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THE ΤΕΛΟΣ SOCIETY speaks to Sozita Goudouna, Founding Director of Greece In USA

Greece in USA is a non-profit organization with a global reach that promotes knowledge of contemporary and ancient Greek Culture while fostering international cultural cooperation, experimentation and social engagement. The organization's extensive programming includes commissioned artists' and curators' projects, residencies, educational and ecological initiatives and the commitment to cultivating a sensible culture of innovation and thought leadership.

We are dedicated to offering innovative and unique programs in education and the arts, all exploring the evolving diversity and richness of Greek and Cypriot cultures. The non- profit organization seeks to generate new thinking about the arts and promote cross- cultural dialogue through partnerships and new platforms of creation.

The organization promotes international exchange of practice and knowledge in the arts - visual and sound art, dance, architecture, theatre - research on the methods used in curatorial and performing practices and investigation of points of intersection between the arts, science and the public sphere by means of interventions, collective actions, educational programs and publications.

Greece in USA aims to collaborate and build long-lasting partnerships with leading institutions and individuals who actively engage with Greece and its culture and to convey a comprehensive and distinctive representation of Greece and Cyprus by producing cultural and educational programs that encourage intercultural dialogue and enable cultural involvement.

Our principal goals are:
 To shape and envision the image of contemporary Greece in the United States beyond existing stereotypes
 To recalibrate the assumed center of Greek national narratives to include those who have often been denied historical recognition.
 To transform the way Greek histories are told and produce projects that reflect the vast, rich complexity of Greek culture.
 To support Greek inspired cultural practices by welcoming and nurturing new ideas and influential perspectives
 To commission, produce and present contemporary Greek and Cypriot culture that grapple with many of the pressing social and political issues of our time
 To foster Greek scholarship and cultural research within the American educational system
 To develop a transatlantic network for the exchange of culture and ideas
 To strengthen the development of structures in cultural policy & leadership, and foster worldwide mobility.

Greece in USA is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization registered in the State of New York, tax-exempt ID no. 85-0828531. Contributions to Greece in USA are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Greece in USA's launch is under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Culture.

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THE ΤΕΛOΣ SOCIETY | TTS

Arts & Culture Research Lab Observatorium

THE ΤΕΛΟΣ SOCIETY | TTS, Arts & Culture Research Lab Observatorium would like to thank the Board & Team of Advisors for bringing their passion, intellect, insight, and resources towards the mission of the organisation. Their experience, skills, and knowledge move TTS forward. All undertaken posts are on a voluntary basis and will be renewed every September. In Our goal is to form collaborations and be active in the Balkans, the rest of Europe, the wider region of the Mediterranean, and MENA. Our goal is to empower and reinvent established creative agency by gaining the confidence to fulfil TTS' mission and goals. By standing in the middle of that crossroad, we support dream-carriers who dare to pave their own path. We are of service to inquiries that challenge the status quo.

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THE ΤΕΛΟΣ SOCIETY

Georgia Kotretsos

Founder | Régisseur

Abdellah Karroum

TTS Ambassador

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Panayiotis Kalivites

TTS Financial Advisor | BoA

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Pieter van Ysseldijk

TTS Legal & AI Advisor | BoA

Nefeli Kaoutski

TTS Assistant

Katerina Nikolaou

Research Assistant

Mehul Sangham

TTS Strategist

THE ΤΕΛΟΣ SOCIETY Board of Advisors

Barbara B. Edlinger

TTS BoA

Georgia Kakourou-Chroni

TTS BoA

Pankaj Khanna

TTS BoA

Kostas Pappas

TTS BoA

THE ΤΕΛΟΣ SOCIETY Team of Advisors

This our own embodiment, as already noted, is never really autonomous. Nor is it autochthonous, nor autopoietic: we require other bodies of other waters to bathe us into being. Astrida Neimanis

Peter Machen

TTS Content & Media Advisor

Alexandros Politis

TTS Ecosystem Advisor

Dimitrios Spyrou

TTS Arts Field Advisor

Carolina Trigo

TTS Publications Advisor