Exhibitionview Ethnological Museum of Thrace
Alexandroupoli, Greece
Exhibitionview Ethnological Museum of Thrace
Alexandroupoli, Greece
Exhibitionview Ethnological Museum of Thrace
Alexandroupoli, Greece
Interweaving Narratives
Ethnological Museum of Alexandroupoli
The resulting exhibition, Interweaving Narratives, opened on October 13, 2022. Featuring textiles, sound works, paintings, and objects, it reinterpreted the museum’s collection through the lens of oral history and collaborative storytelling.
One work that was exhibited was a bronze cast of the right ear. It was mounted on the wall in the backjard of the Museum, whitnessing the echoing urban soundscape of the narrow backyard. Its counterpart, the left ear, was placed in a dry stone wall on a small island in the Saronic Golf. It listens to the sound of the waves and the chirping of the cycads. The work combines the act of listening with the deconstruction of distance.
The project reflected the region’s intercultural past—shaped by migration, craft, and resilience—and its present role as a borderland at the edge of the EU.