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Revealing matter's potential
in Crete
20 - 28 July OR 30 July - 7 August
Change forever your beliefs regarding the material world’s potential and its imprint upon us
In an era where digitality seems prevalently dominating the present and future, we invite you to genuinely reconnect with nature and rediscover it’s analog sensibility. By exploiting the potential of working closely and through unconventionally re-approached hand-made techniques, with material treasures which are hidden in local nature or among the abundant farming neglected byproducts.
This workshop is an intersection between design, crafts, art & material experimentation, as well as a fearless exploration of the synergy that may be empowered from Crete’s timeless legends & rich history traditions.
In order to come up with inventive approaches and solutions to open new sustainable possibilities for local communities and motivate them to look beyond existing boundaries and start using different practices,
finally influencing their mindset.
Immerse yourself in a unique
and intense "creative only" voyage
Participants will have the opportunity to develop a main creative project, a design prototype or artwork. Objects that speak of new and strong functional values, or fulfill purely emotional purposes or even radically
redefine the languages of symbolism.
Being encouraged to find original perspectives through explorations in various aspects of material’s behavior, questioning the rules and pushing the boundaries of creativity. A number of inventively approached technique
studios are used as introduction to unlock creative confidence and then delve into the main workshop theme challenge.
The conclusion for the period's project is an open exhibition and direct presentation from the participants to all sides of local stakeholders, staged in the nearby village center. A professionally registered video distilling the full workshop experience, will be afterwards send to all participants.
The spirit of wild improvisation and finding unexpected ways to deal with complex thinking through basic means, is a must for the workshop’s philosophy.
During the workshops, participants work alternatively on their own individual tasks, or in small groups building interactive experiences. The workshop’s nurturing and playful atmosphere will purposefully embrace this togetherness, which finally enhances individual originality.
All the necessary tools and materials to turn ideas, design, art and craft concepts into reality, will be provided in the specially prepared and fully equipped facilities or will be available to be carried on the field if required.
The carefully built holistic approach of the workshop experience, completes with a continuously changing variety of body activities, culinary experimentation and improvised treasured moments.
Being located among a typical Cretan village and the surrounding crop fields, provides a generous opportunity of directly meddling with locals of all sides and activities and talk first hand about the topics that are important for their community. There is also the potential for organizing a parallel creative activity with students from the local High School, which has been enormously responsive to the program since its very beginning in the area.
Book workshop
Workshop tuition : Early bird* (until 30th April 2025) : 1550 €
Normal Price*: 1780 €
9 days – 8 nights
All-inclusive price per person
*Please inquire for applicable discounts (eg. in case of educational institutions).
To reserve early one of the strictly limited places available and be part of a life changing experience,
please go to the Booking page.
What is included in the price
Tuition
Each workshop is a unique hands-on experience, initially comprised of various trying and learning,
mainly technique focused studios, such as unusual materials’ and techniques labs, custom kiln building
or impromptu molding on location, specially intended to unlock new competencies. Approached in totally fresh and unconventional ways. Progressing to the main theme, which follows as an intense and continuous workshop, closely interwoven with all the other period's experiences (related to mind, body, culinary, environment, fun). Some experiential tasks are done individually while others will be interactively collaborative. A variety of inspiring places will be used as locations for the activities to take place. An intense and holistic experience is guaranteed through learning by doing, giving totally new meaning to the concept of creativity fun.
A walking visit to the local villages and farmland area as well to an important historical landmark, will also take place.
Tools and materials
All the necessary tools and materials to turn ideas, design, art and craft concepts into reality, will be provided in the specially prepared and fully equipped facilities or will be available to be carried on the field if required.
Accommodation
Participants are accommodated in shared rooms in a tower type farm-house among an orange grove.
It’s exceptional architectural characer, deeply influenced by it’s environment, makes it one of the more characteristic early works of the internationally noted Atelier66. All bathrooms are WC/shower.
Plenty of surrounding recreational and mind relaxing spots.
Culinary experience
A fully innovative culinary experience, meticulously tied to the healthy and rich mediterranean and Cretan treasury of local ingredients and nutritional traditions’ history, is an essential part of the Periplus Workshops experience. As all of the Periplus Workshops parts are intersections of art, design, culture, nature and craft, such is also this unique, creative culinary adventure. You will not only enjoy the best that local small scale producers have to offer, but you will also take part into experiential sessions where you will discover
how to playfully and creatively deal with what unconventional food practices and healthy eating may offer.
Extra activities as sensory experiences
The carefully built holistic approach of the workshop's long experience, completes with a continuously changing variety of daily activities such as recreational and fun body wandering sessions, narrative stargazing and group sound making. All targeted in the stimulation, regeneration and participation of all layers of the senses and of their possible correlations and combinations. A brain-body-imagination involving program where everything is a world of its own and at the same time everything is connected. More seductive
surprises to be revealed on location.
Local social impact and international networking
For a whole and intense nine days period, enjoy living together with a group of individuals, commonly sharing the thirst for creativity. Through constantly searching for the unexpected, connect with people from all over
the world and with different backgrounds of studies, work and life experience. All with an indisputable common ground, the urge to meaningfully and creatively enrich their lives, and the one of others by becoming new agents for introducing positive interventions. The workshop’s experience and the relevant regional material culture's revealed potential, will be further and extensively communicated to many directions through “the PERIPLUS project” future activities. The nonprofit organization running the workshops and whose
scope is to explore and promote the power of creative potential for optimizing human life, society and the environment. All workshop participants are welcomed, if they wish so, to get involved with the future PERIPLUS platform of activities and its international collaborative creative network.
Throughout the workshop period, and as we are located at the outskirts of the village, freely meddling with locals of all sides and activities will provide a generous opportunity of talking first hand about the topics that are important for their community. There is also the potential for organizing a parallel creative activity with students from the local High School, which has been enormously responsive to the program since it's very beginning in the area.