‘Crafts of The Sea’: Cycladic multimedia maritime exhibition

Multimedia maritime exhibition "Crafts of the Sea" reopened last week for its second and final outing at the Goethe Institute in Athens until September 21.

The founder of the Archipelago Network, an initiative for safeguarding and documenting audiovisual heritage on the Cyclades, Jacob Moe, presented the maritime traditions of five Cycladic islands: Koufonisia, Paros, Santorini, Amorgos and Syros.

The exhibition, curated by Maurizio Borriello and Moe, traced the interconnections between past and present maritime communities. Using archival material from the 1960s-80s, modern photographic and audiovisual documentation, the installations emphasized how beautifully simplistic, yet technical, the maritime communities are.

The documentary photographs, by ethnographer and boatbuilder Borriello, shaped the exhibition's image, providing technical descriptions and...