Greece
AthenSYN is a group of curators, cultural workers and artists, promoting the international cultural exchange with Greece. Founded by curators and art historian Sotirios Bahtsetzis and cultural scientist Katja Ehrhardt, the AthenSYN initiative is aiming to enhance international cultural relations with Greece as a counterweight to the tense political and economic communication with its international partners. Our goals are long-term cooperations between Greek and international cultural and educational institutions through partnerships, exchange, and the initiation, implementation and support of joint projects, with a focus on the German-Greek exchange. Through this, we want to foster joint implementation of ideas, creation of common cultural policy and facilitate the mobility of teachers and students between countries. By establishing contact networks and an infrastructure, we want to function as a central coordination point and an information platform to reach a wider audience and deepen mutual understanding among cultures. We create forum for dialogue, which provides room for a critical discussion of European cultural development.