On Monday 30 January, ALPHA MISSION – ΔELOS initiative will travel to the UNESCO headquarters in Paris becoming the starting point for a major conversation on climate crisis, culture and the future of humanity. Delos’ emblematic concert, “the [Uncertain] Four Seasons”, which took place in the framework of this initiative last May, with the participation of the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO) and soloists the Ukrainian-born rising star Diana Tishchenko (violin) and the Greek virtuoso Socrates Sinopoulos (lyre) will be presented in a unique screening at the UNESCO House.
The screening will be preceded by a discussion concerning a collective search for a future worthy of next generations and the salvation of “the only home we’ve ever known”, planet Earth. In the discussion will participate representatives from the arts and culture, space technology, philosophy and archaeology. In particular, the President and co-founder of the World Human Forum, Alexandra Mitsotaki, the
astrophysicist, planetologist and director of research at the National Centre for Scientific
Research (CNRS) in Paris, Athena Coustenis, the philosopher Patrick Viveret and the
director of the French School of Athens, Véronique Chankowski.
The screening in Paris is a partnership of the World Human Forum, ARTE, the Hellenic Cultural
Centre in Paris, the French School in Athens and the permanent delegation of Greece to
UNESCO.
The event will start at 18:30CET and admission is free.
Ticket reservations at: contact@cchel.org
• ALPHA MISSION – ΔELOS is an initiative of the World Human Forum that brings together
mythology, art and space technology in the fight against the climate crisis
• It is symbolically based on the island of Delos, a UNESCO heritage site already affected by the
climate crisis
• The initiative coincides with NASA’s and the European Space Agency’s “ARTEMIS” mission to
put the first woman on the moon by 2025
