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Curator | Syrago Tsiara, Deputy- Director MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art
The Archaeological Site of Kerameikos, is a small part of the ancient Attic Deme of Kerameon, one of the largest demes of ancient Athens, located on the northwest edge of the ancient city. As suggested by its name, the Kerameikos (from the Greek word for pottery) was a settlement of potters and vase painters, and the main production centre of the famous Attic vases. Τhe area was converted into a burial ground, which gradually developed into the most important cemetery of ancient Athens. Τhe tombs date from the Early Bronze Age (2700-2000 BC), the sub-Mycenaean period (1100-1000 BC) as well as the Geometric (1000-700 BC) and Archaic periods (700-480 BC). From the Hellenistic period until the Early Byzantine period (338 BC until 6th century AD) its function as a cemetery continued uninterrupted. The finds from the Kerameikos excavations are housed in the site’s small museum.
More information about the Kerameikos Archaeological Site & Museum here.
Presented in the grounds of the ancient cemetery and Μuseum of Kerameikos, one of the most significant monuments of Ancient Athens, during the autumn of 2015 NEON commissioned Cypriot artist Maria Loizidou to create a sprawling installation.
Using modern techniques to weave stainless steel fibres, for this City Project Loizidou created a dialogue between the memory of place and the traces of the traditional Greek art of weaving. Curated by Syrago Tsiara, Deputy- Director MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art, the exhibition A Transfer, unfolded along a route that began from the windows overlooking the museum’s inner courtyard and led to six further points around the archaeological site. Along this itinerary, the exhibition showcased different aspects of the feminine creative craft of weaving: the collective work, the correlation of weaving with the notion of time, and the artistic depiction of the female psyche on the crafted work.
More information about the exhibition A Transfer | NEON City Project 2015 here.
Installation Views | Photographs © Panos Kokkinias, Alina Lefa, Nikos Markou | Courtesy NEON
