Canvassed Encounters - Encounters on Canvas
The Exhibition "Canvassed Encounters - Encounters on Canvas," inaugurated on August 1 and running until the end of October, focuses on weaving and clothing across all stages of their supply chain, encompassing every step from production to usage and recycling of fabrics. The exhibition features installations, paintings, technical simulations, replicas, actual fabrics, and reconstructions. The exhibits certainly fall within the broader field of weaving and clothing, as well as related areas such as various intangible techniques worldwide, woven fibers, writing, trade, the phenomenon of fashion, symbolism, and representations.
For educational purposes, the Herakleidon Museum collaborates with the Tsakonia Archive, an organization with a long tradition in fabric and weaving arts, aimed at preserving Tsakonian weaving using vertical looms.
Curators: Dimitra Douskou, Iris Zachili, with contributions from Sofia Vakirtzi and Vagia Papazikou.
Original works by: Polyxeni Angelidou, Lida Anastasiadou, Angela Castresana, Sophie Desrosiers, Sara Ettlinger, Marie-Hélène Galton, Christian Grelier, Marina Kassianidou, Giannis Rogdaki, Iris Zachili.
The curators extend their heartfelt thanks to Despina Ignatiadou, Magda Korsinsky, Kunti Leon, Georgios Martzoukos, Styliani Nanou, Fotini Nikolaou, Regina Römhild, Evanthia Savvopoulou, and Dimitris Sfakianakis.
The exhibition is held under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees office in Greece.
Supported by the Program for Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture, the joint award of European Heritage Days for stories from the Council of Europe and the European Commission. Communication sponsor: ERT.
The curators thank the publications "Ta Pragmata."
