ATOPOS cvc x Office of Hydrocommons x Art Explora Liquid Ports

Liquid Ports group show with works by Ileana Arnaoutou & Ismene King, Despina Charitonidi, Eleni Mylonas, Maria Nikiforaki

As part of Art Explora Festival, ATOPOS cvc x Office of Hydrocommons inaugurates its new space near E8 gate with Liquid Ports, a group exhibition curated by Eleni Riga. The show brings together works by Ileana Arnaoutou & Ismene King, Despina Charitonidi, Eleni Mylonas, and Maria Nikiforaki, unfolding a visual research into artistic practices with water in the Mediterranean Sea, both as an embodied and critical geography.

From the positionality of the Mediterranean South, ecological pressures and uneven impacts of climate inequalities expose the fragility of both human and more-than-human communities. Liquid Ports traces these tensions through an ecofeminist lens, foregrounding the port as a space of resistance and resilience.

About ATOPOS cvc x Office of Hydrocommons

The Office of Hydrocommons is a curatorial platform manifesting through exhibitions, international residencies, public programmes, publications and a research office. It investigates critical issues affecting the Mediterranean Sea through interdisciplinary collaborations. Conceived and curated by Eleni Riga, it was initiated following an invitation of Vassilis Zidianakis, Artistic Director of ATOPOS cvc. The platform continues its aquatic journey, building lasting partnerships along the way. Recent collaborations include the Bath House of the Winds (Museum of Modern Greek Culture), All of Greece, One Culture, the Municipal Theatre of Piraeus – Festival of Athens and Epidaurus, Auberge de France in Rhodes, Institut Français de Grèce, Pro Helvetia, Goethe-Institut, among others.

ATOPOS cvc is a non-profit, cultural organisation interested in the expression and adornment of the human body. It researches and initiates innovative projects of contemporary visual culture in an ‘atopic’ manner. The word ‘atopos’, from the ancient Greek “άτοπος”, refers to that which is the strange, the unwonted, the eccentric and the unclassifiable. It was founded in 2003 by Stamos Fafalios and Vassilis Zidianakis and has collaborated with numerous institutions, including the National Library of Greece, the Greek National Opera, the Benaki Museum in Athens, La Gaîté Lyrique in Paris, the ModeMuseum (MoMu) in Antwerp, the Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean in Luxembourg, the Centraal Museum in Utrecht and the 21_21 Design Sight in Tokyo among others.

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