The great theater of Epidaurus designed by Polykleitos the Younge-in the 4th Century BC, Sanctuary of- Asklepeios at-Epidaurus Greece (foto Carole RaddatoF, Flickr) OPEN LETTER TO THE MINISTER OF CULTURE MR ARISTIDES BALTAS AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE ATHENS AND EPIDAURUS FESTIVAL MR  JAN FABRE Minister, We gathered spontaneously at the Sfendoni Theatre, today April 1st, we the artists who live and work in Greece, representatives of the theatre, of dance, of cinema, of music, of the visual arts, and we discussed in depth both your appointment of the Flemish artist, Mr Jan Fabre, as Director, and the programme of the restructured and henceforth Inter National (?) Athens Festival which you jointly announced. We agreed, with an overwhelming majority, that this constitutes A series of unwarranted and inadmissible actions, legally and morally, which are clearly directed against contemporary Greek creative endeavor and against the long suffering and or unemployed Greek artists. All this demonstrates that you have neither A specific cultural policy, nor A vision for the present and future of our contemporary culture. Since these specific ministerial decisions you have taken can be viewed as illegal and especially viewed as hostile towards the vital creative fervor and culture of … Meer lezen over Manos Stefanidis | The Body of Participants – TO MINISTER & DIRECTOR ATHENS EPIDAURUS FESTIVAL + Jan Fabre – To Greek Artists + Maria Mytilinaki Kennedy – During the Greek Crisis (PDF)