EXHI
BITIONS
2024
THERE'S A RUMOR ...
KERKIS ECHO, the artistic-philosophical collective on Samos, gets to the bottom of it.
Suddenly, there it is – the rumor that something has been found in Lakka Square in Marathokampos on Samos. It started in the middle of winter during the excavation work for the new water pipes. Initially, people said that a pirate’s treasure had been discovered. Then, whispers spread about the skeleton of a giant fish, or perhaps even a giant. Finally, there was talk of an original clay tablet from the time of Pythagoras, on which a secret formula had been carved. The rumors grew wilder and wilder.
KERKIS ECHO, the international artistic-philosophical collective on Samos, pricks up its ears. After all, the discovery was made right in front of their art space. Isn’t it said that behind every rumor there is a grain of truth? Aren’t rumors the gateway to the collective memory of a place, to its traumas, and to its longings? Thus, the collective becomes infected by the typical Greek passion for rumors. Using the tools of art, the artists start digging at Lakka Square.
And they do make a find…
Participating artists:
Julia Benkert (film), Valeska Peschke (sculpture), Zuzanna Skiba (painting), ECHLO Chloe Charles (singing), Bert Gstettner (dance), Margarete Renée Oberlé (gong).
2023
Chameleons in Marathokampos
Kerkis Echo is back! The artistic-philosophical discourse project on Samos. This year Kerkis Echo presents a large mural (12 metres) by Niko Abramidis &NE on the access road to Marathokampos and a solo exhibition by the artist in the Kerkis Echo Artspace on Lakka Square.
Niko Abramidis, born in 1987, is considered one of the shooting stars of the art scene in Germany. He studied at the art academies in Munich and Berlin, had numerous solo exhibitions in international institutions and was granted the ars viva price.
In search of his Greek roots, he has long been dealing with ancient mythology and symbols in his works. Ambiguous, enigmatic, and always humorous at the same time, he connects the past and the future. Dedicated to philosophy, for him art is above all a way to ask questions and try out visionary ideas.
If you only discover a chameleon on the access road to Marathokampos – be careful – it’s worth a second look!
opening c
August 18, 2023, 7 p.m
Keris Echo Artspace
Lakka Square
Marathokampos
2022
Kritamon Oracle
An oracle describes at the same time the event, the message, the person, the place and the magic of cumulating circumstances. In relation to time and space, from ideas of beauty and destruction to future-uncertainty Kritamon Oracle activates stories as well as envisioned ideas, floating between the actual artistic production and the very sensitive reception of our present time.
Kritamo is a wild succulent plant which grows along the rocky coastlines of the Aegean and thrives in the reach of spume. It is aromatic and rich in Vitamin C. In the same way as Kritamo finds suitable grounds to grow on roughest surfaces, site-specific interventions and performances will emerge in the village of Marathokampos. Hybrid formats of art, interventions, sculptures and new media works will be melted with local discoveries, references to Ancient Greece, Pythagoras‘ mathematics and the flora and fauna of Samos.
Kritamon Oracle convenes a group of international visual and performing artists and musicians from multiple backgrounds who will present a dense program of interventions and live performances in various indoor and outdoor locations in Marathokampos on the Greek island Samos. The exhibition is curated by Easy! upstream. Participating artists:
Tatjana Vall
Anastasia Tsoukala (aka Nouvelle)
Gülbin Ünlü
Pollyester
Katrin Savvulidi
Susi Gelb
Justin Urbach
Niko Abramidis &NE
Mikko Gaestel & Colette Sadler
Xenofon Giannoulis (aka Fonda Mentalism)
