the sea around us
Access:
Tavros Μetro station
Curated by:
A series of talks and presentations will be held at TAVROS throughout the duration of the exhibition.
19.00, 08.11 Return to Odessa
Iannis Carras (associate professor at the University of Macedonia) will talk about the spatial organisation of the Philike Etaireia and the secret networks of Odessa prior to the Greek Revolution. Maria Karavia (journalist and historian) will talk about her experience of the Greek communities of Odessa.
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19.00, 18.01 Technogeographies of Wooden Boatbuilding: Syros
Drawing on transcribed interviews, diagrams, photographs and other archived media from traditional boatyards on Syros, Iris Lykourioti (architect, associate professor University of Thessaly) and Jacob Moe (director, Archipelago Network) discuss wooden boatbuilding as a system of material knowledge both technical and artistic in nature, linked with an expansive network of maritime and mainland regions.
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19.00, 24.01 Construction of a Homeland
Presentation and launch of the ODEMARS’ team research on the port cities of Marseille and Odessa.
Supported by:
Athina I. Martinou Foundation, Make or Break Foundation, Aikaterini Laskarides Foundation, Chios Navigation Ltd, Anthony E. Comninos Foundation, Byzantine Maritime, Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation, Kokotos Estate
& Ioanna Prokopiou