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Άφρικα: A Certain Kind of Freedom

Agios Achillios, Greece
60 minutes
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3 - 10 Jul, 2023 · 7 items

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In part soundwalk, in part performance art, in part punk archaeology, in part getting lost in the dark; ‘Άφρικα: A Certain Kind of Freedom’ is a nocturnal rumination bringing together historical bewilderedness with first-person embodied experience of a place. The artist leads a night walk towards and inwards Agios Achillios island in Small Prespa Lake – near the borders of Greece, Albania, and North Macedonia – and back. En route, the walking audience is exposed to wildlife sounds and animal vocalisations, to orchestrated drama, and to historical records directly or indirectly concerning the broader area and its significance during the Greek civil war. This region has been the theater for many violent fights and atrocities that are deemed of the bloodiest pages in Greek history and that still seem reverberate contemporary politics/tenets. The involvement of the USA in these events is regarded as the first implementation of the Truman Doctrine and, thus, the first act of the imminent Cold War. Given the substantial involvement in Greek affairs for several decades to follow, Greece is generally thought of as one of the first instances of USA-controlled state-building. The area surrounding Prespa Lakes is only scarcely inhabited ever since. Yet, it remains a vibrant wildlife habitat rich in vegetation, forests, and wild mammals (such as boars, bears, deers). The Small Prespa Lake, in particular, hosts several different species of birds, frogs, toads, reptiles, and fish. ‘ΑΦΡΙΚΑ: A Certain Kind of Freedom’ attempts to (re)situate history, contemporary ramifications thereof, and own subjective sense-making within this unique habitat, inviting the night-walking audience to contemplate on ‘freedom’ – conceptual, imaginary, or actual freedom.

Credits

Marinos Koutsomichalis, artist
Hosted by: International Walking Art Encounters Conference 2023: Walking Visions/Visions for Walking

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marinosk (2023). Άφρικα: A Certain Kind of Freedom. walk · listen · create. https://walklistencreate.org/walkingpiece/%ce%ac%cf%86%cf%81%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%b1-a-certain-kind-of-freedom/

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corpse road

Also known as corpse way, coffin route, coffin road, coffin path, churchway path, bier road, burial road, lyke-way or lych-way. “Now is the time of night, That the graves all gaping wide, Every one lets forth his sprite, In the church-way paths to glide” – Puck in Midsummer Night’s Dream. A path used in medieval times to take the dead from a remote parish to the ‘mother’ church for burial. Coffin rests or wayside crosses lined the route of many where the procession would stop for a while to sing a hymn or say a prayer. There was a strong belief that once a body was taken over a field or fell that route would forever be a public footpath which may explain why so many corpse roads survive today as public footpaths. They are known through the UK.

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