Researching identity and gender in contemporary sheltered gardens

Thursday, February 29 at 7 pm

A PCAI event in partnership with the National Museum of Contemporary Art ΕΜΣΤ

On the occasion of the Sheltered Gardens publication launch, PCAI organizes a modular event dedicated to sheltered gardens in relation to the notions of gender, identity and fluidity, at the National Museum of Contemporary Art ΕΜΣΤ.

Linder, Chris Kraus, Phoebe Giannisi, Kika Kyriakakou, VASKOS (Vassilis Noulas & Kostas Tzimoulis) will participate in the event through lectures, screenings, readings, interventions and performances. Alexis Bistikas’ film The Clearing (1993), starring Derek Jarman, will be presented on the occasion of the event.

Sheltered Gardens bilingual edition, published by Futura publications, is the culmination of the homonymous hybrid, visual arts research and exhibition inaugurated in September 2022, at the J. & A. Diomedes Botanic Garden, in Athens. Featuring more than 35 international artists, writers and performers, the project, curated by Kika Kyriakakou, was inspired by H.D.’s poem Sheltered Garden (1916) and it was unfolded through a contemporary art group exhibition at the Diomedes Botanic Garden in Athens, complimented by a series of performances, an online, digital exhibition and a bilingual, limited-edition publication. MORE

*Free admission on a first-come, first-served basis with tickets that will be distributed at the Museum half an hour before the event. Suggested arrival time 6.30pm

With the support and the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and in partnership with the National Museum of Contemporary Art ΕΜΣΤ