The abandoned industrial facilities of “Paleo Eleourgio” (Old Oil Factory) revive through their new use as cultural multi-space. The reuse concept is not limited to the material field, but incorporates its everyday objects with cultural and social values. Heritage furniture of immigrant families in Elefsina and nearby neighbourhoods are reused as material witnesses of an era. The user is encouraged to process the past, the present and the future not only of the object but also of its very existence through the awareness of the current values it bears.

The culture of reuse is a fundamental policy in modern reality, especially during the social and economic crisis.

Photos: © Jeff Vanderpool

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The subjects of this exhibition are related to all aspects of the heritage of Elefsina. From the issues of branding and marketing of cultural heritage to the more complicated industrial heritage and the reuse of those spaces to the theoretical challenges of intangible heritage and how to capture narrations through the lens of a camera.

Join us and partake in the discussion generated by both theoretical and practical issues related to the depiction of varying aspects of heritage through the camera! On 30 September starting at 18:30 at the Paleo Eleourgio we will conduct an art walk in Elefsina to view these exhibits, followed by a opening ceremony of the exhibition.

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Since its birth, humanity followed itineraries of massive mobility chasing always a better future. Also since its birth, humanity expressed and reproduced its everyday life, its ideas and its customs in a variety of forms being the foundations of our cultural heritage. Today people are still in a massive mobility, often provoked by large scale armed conflicts. Also today people are still trying to leave traces of their lives and their culture completing gradually the DNA of their homelands.

Elefsina, as an ancient landscape, carries out narrations headed in mystic ceremonies or just abandoned in walls of its previous thriving productive plants, further or closer to neighbourhoods inhabited today from people that settled there in the recent past, either chasing a prosperous future or forcibly displaced from their own homelands.

In an effort to elaborate the need for creative social expression with a popular means like street art painting, currently a means for the youngsters to express their opinion social issues, like the massive mobility of war refugees and address it to an audience which is interested in studying, analysing and dealing with heritage management, we produced the project “Promised Land Is a State of Mind“.

In the city of Elefsina the abandonment of the heavy industry followed the formerly prevalent military US base, completes the image of the Eleusinian waterfront. Those remains now host moving images captured in film frames. This emblematic space will host our mural project with a thematic sceptic about the Promised Land and its perpetual quest. Actually there are references  of a utopia as a social construction, which operates in a conceptual framework as a driving force, as a hope for a better life, however it is very often guided and manipulated by a hidden agenda interests.

In order to complete this project, we invite you all in an open discussion directly connected with this cultural event. The aim is to approach all the liquid values of an art project in process.

Leonidas Giannakopoulos

Leonidas Giannakopoulos was born in 1983 in Chania of Crete. He studied at the Athens School of Arts from 2004 to 2011 and graduated with distinctions. During his studies, he attended the third painting and the first engraving workshops. He lives and works in Athens. His works are presented in solo and group exhibitions in Greece and Europe since 2006. His artistic presence is also frequent in actions related to the public space.

In order to participate to the HerMa Mural Project please confirm to inherity.conference@gmail.com with the indicator: MURAL PROJECT

Δελτίο Τύπου (19/09/16)

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The aim of the event is to bring together experts in the sectors of cultural heritage, tourism, and communication with young people interested in pursuing a career into these areas and start a dialogue on the biggest challenges the later face to get into these fields. Participating companies and organizations will also have the chance to present their upcoming projects such as exhibitions, educational programs and events and at the same time to interact with third parties about future partnerships. To register you must fill out the registration form.

The participation fee is 200€ and includes:

• Exhibition space (one table, two seats).
• Your company’s banner on exhibition space.
• Your company’s name, logo and company description on the HerMa Market brochure.
• Free attendance to the 3rd IHC International Conference in Heritage Management for one exhibitor.

Additionally, your company could support this significant event by becoming a:

• Supporter 
• Gold Supporter
• Sponsor

of the “HerMa Market” side event and benefit at the same time by promoting your company before, during and after the event.

For details and costs please sent us an e- mail with a code on the theme MARKET to: inherity.conference@gmail.com

You may find the sponsorship proposal here

With anticipation for your support and participation,
The Organising Committee

Δελτίο Τύπου (19/09/16)

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