A very different CD entitled “Thiva km 102” was recently released by Puzzlemusik. The CD, which is the result of a 2-year collective effort, is an optimistic message of hope and compassion in these difficult times.
The NGO AMAKA, the music group ARTéfacts ensemble, and PROLAT, a company for which corporate social responsibility is a top priority, are some of those who contributed to the achievement of the goal of this cooperation, which was the creation of bridges between penitentiaries and society.
The non-governmental organization ΑΜΑΚΑ, supported by the CULTURE PROGRAMME of the European Union, held “art therapy” workshops in Thiva Women’s Prison for one year, giving prisoners the opportunity to express themselves by recording sounds of their everyday life and narrating their personal stories.
ARTéfacts ensemble, a pioneering music group, forwarded these original sounds to 6 new European composers, who were inspired and created compositions for live musical instruments and live electronics. Next, they recorded them and presented them first where it all started, namely in Thiva Women’s Prison, in October 2014, and then in a special concert at the French Institute of Athens on 30 March 2015.
PROLAT participated in this project as a sponsor proving its social sensitivity and its respect for human values.
This very special CD, which is already available at selected record stores, will also be presented in Brussels in the future.
