As an echo of the emblematic procession, entitled the Eleusinian Movement, but also as a commemoration of the project Inventory I (2018), by the same artists, an art exhibition-installation will be set up on the beachfront in three containers, with video-documents and creative quotation evidence.
Visual installation: Vassilis Gerodimos, Tzeni Argyriou
Editing of audio-visual material: Erato Tzavara
Sound design: Lambros Pigounis
Visual Installation Assistant: Mary Vossou
Photos-Archives-Documents: Union of Private Employees of Western Attica, Elefsina Labor Center, ERT Archive, General Archives of the State, Tsakou Archive, Kalomenidis Yiannis, Kalymnakis Yiannis, Ligos Athanasios, Lykidis Konstantinos, Melemenis Tasos, Mourotsos Giorgos, Evangelia Nodara Collection Facebook page The Old Corner of Elefsina, Giorgos Skianis, Tsakiroglou Evangelos, Filippou Yiannis
Production Support: Delta Pi
Producer: Amorphous Urban Non-Profit Corporation
We sincerely thank Mr. Yiannis Kalymnakis, Yiannis Malatantis and the Labor Center of Elefsina.
Free entrance
Visiting Days and Hours: Fri., Sat., Sun., 17:00-21:00
In modern history, Eleusis gathered many different populations, who migrated to this place to find work, while transferring customs and traditions. A human mosaic was thus created that constitutes an important part of the city’s modern identity.
At the Official Opening Ceremony of the 2023 Eleusis Cultural Capital of Europe, on February 4, 2023, these different communities of Elefsina will cross like rivers through the urban fabric of the city to join in a big dance that flows into the port. This procession, entitled the Eleusinian Movement, symbolically represents the participation of the citizens of Eleusis in the Opening Ceremony, in order to welcome visitors to the city.
As an echo of this iconic procession, but also as a commemoration of the Reserves project (2018), by the same artists and always in the context of 2023 Eleusis, an art exhibition-installation inside three containers will be set up on the beach front, with video-documents and creative citation of evidence. The aim is to highlight once again the strong imprint of the labor movement in Eleusis.
Further Info
From 17 April to 19 May, 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture presents Mystery 199 Vangelis Tsakos – Thanos Tsingos, an exhibition – tribute to two great artists of Elefsina, the award-winning photographer Vangelis Tsakos and the internationally acclaimed artist Thanos Tsingos at the Old Town Hall of Elefsina. Photographic and painting works, testimonies, publications, exceptional editions and valuable materials, products of extensive research, describe their history and highlight just a small part of the particularly rich but also unique work of the two artists.
The artistic installation “Voices of Elefsina” by Berlin artist Karl Heinz Jeron, is presented in the context of the project Mystery 37 VOICES OF ELEFSINA of 2023 Eleusis, in collaboration with the team of the Zoetrope Athens art space. A live experience, in the form of a sound walk, which will be inaugurated in Elefsina on 28 April.
From April 13th to April 16th, 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture presents an exhibition with artistic creations by Nicoletta Granitsa (aka Magemeli, a name that is inspired by the “alchemical” society of bees), under the title: Mystery 197 Paper World – A Letter to Eleusis, at the Canteen – Art Hub.
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