OPENING Saturday, July 8th, 6:30-9 p.m. ON VIEW July 8th – August 28th, 2023
DEO Projects in collaboration with Chios Ephorate of Antiquities presents My Past is a Foreign Country, a group large-scale exhibition presented between two historical monuments within Chios Castle, the Temenos* Hamidiye and the Ottoman Baths, both inherited by the Ottoman Empire. The exhibition invites twelve artists from Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Iran, and Cyprus to reflect on the palimpsest histories of the island and examine borderland cultures, collective traumas, and forms of iasis.
DEO Projects, the first contemporary art institution in Chios, is pleased to present its artistic programme for summer 2023. The programme consists of a large-scale group exhibition which will take place in two monumental venues within the Castle of Chios, Temenos Hamidiye & Ottoman Baths, with the participation of twelve artists from Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Iran, and Cyprus, eight new commissions. An extensive public programme with screenings, talks, performances, guided tours, and educational activities will accompany the exhibition throughout its duration from July 8th until August 28th, 2023. In addition, the Commission Series Programme resumes for the third-year edition, with a two-month residency and commissioned work - a live performance for an artist from Ecuador marking her first presentation in Greece.
Group Exhibition Venues: Temenos Hamidiye & Ottoman Baths
Participating artists: Hera Büyüktasçiyan (TR), Stelios Faitakis (GR), Avish Khebrehzadeh (IR), Maro Michalakakos (GR), Petros Moris (GR), Dala Nasser (LB), Nikomachi Karakostanoglou (GR), Yorgos Petrou (CY), Aykan Safoglu (TR), Mounira al Solh (LB), Maria Tsagkari (GR), Abbas Zahedi (UK/IR).
Curated by Akis Kokkinos, Founder of DEO Projects.
With the support of Outset Contemporary Art Fund (Greece).
*Temenos: From Ancient Greek ??????? (témenos). A piece of ground surrounding or adjacent to a temple; a sacred enclosure or precinct. Temenos in Greek is mostly used as a reference to a Mosque.
**Iasis: Originally from Ancient Greek ????? (íasis). A Latin word-forming element meaning "process" or "morbid condition". Ancient Greek word for Healing.
For more information: https://deoprojects.com/My-Past-is-a-Foreign-Country
