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 “The Alexandria Quartet” painted by Andreas Georgiadis based on the novel by L. Durrell CarobMill – Epimenides, Panormo Opening: Saturday 11 June 2016, 20:30 p.m. There are only as many realities as you care to imagine Pursewarden Epimenides Cultural Society of Panormo presents an exhibition by Greek artist Andreas Georgiadis entitled “The Alexandria Quartet” based on the novel by Lawrence Durrell. The exhibition is part of the 19th International Conference’s program “Threading the Labyrinth: Durrell, Greece, and World War II”, organized by International Lawrence Durrell Society, 26–30 June 2016 in Rethymnon, Crete, dedicated to famous British writer. The exhibition was presented for first time in Bibliotheca Alexandrina, last October, and was part of the celebrations to mark the 12th anniversary of the Opening of the Library. The artist received the major distinction of the “Key of City”, by Alexandria Governor. After Alexandria, the exhibition presented in Cairo, in the mamlook Palace AMIR TAZ, under the auspices of Egyptian Ministry of Culture. Third station was Greece, in IANOS ART GALLERY, under the auspices of British and Egyptian Embassies and fourth station was Hellenic Centre, London. Andreas Georgiadis, engrossed by Alexandria’s unique atmosphere and by the outstanding novel / outpouring by the British author, creates a visual arts account of moments, impressions and reminiscences, combining the real with the imaginary, the past with the presence, the literal with the metaphorical. After methodically researching a wealth of archival material, the artist recreates the 1940s era through his art, lingering on city landmarks that the author describes in the Quartet: theatres, cafés, beaches, restaurants, streets, squares, hotels, barber shops, houses, ports, railway stations, as well as snapshots of the leading figures in the novels. The Cecil Hotel, the Delices pastry shop, the Pastroudis café, Baudrot, the railway station, the western port, Rue Fouad, Rue des Soeurs, the Greek quarter, the Mohammed Ali Square, Police headquarters, the Al Attarine mosque, the vila Ambron -the house where Durrell lived in Alexandria-, the Arab quarter and, of course, the immense Corniche, all feature in the works in the exhibition, witnesses to the history of Alexandria during World War II, while simultaneously constituting a subjective people-based geography. Through the 33 works in this group, all ink on paper, A. Georgiadis creates a fragile poetic environment, dotted with multiple readings, full of interchanges between what is real and what is imaginary. In the introductory text, Andreas Georgiadis mentions: “I first read the Alexandria Quartet when I was twenty years old. I can still remember very vividly the riveting emotion of feeling that the world is (or may be) different. Lawrence Durrell’s reading of the world and of human relations engraved within me an altered anthropogeography. Twenty-two years old. I visit the city for the very first time. The reality was a revelation. Everyone and everything was there, untouched:
Συνέχεια … Painting Exhibition “Alexandria Quartet”
On Miracle Ground XIX: A Conference of the International Lawrence Durrell Society Rethymnon, Crete 26–30 June 2016
Sunday, June 26
Exhibition (4:00–6:00)
The Alexandria Quartet: An Exhibition of Paintings by Andreas Georgiadis, Based on the Work of Lawrence DurrellCarob Mill Cultural Center, Panormo, Rethymno, T.K. 74057-Tel.: 2810 228 723 (Inclusive Dates of Exhibition: 10 June–3 July 2016)
Welcome Gathering (6:30–8:00PM)
Cash bar with light appetizers at Prima Plora Restaurant, Rethymnon Akrotiriou 8, Rethymno 741 00. Phone: +30 2831 056990 Monday, June 27
Registration (9:00–1:00)
Welcome (9:15–45; University of Crete, Auditorium A)
Linda S. Rashidi, President, International Lawrence Durrell Society Anna Lillios, Chair of the OMG XIX Conference Organizing Committee Lucia Athanassaki, Dean, Division of Classical Studies, University of Crete
Three Keynote Addresses (9:45–12:00)
Michael Haag “Setting the Scene” Ian S. MacNiven “Climax in Crete: A Personal Narrative” Chris White “The Kreipe Kidnap”
Lunch on Campus (12:00–1:15)
Session I (1:15–2:35)
Durrell and World War IIAnna Lillios University of Central Florida Lawrence Durrell and His Literary Circle: Archiving the World War II Experience in GreeceMartha Klironomos San Francisco State University ‘The beautiful island lies / wounded and bleeding, the calm island, the strong’: The Battle of Crete and the Violence of Memory in the Poetry of George Seferis and Lawrence DurrellBrian Sneeden University of Connecticut
Session II (2:45–3:30)
Durrell as Poet and Inspiration: Poetry by Durrell and White Mice Contest WinnersMichael Colonnese Methodist University; David Radavich Eastern Illinois University
Break (3:30–3:50)
Session III (3:50–5:15)
‘Enter the dark crystal if you dare’: Greece in Lawrence Durrell’s Lyric PoemsFiona Tomkinson Yeditepe University ‘An end of everything known / A beginning of water’: Lawrence Durrell’s Poetic Quest for the Secret Flow of the WorldIsabelle Keller-Privat Université Toulouse I–Jean Jaurès The House as Axis Mundi on the Durrells’ Island of CorfuDan H. Popescu Partium Christian University Tuesday, June 28
Tour of World War II Sites
In the Footsteps of Leigh Fermor: The General Kreipe Abduction Route, Allied Secret Services, The ResistanceConducted by Costas Mamalakis formerly of the Historical Museum of Crete; Assisted by Chris White
(The tour begins in Rethymnon; lunch is not provided.)
