MIRfestival 2023

MIRfestival is an independent international, interdisciplinary festival focusing on new forms of contemporary performing arts. Daring, surprising, exciting and mind-expanding, it is a unique festival in the Athenian cultural landscape presenting meaningful, innovative and deeply researched artistic projects by established and emerging artists from the international community. Named after the old orbital station, it aims to be an open space for artists and audiences to meet, exchange, communicate and reflect on politics and poetics. MIR refuses to categorize human beings as much as artistic genres. Equality, solidarity and deep humanist values reign on MIRfestival’s satellite. sharing these values and love for new artistic forms of expression creates a strong community around the festival.

The festival was founded by its actual artistic director, Christiana Galanopoulou. It is a biennial and it takes place in industrial spaces, theatres, public spaces and other venues in Athens. Public spaces, community projects and performances involving volunteers on stage implicate different citizen groups in the making of the festival and form a nucleus of Athenians around it.