Project Info
The Antikythera project is inspired by the Antikythera ship wreck, 1st century BC, that came to light in 1900 when sponge divers happened on the scene, near the island of Antikythera, Greece, in 50m of water. Among the founds, were marble statues partially worn by the sea.
The project suggests the creation of a large-scale floor mosaic, 3x20m, that will be installed at a sea shore for a long period of time. It will then be presented in an exhibition space together with a film, documenting the interrelation between the mosaic, the visitors and the natural environment.
The idea of this project aims at featuring the wear of time, as an essential condition of the natural world. Including fracture, wear and constant transformation as elements of creation, the project aims at highlighting these conditions as marks of a lived experience, and as unique and inextricable qualities of physicality.
The project also comments on the notion of an island, as an isolated land exposed to the dynamics of the natural environment, and on the experience of silence and meditative observation.
In the short video, a model of the project unfolds the idea of the Antikythera project.