Wednesday, June 29
Session IVA (9:15–10:30, Room 1)
How the Scene Has Been Created by Modern Writers from Ted Hughes to Hasegawa Kai: Their Objective Motive Related to Local Myth and Their Subjective Perspective Related to Non-stereotypical Explanations of NatureKeiko Tawa Poet Laureate Study Japan Lawrence Durrell’s Convergence with the Cretan Landscape: An Issue of TranslatabilityNabil M. Abdel-Al United Nations
Session IVB (9:15–10:30, Room 2)
A Private Individual Without Concern for Policy: Durrell as a British Official, According to the Times of CyprusCiara Barrick European University Cyprus More Bitter Lemons: George Tardios’s Poem ‘After the Lemons’ and Nora Nadjarian’s Short Story ‘Lemons’Petra Tournay-Theodotou European University Cyprus Pope Joan on Her Majesty’s Secret Service: Lawrence Durrell in Cyprus in 1953–56Panaiotis Gerontopoulos
Break (10:30–10:45)
Session VA (10:45–12:00, Room
Συνέχεια … Threading the Labyrinth: World War II in the Greek World
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“The Alexandria Quartet” painted by Andreas Georgiadis based on the novel by L. Durrell CarobMill – Epimenides, Panormo Opening: Saturday 11 June 2016, 20:30 p.m. There are only as many realities as you care to imagine Pursewarden Epimenides Cultural Society of Panormo presents an exhibition by Greek artist Andreas Georgiadis entitled “The Alexandria Quartet” based on the novel by Lawrence Durrell. The exhibition is part of the 19th International Conference’s program “Threading the Labyrinth: Durrell, Greece, and World War II”, organized by International Lawrence Durrell Society, 26–30 June 2016 in Rethymnon, Crete, dedicated to famous British writer. The exhibition was presented for first time in Bibliotheca Alexandrina, last October, and was part of the celebrations to mark the 12th anniversary of the Opening of the Library. The artist received the major distinction of the “Key of City”, by Alexandria Governor. After Alexandria, the exhibition presented in Cairo, in the mamlook Palace AMIR TAZ, under the auspices of Egyptian Ministry of Culture. Third station was Greece, in IANOS ART GALLERY, under the auspices of British and Egyptian Embassies and fourth station was Hellenic Centre, London. Andreas Georgiadis, engrossed by Alexandria’s unique atmosphere and by the outstanding novel / outpouring by the British author, creates a visual arts account of moments, impressions and reminiscences, combining the real with the imaginary, the past with the presence, the literal with the metaphorical. After methodically researching a wealth of archival material, the artist recreates the 1940s era through his art, lingering on city landmarks that the author describes in the Quartet: theatres, cafés, beaches, restaurants, streets, squares, hotels, barber shops, houses, ports, railway stations, as well as snapshots of the leading figures in the novels. The Cecil Hotel, the Delices pastry shop, the Pastroudis café, Baudrot, the railway station, the western port, Rue Fouad, Rue des Soeurs, the Greek quarter, the Mohammed Ali Square, Police headquarters, the Al Attarine mosque, the vila Ambron -the house where Durrell lived in Alexandria-, the Arab quarter and, of course, the immense Corniche, all feature in the works in the exhibition, witnesses to the history of Alexandria during World War II, while simultaneously constituting a subjective people-based geography. Through the 33 works in this group, all ink on paper, A. Georgiadis creates a fragile poetic environment, dotted with multiple readings, full of interchanges between what is real and what is imaginary. In the introductory text, Andreas Georgiadis mentions: “I first read the Alexandria Quartet when I was twenty years old. I can still remember very vividly the riveting emotion of feeling that the world is (or may be) different. Lawrence Durrell’s reading of the world and of human relations engraved within me an altered anthropogeography. Twenty-two years old. I visit the city for the very first time. The reality was a revelation. Everyone and everything was there, untouched: 
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