Tribute to history of Greek television and radio at Thessaloniki International Fair
This year’s Thessaloniki International Fair exhibition will recall memories from Greece’s radio, television, cinema and music history. The exhibition, which will open next Saturday at Thessaloniki University’s Tellogleion Foundation for the Arts (it will be the seventh exhibition to be held there), bears the title «Thessaloniki Broadcasts: Radio, Television, Film – The Pioneering Role played by TIF (Thessaloniki International Fair) and ERT (Greek Radio & TV). The display will feature a wealth of photographic, visual and sound material, the highlight being the piano that distinguished composer Manos Hadjidakis used to play at ERT. The material is provided by ERT, TIF, the Film Museum, the Christos Tsigiridis Radio Museum and individuals. The focus will lie on TIF which hosted Greece’s first radio broadcast during its 1926 first run, inspired by Christos Tsigiridis, and will highlight the history of institutions closely related to TIF, such as ERT and the Thessaloniki film and song festivals. During the 25th TIF in 1960, the Public Power Corporation (PPC) held the first TV broadcast and TIF also embraced the Thessaloniki Film Festival and the Greek Song Festival. The exhibition will include equipment used during the 20th century, from production to broadcasting, photographs recording the development of ERT, photographs from well-known Greek actors who took part in the historical radio show «Theater on the Microphone,» portraits of actors and singers who made the cover of the Radio Program magazine, rare documents, newsreels, documentaries and ERT tributes to the city of Thessaloniki. «The exhibition hopes to refresh the memories of the older generation and to convey these experiences to the younger generation in an appealing manner. Young people should have fun by learning creatively so that they can come up with future ideas and suggestions,» said the general secretary of the Tellogleion Foundation board of directors Alexandra Goulaki-Voutyra. The display, coordinated by journalist Yiannis Chrysafis, will be enriched by educational activities, experimental workshops for children and more. It will run to January 13.
