Video Art Museum
The first museum without a building
Replacing the corridors of the museum with pavements and every exhibition is a new path in the city. Every exhibition will have a unique route which will be followed to view the screenings.
A concept that goes beyond the borders of Thessaloniki but starts from there. Aspiring to take place in a series of countries and commune one of the most modern mediums not only inviting people to just enter a building but by occupying every possible spot in which artworks can be exhibited.
Poster of the exhibition
Photos from projection of old photos of thessaloniki glitched with the light of projection
Agos
In the aging language ment defilment, curse, wrath of God having the current meaning of sin. As opposed to the word agos toned differently and meant “worthy of honour and respect”. The ancient Greeks believed that agos(curse) came from the crime that followed the offender, who thus become enagis(cursed)
The term taboo as conceived in ancient Greece returns in the museum of video art with this first exhibition that wants to reveal how much is the city of Thessaloniki full of taboos. One way of drawing attention and creating a different understanding of how art and museums not only speak about the past but remain alive and can still speak things and meanings of everyday life.
Sefar
The majority of Greek jews are Sethardins whose ancestors where expelled from spain in 1492. Most of them shettled in Thessaloniki where they thrived for centuries. The traditional language of the greek Sethardins was the Sefardic latino or judeo-spanish and their community was, until the holocaust a “unique bleend of Ottoman, Balkan and Spanish influence”, and was known for it’s high level of education. Foundation for the Advancement of Sephardic Studies and Culture considers the Sephardic community of Thessaloniki “arguably one of the greatest in the world”.
The multicultural puzzle of Thessaloniki is evident in every spot. Neverthless with time the old jewish buildings are being replaced by modern buildings, the Ottoman buildings buildings and narrow alleys are left unused and the images of a large fire that changed the whole history of modern Thessaloniki have now been lost. The purpose of this exhibition is to highlight, with an experimental way, the differences that societies and people have depending on the perspective that we have towards them.
Bario
In the late 19 th century the area of the vulgar love of Thessaloniki started to be located in the west section of the city near the port. The dedicated to the godess of love areas of Vardarium such as the famous sung “Ladadika” and the legendary Bara where always close to the port and the western gate of Thessaloniki, In order to better serve incoming travelers to the city.
The first half of the exhibition refers to the myth of the erotic city of Thessaloniki and whether the vulgar love is what revealed the eroticism of the city and how the city turned into a retrograde and closed society in which none of the eroticism of the past has been left.
Brochures and program of the museum
The double meaning of the museum and the contrast from a museum like we were used is defined in the brochure with a different approach that opens in half and has to different points of view
Museum identity
Cards, envelopes and material that uses the museum are changing for every new exhibition of the museum
Museum shop
The museum uses a different colour to separate it's identity and
make it different from the exhibitions
make it different from the exhibitions
Application
The user can find his way for the museum's exhibits through an application that helps him navigate in the museum
Website
A website that you can find all the material of the museum and a one page site to promote the exhibition
