For one night only, a parking lot in Athens will host the shadow theater performance “Karagiozis in Asia Minor or the Parade“. In this performance Karagiozis looks back on his memories of the Asia Minor Campaign where he served as a soldier. The occasion to awaken the memories of the front is a parade organized by the regime of Ioannis Metaxas on August 4.

The project resulted from the collaboration between the artist Spyros Angelopoulos, a fellow of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation for the Public Humanities Initiative (SNFPHI) at Columbia University, and Greek and Turkish historians and social scientists. It aims to comment on the prevailing narrative regarding the Greek-Turkish war of 1919-1922, to raise new questions about the liberation of the unredeemed Greeks, loss and national identity, and to reassess the potential of shadow theatre in the 21st century.

*Due to depictions of violence, the show is recommended for ages 13 and older.