Exhibition & Screening II
Crafts of the Sea (Athen)

Islands, linked by a shared sea.

Wed, 11.09.2024
8:30 PM Goethe-Institut Athen

As part of the exhibition Crafts of the Sea, a second screening series takes place on September 11, presenting archival, ethnographic, and narrative short films resonating with maritime communities in Greece and beyond. From the Aegean Sea to the Andaman Sea of Thailand and Myanmar, the films offer insights into the complex interaction between hyper-globalization, local knowledge, and the marine environment. What can we learn from these diverse communities that call the sea their home?

Jacob Moe, co-curator and director of Archipelago Network, will lead two guided tours on the same day at 19:30 and 20:00, presenting the themes and works of the exhibition. How has the maritime identity of the Cyclades been shaped during the past century? What do shipbuilding, fishing, and seafaring signify for local communities? Can traditional practices and crafts offer answers to contemporary social, environmental, and cultural challenges?

To participate, please reserve your spot by September 8 here: Crafts of the Sea: Guided Tours 

About the exhibition 

For the first time in Athens, Archipelago Network presents the rich and multifaceted maritime traditions of the Cyclades through the multimedia exhibition Crafts of the Sea. The exhibition traces interconnections between these maritime communities of past and present through archival material and contemporary photographic, sonic, and audiovisual documentation.

Highlighting the concurrent value and precarity of the wooden boatbuilding, fishing and seafaring crafts in the region, this exhibition invites the public to reorient their senses towards a future seen with, and from, the sea. Visitors will encounter a universe of objects, landscapes, boats and portraits spanning historic locations such as the Tarsanas boatyard in Syros, Ai Giannis bay in Paros, the Armeni boatyard of Santorini, and the fishing ports of Amorgos and Koufonisia. The exhibition also features historic archival materials from the Historical Folklore Museum of Naoussa (Othon Kaparis Collection) in Paros and various private collections from Syros, Amorgos, and Santorini.

More info about the exhibition and visiting hours.