Α World Not Ours

Α World Not Ours | Art Space Pythagorion Summer Exhibition 2016

August, 5th – October, 15th | GRAND OPENING August, 4th 

Yannis Behrakis, Tania Boukal, Róza El-Hassan, Ninar Esber, Mahdi Fleifel, Marina Gioti, Sallie Latch, Giorgos Moutafis, Juice Rap News and Diller Scofidio & Renfro, Mark Hansen, Laura Kurgan, and Ben Rubin in collaboration with Robert Gerard Pietrusko and Stewart Smith based on an idea by Paul Virilio
Curated by Katerina Gregos

Α World Not Ours | Public Programme

Thursday 4th August
20. 45 : The Blind Lighthouse, performance by Ninar Esber
In the outdoor courtyard of the Art Space Pythagorion.
22.00 I asked «Why» and this is what I heard
Reading of the members of Samos Theatre Group based on a series of interviews with refugees and volunteers on Samos, by Sallie Latch.
Duration: approximately 20′
Language: English and Greek
Special thanks to Stelios Markou, Litsa Stamna-Markou and Xenia Hatzinikolaou.
This event will repeat on the 5th, 6th and 7th August at 20.00
Saturday 6th August
14.00 Artist Talk by Tanja Boukal (Language: English)
The artist will talk about her work and her project for A World Not Ours
in the Amphitheatre of the Art Space Pythagorion.
Duration approximately 1 hour
21.00 Film screening of A World Not Ours by the award-winning director Mahdi Fleifel at Cine Rex open air cinema at Mytilinioi village, 6km from Pythagorion
Sunday 7th August
14.00 Artists’ Talks by Marina Gioti and Ninar Esber (Language: English)
The artists will talk about their work and their projects for A World Not Ours in the Amphitheatre of the Art Space Pythagorion.
Duration approximately 2 hours.

Guided Tours
Join the curators in residence (Sarita Patnaik, Ioli Tzanetaki and Faidra Vasileiadou) each day for free tours to explore the exhibition and discover the works of art.
The tours are available at 12.00 and 20.30 until the 15th of October. Tours are offered in both Greek and English and meet at the reception of the Art Space Pythagorion. No reservations required. Open to all!

We had a place that we could call home… A World Not Ours, the summer exhibition for Art Space Pythagorion, Samos, borrows its title from the award-winning homonymous 2012 film by director Mahdi Fleifel, which in turn borrows its name from a book by the Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani (1936–72). The film is a portrait of three generations of exile in the refugee camp of Ein el-Helweh, in southern Lebanon, while the book speaks about diaspora and the search for identity. The exhibition takes place in a location which has been at the heart of the refugee crisis that began in 2015, largely as a result of the war in Syria. Samos is one of the three Greek islands (together with Lesbos and Kos) closest to the Turkish coast, and as such has been at the crux of this humanitarian tragedy that has been played out on the region’s shores. Given the highly charged location, it is vital that an art exhibition here should address this situation, which has been an unremitting reality on the island, and a pressing, unresolved issue for the whole of Europe. The exhibition focuses on the issue of the refugee crisis and forced migration by bringing together a group of artists, photographers, filmmakers and activists who offer different reactions, reflections, and analyses on the subject. Bringing together diverse practices from installation, performance, photography, film, video and photojournalism, the participants in the exhibition largely transcend one-sided and standardised media representations of the crisis (mostly consisting of rickety boats and images related to the perilous sea crossing) and look into the before and after this dramatic moment. The work on view provides deeper insight into the plight of the refugees, from a humanitarian point of view, acknowledges the complex roots of one of the most pressing issues of our time, while contextualising it into the larger global picture. A key idea underlying the exhibition is also that of of engendering empathy – which is perhaps one of the things than can spur us to action. It considers what Susan Sontag has said we often see pain in images but we cannot feel it. Therefore it aims to make the whole issue more palpable and tangible for the public.

more info: http://www.schwarzfoundation.com/en/art-space-pythagorion/2016/2016.html
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