, 2015), and the Excentricités Performance Festival (Besançon, 2014), among others.
His educational work is an integral part of his artistic practice. From 2017 to 2023, he taught visual arts in schools, and in 2021 he worked as a ceramics assistant at the ASFA Ceramics Workshop. He has coordinated multiple workshops in sculpture, ceramics, and performance, emphasizing material engagement and experiential learning. He has designed and delivered a wide range of educational and artistic programs, including “Touch & Expression” and “Clay Heals” for people with disabilities (Museum of Modern Ceramics, 2023 & 2024), “I GOT IT THO – Pulse and Battle” (Ok Space, 2024), “Shaping My Hero” (Synama Festival, 2021), “Visual Arts Meet Dance” (ESTIA – ARSIS, Samos, 2020), as well as the “Portraiture Workshop” and “Figurine Creation Workshop” (Alekos Kontopoulos Museum, 2019 & 2020).
He has undertaken artistic direction and object fabrication for performances such as “The Power of Habit” (Giannos Perlegkas, 2025), “Frogs” (Ki Omos Kinite, 2024), “No Matter How Quiet” (Yelp Group, 2023), and “It’s Not About If You Love Me Tomorrow” (Androniki Marathaki, 2019). He has also collaborated with the collective RAFI on the performance “La Fontaine” (2013).
As a performer, he has collaborated with Dimitris Mytilinaios, Kostas Tsioukas, Androniki Marathaki, Iris Karayan, Jenny Argyriou, Epameinondas Damopoulos, Kosmas Kosmopoulos, and Mariella Nestora.