Concept: 2023 Eleusis
Curator – Director: Gemma Hansson Carbone
Scientific Advisor: Ioulia Kaoura
Associate Director:Hliana Kaladami
Artists – Researchers: Electra Angelopoulou,Thanasis Akokalidis, Electra Kartanou, Konstantza Kapsali, Vassilis Mavrianos, Eleni Moleski, Nicoleta Xenariou, Gary Salomon
Production: Mentor
Collaborators during the preparatory phase: George Kritharas, Phaedon Moudopoulos, Vladimiros Nikolouzos
Special Thanks: Kalliope Papangeli, Yorgos Pavlopoulos, Kostas Lykides, Vienna Eleuteri, Michael Held, Takis Mastrantonis and the students of the graduate NKUA programme Management of Monuments: Archaeology, Urban Planning And Architecture
The first event (February 2023) is closed to the public. There will be open events for the public in May and November 2023.
By means of a specially curated route through the archaeological site of Eleusis, the project aims to introduce an original perspective on notions of History, Time, and Space wherein visitors’ curiosity about the past and archaeological ruins becomes a shared human experience.
Every archaeological site conceals a narrative and cloaks the passage of time. Every archaeological site constitutes a silent chronicle. It is a necropolis, a city of ghosts and shadows, a theatrical stage of human history. How can we best access this shadowy realm? What path should we follow? How can a fragment acquire a voice? And how can we discern the traces left by past users and visitors?
Narrative Archaeology, adapted for the sanctuary of Demeter at Ancient Eleusis, capitalises on the potential relationship between archaeology and the performing arts, stones and traces, the human body and memory, visitors and a site.
Narrative Archaeology experiments with the specific conditions that enable a site to tell its unique story to visitors in the form of a vivid, interactive experience. As part of this approach, the performing arts can provide a living presence that navigates the sanctuary and gives voice to unspoken aspects of the past.
Further Info
From November 18 to January 28, 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture presents the group exhibition Mystery 151 A Rave Down Below featuring the participation of acclaimed artists from Greece and abroad and showcasing a series of new productions, curated by Panos Giannikopoulos.
From December 15 to February 11, 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture presents Mystery 87 I My Sea Journey, I My Land Claim, the new sculpture installation by the acclaimed visual artist Stefania Strouza honoured with this year’s Art Athina Prize for young artists.
On December 9 & 10, Mystery 155 Hosting: Elefsina will take place at the Elefsina Old Railway Station, a soundwalk, a performance in the public space where participants, equipped with wireless headsets, cross the urban environment, accompanied by an actress, through a walking route in the city’s neighborhoods.
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