Transition Lands - Two Worlds: Ai Stratis

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A live artist performs a series of actions, exploring the relationship between the natural habitat and the historical memory of a former island of exile. 

'Two Worlds: Ai Stratis' is a second in a series of exhibitions by Transition Lands, a practice-based research project aiming to bring together cultural practitioners and people living in remote communities to shape a conversation around confinement, land and identity. 

The exhibition will take place at the Museum of Democracy and the public space of Ai Stratis or Agios Efstratios, a remote border island which used to be an exile place for thousands of Greece's political dissidents. Today, the island is included in Natura 2000, a network of protected areas covering Europe's most valuable species and habitats. 

The event will open on Friday the 13th of August 2021 with a live performance at the Museum of Democracy, the first Greek public museum dealing with a period of recent Greek history of crucial political and social importance. The exhibition will continue with a series of durational site specific performances at the community of the island and creative workshops.

Artist: Antonis Maros

Curator: Marion Emmanuela Maniou

Transportation Sponsorship: Seajets

The exhibition is funded by the Council of Ai Stratis and produced with in kind support offered by the Department of Modern Monuments of the Greek Ministry of Culture. 

Opening:  Museum of Democracy, 13 August 2021 at 19:00.

Live Performances: Public space of Ai Stratis Island, 13-16 August 2021.

Creative Workshops: City hall of Ai Stratis Island, 17-18 August 2021.