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Echoes of the Aegean
Sounds, images and flavors of the Cyclades islands come together in a sensory journey celebrating maritime cultures of the South Aegean today. Invoking the spirit of the traditional wooden boats that have linked the region for centuries, a radio transmission of folk music and coastal soundscapes meets a screening of historic films gathered from seafaring life across various Cycladic islands. Assembled around a shared table, ingredients sourced from land and sea mingle in a tribute to the region’s culinary inheritance.
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Echoes of the Aegean
The sounds, images, and flavors of the Cyclades islands unite in a sensory journey celebrating the maritime cultures of the southern Aegean Sea today. Evoking the spirit of the traditional wooden boats that have connected the region for centuries, a radio broadcast of folk music and coastal soundscapes accompanies the screening of historical films tracing maritime life across ten Cycladic islands. Gathered around a communal table, ingredients from the land and sea mingle in homage to the region's culinary heritage.
Echoes of the Aegean brings together sounds, images and flavors of past and present, celebrating the communities of captains, fishers and boatbuilders of the Cycladic islands in the context of Art Explora’s October 2025 Piraeus festival. This immersive tribute to living maritime cultures is conceived by Archipelago Network with the artistic direction of Jacob Moe, AN’s founder and director.
A durational soundscape featuring island songs of work and leisure, interviews with seafarers, boatyard ambiences and fishing expeditions is broadcast simultaneously in Piraeus and in Syros in collaboration with Aigaio FM 95.8. Excerpts of historic and contemporary films sourced from islands throughout the Cyclades form a parallel screening program, linking the islands and mainland. As the sun sets on Piraeus, ingredients sourced from land and sea appear around a shared table in a culinary journey prepared by Syros-based chefs Theodoros Kassavetis and Stelios Theodorakis.
Antonis Kovaios
Michalis Richter
Jacob Moe
Jacob Moe is a filmmaker and archivist. He is founder and director of Archipelago Network, an initiative leading preservation, documentation and dissemination of audiovisual heritage and material knowledge in the Cyclades islands. He studied Politics at Pomona College in Los Angeles (BA) and Social Documentation at the University of California, Santa Cruz (MFA). Between 2013-2022 he co-founded and led the Syros International Film Festival, an outdoor, site-specific showcase for a wide spectrum of cinema in traditional and repurposed island sites. His research practice includes radio and film documentary media production, with a focus on peer-to-peer methodologies for knowledge-building in island communities.
Archipelago Network (A–N) is a research and documentation initiative dedicated to audiovisual heritage and knowledge production in the Cyclades islands of the Aegean Sea. Since its founding in 2019, A–N takes up the Cyclades as a living laboratory, addressing social and environmental challenges specific to island communities through trans-local partnerships and cultural action. At a time when climate change, overtourism and unregulated development threaten the Cyclades’ unique cultural identity and biodiversity, A–N works to protect and promote the resilience of these rural communities through field research, archival preservation, public programs and continued enrichment of an open-access digital repository of insular regional memory.
Eva Vaslamatzi via Archipelago Network
Practical information
Address
Port of Piraeus, Gate E8
Accessibility
Dates and times
Saturday, October 11, 18:00 to 00:00
Safety
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
EXPERIENCES On board
Immersive exhibition "Présentes
Created with the exceptional collaboration of the Musée du Louvre, this exhibition highlights female figures in Mediterranean civilization, thanks to the digitization and modeling of part of the Louvre's collections. A two-stage experience: an introductory film to provide context, followed by an immersive experience in a 16-meter-long tunnel covered by 120 m2 of LED screens.
A sound journey through the Mediterranean
An immersive sound experience designed by Ircam, inviting the public to explore the richness and diversity of the Mediterranean through headphones equipped with spatialized sound.
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© Elisa Von Brockdorff
The artists
Frequently asked questions
Yes, the boat is freely accessible on site. However, you can pre-book your time online on our website.
For reasons of safety and preservation of the boat, high heels and stilettos may not be worn on the boat.
The museum boat is open to all free of charge. To find out on which quay it will be moored, or to pre-book your slot, consult the page dedicated to your town.
Appropriate facilities have been set up on the Festival site for the reception and access of people with reduced mobility. The boat is equipped with a 1m-wide ramp, accessible to people with reduced mobility, but may require the accompaniment of a third party due to its gradient of over 6%. Access to the aft deck and immersive exhibition is possible. However, the upper deck is not accessible. Please inform us in advance of any special accessibility requirements, so that we can make the necessary arrangements.