The exhibition Ammophila vol.3: There Was Land Here Before will take place from 18 to 28 August 2022 at Elafonisos School and renegotiates our relationship to land, as well as the dominant narratives associated with it.

We often think of land as our subsoil, a common ground for coexistence, and we create stories and histories to reinforce this relationship. The exhibition invites us to think of new interpretations and stories regarding real lands, as well as those constructed through our collective fantasies: fantasies of a non-existent land, a land that is different or inhabited differently, a land that can shake us off, a decaying land, a flourishing land, a trembling land, a land without borders. There Was Land Here Before creates narratives around our sense of place and time and how these form our different lives.

Elafonisos, once a peninsula connected to the mainland, was transformed into an island by an earthquake. On this trembling ground, how can we re-examine past narratives and narratives of the past, while replacing them with collective dreams and radical gestures?

As part of the exhibition, the musical performance post-truth is another water game I play against my mouth will take place on 23 and 24 August at the Archaeological Museum of Neapolis Voion in Laconia. It is an electro-acoustic Lamento for 4 performers together with a sound installation.

5000 years ago, there was a city — there, we can immerse ourselves in its own perspective with what is left to be true. Now beings live in the World of the Mouth (inter-verbal space) but the gates of what remains, are outside their sight.

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The production takes place within the framework of the 2022 program of All Greece is one Culture institution of the Ministry of Culture and Sports.

With the support of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, the Region of Peloponnese, the Municipality of Elafonisos, the Greek National Tourism Organization and NEON.