Mystery 3 Elefsina mon amour
project
Description
Mystery 3 Elefsina mon amour is an art exhibition, which lasted from July 7th, 2023 until October 15th, 2023. The exhibition was developed in the three warehouses and the outdoor area of the Old Olive Factory of Elefsina, as well as in the space of the X-Bowling Art Center. A large number of Greek and foreign artists participated, while the artistic direction and curator was Katerina Gregos, artistic director of the National Museum of Contemporary Art.
Ιnspired by the book Storming the Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for Politics (2008) written by the influential writer, historian, environmentalist, and activist Rebecca Solnit which analyses politics through place, the exhibition posits a socio-political reading of Elefsina and the Thriassian plain and constitutes a study on and testimony to modern and contemporary Elefsina. In addition, the exhibition also takes into account the historical past, which has been instrumental in defining the current identity of the city. It will thus suture memory and experience, space and time, past and present, while simultaneously proposing a psychogeographical analysis of space and place.
Twisting the title of Alain Resnais’ seminal 1959 film Hiroshima Mon Amour, the exhibition looks beyond the suggested legacy of devastation – brought on in the case of Elefsina not by war but by heavy industry – and into manifestations of resilience, solidarity, hope, and commonality. The questions raised in Resnais’ film are still fundamental and contested; must one forget the past in order to move into the future? Or must we reckon with the past in order to be able to deal with this future? Elefsina, with its layers of history and its future industrial archaeology, seems a perfect place in which to engage these questions.
Archival Research
Artists
Κατερίνα Αποστολίδου(Katerina Apostolidou), Βαγγέλης Βλάχος(Vangelis Vlahos), Μαρίνα Γιώτη(Marina Gioti), Αναστασία Δούκα(Anastasia Douka), Mahdi Fleifel, Igor Grubic, Aglaia Konrad, Ναταλία Μαντά(Natalia Manta), Adrian Paci, Şerban Savu, Sphinxes, Μαρία Τσάγκαρη(Maria Tsagkari), Δημήτρης Τσουμπλέκας(Dimitris Tsoumplekas), Μαριάννα Χριστοφίδου(Marianna Christofides), Maarten Vanden Eynde, Κατερίνα Γρέγου(Katerina Gregos), Δώρα Βασιλάκου(Dora Vasilakou), Θάλεια Μέλισσα(Thalia Melissa)
Stages of Implementation
Opening: 07-07-2023, 19:00
Hours: Thursday & Friday, 18.00 – 21.30
Saturday & Synday, 14.00 – 21.30
Tickets Policy
Free admission
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