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.











