the Archipelago Network, in collaboration withn Professional Fishing Association of Amorgos and Goethe Institute Athens, presents in the summer of 2024 in Amorgos and Athens the series of exhibitions “Arts of the sea”.
The exhibitions will take place from June 14 to 22 at the Sports, Maritime and Cultural Association of Amorgos andai from July 4 to September 21 at the Goethe-Institut Athens.
Curated by Maurizio Borriello and Jacob Moe, “Arts of the Sea” maps the rich maritime tradition of the Cyclades and presents today’s woodworking, fishing and shipping communities in Amorgoson Koufonisi, in Paros, Santorini and Syros through archival material, photo-documents, sound collages and short documentaries.
The ‘bottom up’ approach to finding and preserving community heritage, the exhibition series Art of the sea highlights the less tangible and monumental forms of maritime culture, emphasizing their importance in the present and the future.
The historical archival material and the contemporary audio-visual evidence are the result of the field research carried out during the period 2023-24 in Archipelagos Network in the context of the Cycladic Maritime Arts project, which was first presented on the organization’s online platform as an interactive digital map.
Sea arts: Amorgos
Time: 14 – 22 June 2024
Grand opening: June 14, 19:00
Sports Maritime and Cultural Association of Amorgos
location: Katapola, Amorgos
Aigiali, Katapola, Agia Anna, Kalotaritissa: four hubs of fishing activity in Amorgos.
Combined annually “Festival of fishermen” in Katapola, the Archipelagos Network launches the Art of the Sea exhibition, which will take place from June 14 to 22 at the Sports, Maritime and Cultural Association of Amorgos. The exhibition focuses on the long tradition of the island’s fishing activity, as well as the new models of cultural and environmental action that are required due to the radical social and environmental changes in the region.
The Amorgos exhibition invites residents and visitors to the island to explore the fishing heritage through photographic archival installations by Jacob Moe and photo-documents by Maurizio Borriello, redefining the marine environment of the Cyclades as a palimpsest of knowledge and culture.
On June 16, in collaboration with the Cinematographic Club of Amorgou in the village of Vroutsi, a program of short documentary screenings was presented on fishing methods and woodworking activities in Amorgos and other coastal areas.
Marine arts: Athens
Time: July 4 – September 21, 2024
Opening and Screening I: July 4, 8:30 pm
Screening II: September 11, 8:30 pm
Place: Goethe-Institut Athen – Athens
Amorgos, Koufonisia, Paros, Santorini and Syros. Five islands of the Cyclades connecting trade routes, art and culture.
For the first time in Athens, the Archipelago Network presents the rich and multidimensional maritime traditions of the Cyclades through the multi-media exhibition Art of the Sea, which will be held from July 4 to September 21 at the Goethe-Institut Athens. The exhibition traces the connections between these maritime communities in the past and present, through archival material and contemporary photographic, audio and audiovisual documentation.
Highlighting the value and the uncertainty of woodworking, fishing and navigation in the Cyclades, the exhibition in Athens invites the public to reorient their feelings towards the sea, towards a future that includes it. Visitors to the exhibition will discover a universe of objects, landscapes, boats and images of the historical sites of the islands, like a shipyardTarsanas” in Syros, the bay of Ai-Yiannis in Paros, the carnagio of Armeni, Santorini, and the fishing ports of Amorgos and Koufonisia. The exhibition will also present historical material from the Historical-Folklore Museum of Naoussa (Othona Kapari Collection) in Paros and from various private collections from Syros, Amorgos and Santorini.
As part of the exhibition, it will happen a two-part screening series on July 4 and September 11y, where archival, ethnographic and narrative short films about the maritime community in Greece and beyond will be presented.