#4 Βuilding at the Kanellopoulou 17

M2P; metoo communication design; Αλίκη Κακουλίδου(Aliki Kakoulidou); Δήμητρα Βασιλάκου(Dimitra Vasilakou)

#4 Βuilding at the Kanellopoulou 17

project

Description

Cultural Coastline was part of the official Opening Ceremony of the 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture, held on 4 February 2023. Its fourth activity took place in a private building on Kanellopoulou 17 street and was part of Mystery 85 City Patterns.The project was created through a research process on the folk heritage and cultural history of the various communities of Elefsina. Working closely with the local cultural associations that represent different areas of Greece, as well as the people who comprise these associations, we recorded their experiences, their memories from their ancestry and places of origin, and, finally, their art and symbols, as those are manifested in embroideries and other artifacts. Subsequently, and in accordance with the methodology that runs through all of their work, M2P (Aliki Kakoulidou and Dimitra Vasilakou), isolated details from these images and narrations, and edited them into something new. The patterns corresponded to ten different places: Asia Minor, Chios, Corfu, Crete, the Dodecanese Islands, Elefsina, Epirus, Peloponnese, Pontus, and Thessaly). Using the traditional silkscreen method, the banners were printed on natural fabrics, with eco-friendly materials. They were posted on a corner building at 17 Kanellopoulou Street, thus creating a visual narrative in open conversation with the city’s contemporary look.

Artists

M2P, metoo communication design, Αλίκη Κακουλίδου(Aliki Kakoulidou), Δήμητρα Βασιλάκου(Dimitra Vasilakou)

Tickets Policy

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