The exhibition “Ammophila vol.3: There Was Land Here Before” renegotiates our relationship to land, as well as the dominant narratives associated with it. We often think of land as our subsoil, a common ground for coexistence, and we create stories and histories to reinforce this relationship. The exhibition invites us to think of new interpretations and stories regarding real lands, as well as those constructed through our collective fantasies: fantasies of a non-existent land, a land that is different or inhabited differently, a land that can shake us off, a decaying land, a flourishing land, a trembling land, a land without borders. There Was Land Here Before creates narratives around our sense of place and time and how these form our different lives.
Elafonisos, once a peninsula connected to the mainland, was transformed into an island by an earthquake. On this trembling ground, how can we reexamine past narratives and narratives of the past, while replacing them with collective dreams and radical gestures?
Visual Artists:
Alexis Fidetzis, Fotini Kalle, Dionisis Kavallieratos, Panagiotis Kefalas, Electra Maipa, Persephone Nikolakopoulou, Ilias Papailiakis, Poka-Yio, Dimitris Rentoumis, Nana Sachini, Nana Seferli, Eva Stefani, Sasha Streshna, Garden Thief, Kleopatra Tsali, Manos Tsichlis, Vaskos, Marina Velisioti, Christos Venetis, 3 137.
Writers:
Natalia Damigou Papoti, Emmanouela Kiriakopoulou, Anastasia Michopoulou, Christina Papoulia, Eleni Riga, Theophilos Tramboulis, Vicky Tsirou, Evita Tsokanta, Stefanos Yiannoulis, Costis Zouliatis.
Guest performance by Sofia Kouloukouri
Location: Elafonisos School, Elafonisos, Laconia
Duration: 18-28 August 2022
Visiting hours: 18:00-21:00
Curated by:
Musical Performance
post-truth is
another water
game I play
against my mouth
(electro-acoustic Lamento for 4 performers / sound installation)
5000 years ago, there was a city — there, we can immerse ourselves in its own perspective with what is left to be true. Now beings live in the World of the Mouth (inter-verbal space) but the gates of what remains, are outside their sight.
Participating Artists:
Anna Papathanasiou: vox – performance / Stella N. Christou: vox – performance – digital electronics / Tasos Stamou: Improvised sound sources – analog electronics / Kostas Tzekos: Bass Clarinet – analog electronics.
Composition – Installation – Words: Stella N.Christou
Location: Archaeological Museum of Neapolis Voion, Laconia
*Alexis Fidetzis, Electra Maipa, Nana Seferli, Sasha Streshna, 3 137 and Anna Papathanasiou have been awarded the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship by ARTWORKS.