'TO BE FAITHFUL TO TRADITION, MEANS TO BE FAITHFUL TO ITS FLAME, NOT ITS ASHES.' - JEAN JAURES (1859-1914) -
WE INITIATE PROJECTS, WHICH ENDORSE THE REGENERATION OF ECLECTIC GREEK HERITAGE.
ABOUT US THE ATHENIAN MUSE INITIATES PROJECTS, WHICH ENDORSE THE REGENERATION OF ECLECTIC GREEK HERITAGE.
OUR WORK IS INSPIRED BY THE THE EXPEPTIONAL ELEMENTS OF GREEK CULTURE AND ITS CONTINUING POTENTIAL OF INSPIRING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE TODAY.
THE ATHENIAN MUSE IS A HOLDING ENTERPRISE CONDUCTING PRIMARY RESEARCH FOR ITS SUBSIDIARY PROJECTS.
OUR WORK INVOLVES THE COLLABORATION WITH ARCHAEOLOGISTS, ACTORS, HISTORIANS, MARKETING CONSULTANTS, SCIENTISTS, DESIGNERS, MUSEOLOGISTS AND EXPERTS FROM THE CULTURAL HERITAGE SECTOR.
OUR STORY THE ROOTS OF THE ATHENIAN MUSE, ARE TRACED TO THE AGIORGITI FAMILY, WHO FOSTERED THE GREEK CULTURAL FLAME, AS THEIR WAY OF LIFE.
DURING THE 1960'S MILITARY REGIME, THEY ESCAPED TO MONTREAL AND REMAINED THERE IN EXILE. THEIR UNIQUE HOME SERVED THE ANTI-DICTATORSHIP MOVEMENT AND WAS A HUB FOR GREEK ARTISTIC & CULTURAL INTELLIGENTSIA ABROAD.
UP TO THE 1990'S, INTERNATIONAL BANKER NICHOLAS AGIORGITIS (WHO HAD ALSO SERVED ACTIVELY IN THE 1940'S GREEK RESISTANCE MOVEMENT) SUCCESSFULLY FINANCED AND MENTORED MANY GREEK ENTREPRENEURS OF THE DIASPORA. BY HIS SIDE, KALLIRHOE AGIORGITI-PIPERIGOU, ARTIST, COLLECTOR AND AESTHETE INTRODUCED AUTHENTIC GREEK design ELEMENTS IN DESIGNING THEIR BRAND IDENTITIES, BEING HERSELF PART OF THE GREEK MODERNIST ART MOVEMENT OF THE 50'S.
TODAY AFTER THEIR DEATH IN 2009, IN THE DAWN OF THE GREEK CRISIS, THEIR DAUGHTER MATINA AGIORGITI, INSPIRED BY HER FAMILY'S OWN HISTORY, THEIR HOME'S HERITAGE COLLECTIONS AND CHARACTERISTIC LIFESTYLE, FOUNDED THE ATHENIAN MUSE.
THE ATHENIAN MUSE IS A HOLDING ENTERPRISE, INITIATING SUBSIDIARY PROJECTS WHICH ENDORSE THE REGENERATION OF ECLECTIC GREEK HERITAGE.
RECENT PROJECTS
HISTORIC GREEK GASTRONOMY PROJECT 2014-2017 THE ATHENIAN MUSE HAS INITIATED THE HGG CATERING PROJECT OFFERING STATE-OF-THE- ART AUTHENTIC, HISTORIC MENUS BASED ON GREEK ART AND LITERARY SOURCES.
IN ALLIANCE THE PREMIUM CATERING COMPANY - LA CHOCOLATIERE, IN GREECE - THE MENUS CONTAIN RESEARCHED AND UNALTERED RECIPIES FROM MAIN EPOCHS OF GREEK HISTORY ( CIRCA 2500 BC - 1960'S).
THE TASTING EVENTS CAN TAKE PLACE IN SELECTED HISTORICAL VENUES, RESORTS, ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS OR CLIENT'S OWN PRIVATE SPACES.
MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HGG PROJECT ARE:
STATE-OF-THE-ART RESEARCHED MENUS REFELCTING UNALTERED HISTORIC RECIPES FROM GREEK ART AND LITERARY SOURCES
UNIQUE DESIGNED TABLE-SCAPES CONTAINING AUTHENTIC PERIOD TABLEWARE, FOLIAGE & ARTIFACTS
BESPOKE PERFORMANCES/ SPEECHES RELATED TO THE SERVED FOOD
THE MUSEUM project 2017- A MUSEUM, HOSTING the agiorgiti collection and A COLLECTION OF SELECTED ARTIFACTS REPRESENTING QUINTESSENTIAL ASPECTS RELATED TO GREEK HERITAGE AND ITS CONTINUITY IN contemporary DESIGN & LIFESTYLE.
iTS GALLERY CONTAINS, ITEMS PRESENTED WITH THEIR OWN UNIQUE STORY AND HISTORICAL CONTENT WHICH HAVE PASsed THE TEST OF TIME AND ARE PART OF THE LIVING FUTURE OF GREEK AESTHETICS & CULTURE.
