FleVes eco project at Platforms Project 2019

fleVes eco project participated at Platforms Project 2019 • Independent Art Fair • Athens, 16 – 19 May 2019
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fleVes eco project

          ECOLOGICAL CONSCIOUSNESS In Situ

It is not the recognition of meaning that is important, but the purpose behind the meaning.

Purpose is important.

The eco project FleVes is about the creative approach of the visual art community regarding the violent landscape change stemming from human activity. It is an exploration of its ecological dimension through images that portray the human footprint on the rapidly changing landscape.

Man’s power over the environment, especially in recent years, is the reason behind the symbolic intervention on the island of Fleves and
the purification of its beaches from the sea-borne waste. The artists collected this waste from the island in October 2018 and used it
in order to create visual art.
It was initially presented at the Kallithea Marine on 20 January 2019, and the purpose of the exhibition was to amplify the ecological awareness of the public through presentations, visual events and workshops.
The purpose of the intervention is symbolic, inspired by the name fleVes + Φλέβες, which refers to the internal organs of the human body and its extension as part of the natural environment.

Asking the question of what happens to us internally and the landscape image changed?

Starting with this question, tidal flow art invited a group of artists to participate in fleVes (the eco project).
tidal flow art co-ordinates the group, submits ideas, and creates projects, comes into contact with the public,
the group of artists trains and  is trained through a collective process in order to explore the rationale of ecological consciousness.

What is happening to us? What can we change? Where can we begin from in order to be meaningful and delimited regarding
the way we should behave in the environment in which we exist?

How can art help with that and become a communicator with meaningful results?

Participating Artists :

Sofia Kyriacou

Μanolis Merambeliotis

Anthi Zahou

Penelope Kouvara

Penny Gkeka

Αpostolos Papageorgiou

Chrysa Skordaki

 Paulina Kyritsopoulou

 Stavroula Kaziale

Lydia Margaroni

Μaria Andonatou

Thomas Galatos

Manina Koudounis

Eillen Botsford

Annette Luycx