April 2022: 12sqm Filopappou’s Hidden Flowers: performative walk and exhibition at ΑΝΘΟΠΩΛΕΙΟΝ program at Or.artspace Athens, Greece

12sqm: Filopappou´s Hidden Flowers 
Performative walk around the neigbouhood of Koukaki and Filopappou  Hill and exhibition at Or.artspace

Invitation text: 
What can the fowers of Filopappou tell us about the secrets of the area? What is hidden? What stories do the flowers hold? What are their experiences at present, what do they hope for our future? Can trying  to understand the flowers expand our experience of Koukaki? How can humans and flowers communicate with each other? The Mouries Collective invites you to explore these questions, and more, in a three hour participatory, performative walk. We will begin by sharing stories of  Koukaki and Filopappou, and reading short texts to focus and connect with the lives and experiences of flowers. Then we will transform Or Space´s 12sqm spatial dimensions into a moving and embodied frame.  Walking with attention and care, this temporary tool will amplify our ability to observe, listen, sense, register and speculate with and through the fora of the neighbourhood. The “bouquet” of materials gathered  during the walk – drawings, notes and photographs – will be transferred  back to Or Art Space where we will compose a collective mural to accompany the work of our fellow artists´ pieces in the exhibition space.  Proceeds from any possible sales will be shared with the workshop  participants in the form of a collective meal at the end of the exhibition.