…a group of friends!
The poster for the Carnival 2024
Collaboration, companionship, and team spirit have always been driving forces for the Rethymnian Carnival. The thematic core of the Rethymnian Carnival for 2024 is the Groups as a means of creation and as a source of positive emotions.
Rethymno has been a pivotal point between East and West, as well as a crossroads of Mediterranean cultures, making Rethymnians particularly extroverted. This outwardness, which mixes creative force with inexhaustible fun, has always provided fertile ground for groups of creative people to flourish. The Carnival itself was a crossroads where inventiveness and creative mood meet fun and entertainment.
Groups also formed the main reason for the contemporary revivals of the Carnival. Our city constitutes the ideal canvas to spread the colors of interpersonal relationships, where all groups become one big group with a common goal. Visitors who decide to come to the dozens of Triodion events become fundamental and equal members of this group, experiencing the unique experience of the Rethymnian Carnival.
The illustration of this year's Carnival materials is based on the ecstatic impulse of the group and tries to capture the decisive moment when creativity transforms into joy and dance. The main theme is inspired by Henri Matisse's famous painting “The Dance” (1910), by Minoan idols of Cycladic dances dating from 1650 to 1400 BC, from Minoan frescoes as well as from traditional embroidery and craft patterns. The city of Rethymno, with its unique multicultural architecture, is in the foreground. The modern era meets the distant past, where the roots of the Rethymnian Carnival lie. From Minoan ceremonies and Venetian events to the most modern revivals of the Rethymnian Carnival, the common denominator is groups and relationships between people. The group elevates the spirit, morale, and quality of life.
Today, our message is more timely than ever. The antidote to alienation and loneliness, people glued to small or large screens, is the group! Only the group!
Poster design – Text: Stelios Kalogerakis
