Η CURRENT Athens είναι μία πλατφόρμα μη ιεραρχικής προώθησης της σύγχρονης τέχνης.
Πέμπτη-Κυριακή: 18:00-20:00
- an installation consisting of physical sculptures, an audio - video and a therapeutic object interview.
Inside the speculative space, the simulation of mourning is explored with post-primitive procedures. It reconstructs elements from Asklepia within the context of scarcity after material extraction and environmental illness. The remaining traces of minerals become the focal point of incubations, while exploring the pursuit of health amid ecological collapse. Hygieia, or Ὑγιεία, the Greek goddess of cleanliness and hygiene, envisages a world in which resources are depleted and solastalgia treatment centres - sanatoriums - rise from the ashes of former pits, clinging to the remnants of once-rich deposits.
The transformed bodies of nature, amongst a narrative of rituals, are juxtaposed with the final traces of minerals, embodying a commentary on environmental degradation and the desperate reclamation of what remains. The proposed space, set somewhere between speculation and dream, prompts questions around cyclical nature and reflects on the ethics of leisure and tourism in conditions of extreme earth extraction. Inherent in this landscape is the impact on worker's bodies and the enduring quest for wellness amidst ecological collapse.
The bodies of workers morph into mineral; echoing collective quasi-documental memory of extraction blended with archival interviews with miners, ancient rituals, and speculative future narratives. During the conversation, the mineral shares knowledge and weaves it into answers to the interviewee's questions. As a result, visitors receive an intimate conversation – quasi-therapy between themselves and the representation of the built world.