HERMES KONDOR 

CLOSING OF THE EXHIBITION ''CHARACTERS''

Concert by singer Abby Jadov

Award ceremony of the poetry competition on the theme of the exhibition

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finally the time has come to fly to the land Serena Art Center, I will have the opportunity to see Vita Theas and Bella Allure again, who together with the great artist Hermes Kondor organized a great event that saw the participation of hundreds of people interested in art.

Bella & Hermes

After greeting everyone including the Artist I saw the paintings on display again, captivating and hard to forget they marked a point in my heart.

Vita Theas was already there with her faithful Wolf. Bella too, but as usual she was going around welcoming people and greeting everyone.. Bella is tireless and is also a good manager.

VITA THEAS

Finally the concert began, a very good singer named Abby Jadov would perform on stage live with her guitar, it was a great surprise her melodies were captivating and retraced the best years of music.

ABBY JADOV

I looked around for some familiar face but there were too many people I couldn't recognize anyone, finally the Countess arrived, a great friend of ours, a writer who never misses the events, even if I take her precious time away very soon.

LADY HAIKU

At the end of the concert Mrs. Haiku, the first judge and a great world artist, was called on stage, and after a short introduction and a thank you from Sir Hermes Kondor, they finally opened the envelopes with the names of the winners.

I never expected that I, Darian el Nairad, would win the first prize, with my poem in the competition. I was quite excited, when I went up on stage to receive the cash prize and the winner's certificate,

DARIAN el NAIRAD

Vita was also very happy about this, as an Italian I had perhaps made some spelling mistakes in translating into English but I had certainly hit the nail on the head and understood the true meaning of the exhibition.

I thank all those who participated and I thank the organization of the competition including sir Hermes Kondor, unfortunately my connection was not very happy, but on the other hand I was happy to have participated, I hope soon there will be new exhibitions because many love art and go with pleasure to the exhibitions of great artists

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Thank you so much Abby for this amazing concert , it's been wonderful to have you here tonight and great thanks to Haiku Quan who sponsored this performance .

But let's not keep the suspense any longer i know our participants are eager to know who are our lucky winners .

Three judges were kind enough to take the time to read and decide between the entries we've received .

Our judges are  Haiku that we all know as  a lover of Arts and Art events , Noowun  Wind , a well-known cultural animator and curator for Art events as well and StoneCoal Ashdene a voracious reader and a lawyer

It turned out to be quite difficult for our judges to choose between our numerous participants here i can quote them actually "Everyone's entry showed that each contestant was very engaged by Hermes' pictures, and inspired in so many different ways. And their variety of perspectives had me running back to the exhibit to take a fresh look at the images. The writers were right: there are so many stories and fantasies that jump out of the pictures in that collection. "

It was an uneasy choice as we  hadn't give  any delineated criteria on which to judge the entries and each of the writings  of course had strengths. 

But after a few readings of each , a choice had to be made .

Our winner is In the Darkness of The Night by Darian El Nairad

It was found to be a compelling poem which imbues the picture it describes with both atmosphere and meaning. It's well conceived with its ability to match the menace and magic of the artwork. Darian wrote it in Italian which is his mother tongue but also in English and here is how it ends 

" a man in a strange suit

glittering with a thousand sequins it appears to me

he looks like a clown from an old circus

with a strange pointed hat

borrowed from some witch

 it makes him evil and makes him enigmatic

I'm there, speechless, terrified

He looks at me mockingly with a cynical smile

he tells me: I am a character of

 CHARACTERS"

 Congratulations Darian !

Our second winner is an other poem, Love and Art  by Dante Helios Our judges found it  very exquisite ,  well built and well written and it transported and  enchanted them very much .

Let me read you just an excerpt 

 "Just like two clowns

Who once believed

That Love and Art

Were all

We stand together side by side

As if in morbid trance

At chaos all around us now

A deadly kind of dance"

Congratulations Dante !

Our third  winner is Kal the Mengi by Kamille Kamala Our judges liked this engaging tale told with clarity and simplicity,  as if a verbal history told to villagers around a campfire. And it's also a creative interpretation of the picture she'd chosen. Let me show you how nicely it was told 

"The enemy were unprepared for the trained assassins dressed in white feathers with red and

black war paint on our faces. Only the elite warrior women are allowed to wear the white

feathers as this is hard fought privilege and honor. And the white paint on my face can only be

worn by those who have supernatural powers."

Congratulations Kamille ! 

And there is a special mention for Jasper Abe's "The Face of Many" that is a  fine tale well told .

Congratulations to the winners and to all who submitted entries, thank you for joining this contest that has been very stimulating for everyo

darianelnairad editor