Walks in sensory landscapes
Text by Evanthia-Nefeli Voutsina, Konstantina-Kassiani Ioannou, Chara Kappa, Katerina Panagopoulou, Theodora Rapanta, Alexandra Feleki. Supervision: Esther Solomon, Stela Anastasaki, Christina Vlachou
Walking, seeing, hearing, touching, tasting and remembering; place and space; the city, the natural and the human-made environment, and the self. These are “landscapes” where personal and collective experiences are imprinted through continuous wandering. A walk, however, is not merely a transition; it is a journey rich in meaning and sensory density – an active process that engenders action: for exploration, daydreaming, introspection, creation, and conflict. It is a mutual link between self, knowledge, and earth, an act of observation and embodied understanding of the world, and not least, an open dialogue between matter and sensations.
Through sensescapes exhibition, we attempt to reconstruct a walk across our external and internal landscapes from which tangible and intangible elements are drawn as components of an original visual language: organic materials, technological components, elements of nature, materials in decay and regeneration, memories of the city of Ioannina, where the displayed works were created, and human presences.
This wandering explores the experiential relationship between humans, space and art. The exhibition aims to create a field of experience and inclusion where art—like walking—should be a process open to all.
Walking is a multisensory experience… Yet accessibility, the pursuit of inclusion, and the acceptance of difference and diversity form but simple reasons for our action. In reality, the functioning and mobilization of the senses neither constitute a requirement nor prerequisite for accessibility, but mainly an opportunity to reexamine the creation of artworks and explore new ways of communicating with the public.
