The opening of Floodmarks-Pelion edition will be held on Sunday June 29th, starting at 6pm, to be followed by the screening of the film Mighty Afrin: In the Time of Floods.
We are calling on residents of the South Pelion region to bring an object to narrate their story of the floods for our evolving flood "totem".
We are calling on residents of the South Pelion region to bring an object to narrate their story of the floods for our evolving flood "totem".
The original Floodmarks/ Iχνηλατήσεις exhibit, which opened on April 2, 2025 at the Museum of the City of Volos and ran until May 19th, sought to create a public space of witnessing, dialogue and speculation in the wake of the double flood event that devastated the city of Volos and the surrounding region in September 2023. Emerging out of the interdisciplinary collaboration of social anthropologists, architects, artists and activists and centering community voices and student research and creativity, Floodmarks documented the scars of this climate collapse event on local landscapes and ecosystems, households and infrastructures, bodies and souls. Through interactive and experiential workshops (participatory design and fanzine creation), multimodal exhibits (architectural models, ethnographic podcasts, video screenings), a geolocated audiowalk, an installation made especially for the exhibit by city artists, a flood “totem” co-assembled with objects brought by local residents and special sessions (lecture, round table), the exhibit envisions alternative ways of living with the natural environment, with non-human beings and with each other than that imposed by top-down ‘anti-flooding’ engineering works.
In Neochori, we will be bringing a selection of materials from the original exhibition and incorporating new material related to the flood experience in Pelion. The aim is for the exhibit to open a new space of problematization and research, while providing a touchstone for the ecodrama the cohort will be developing.
The exhibit will run during the course of the summer lab, in the afternoon. Hours will be announced. Please contact us for further information at [email protected].
In Neochori, we will be bringing a selection of materials from the original exhibition and incorporating new material related to the flood experience in Pelion. The aim is for the exhibit to open a new space of problematization and research, while providing a touchstone for the ecodrama the cohort will be developing.
The exhibit will run during the course of the summer lab, in the afternoon. Hours will be announced. Please contact us for further information at [email protected].
