The second part of the Hydroexpress Project will focus on the correlation between “The Commons” and the Greek family model, as far as their mechanisms used by the members to survive, coexist and support each other, are concerned. Hosted artists, writers and architects analyze and highlight the notion of “Community” through the three main axes that characterize the commons (goods, community, and their regulatory framework), which are reproduced in the traditional way of life of people who share the Greek mentality and culture.
In this chapter, we will examine the uniqueness of the Greek family where through the care of each other and the deference for their needs, the boundaries between the individual and the collective have become fluid. But also, how in “the Commons” the members, not related by blood or kinship, are greater in number and usually work without hierarchies for the benefit of the community. We will also see the differences between the family and “the Commons”. The kinship between family members often creates a closed character; the members end up facing patriarchal remnants, intervening behavior and interdependence. While, on the other hand, “the Commons” value the osmosis of ideas that taking place between members, strengthening concepts and values such as collectivity, solidarity, care etc.
This year, Maria Varela is hosted in Hydroexpress Space presenting the work “Family Structures of Finite State” while in this edition the writers are Eva Vaslamatzi, Daphne Dragona and a Whale’s Architects, as well as there are works by Theodora Kanelli and Artemis Papachristou.
*The Hydroexpress Project is an initiative of the artist Marina Papadaki. It started in 2019 on the occasion of the co-location of her father’s business (YDROEXPRES) and her art studio in an old family house in Kaminia in Piraeus.
Marina Papadaki, Maria Varela, Eva Vaslamatzi and Theodora Kanelli are SNF ARTWORKS Fellows.
May 15th, 2021 // 13:30 – 20:00
Paxon 8 Piraeus
Exhibition Duration 16/5 – 23/5
Open: Saturday & Sunday 18:00 – 20:00
Due to the epidemic situation from the virus Covid 19, inside the space will be maximum of two people each time keeping all the necessary safety measures and the use of a mask is mandatory.