PRESENTATION: Environmental Action-The limits Of Careless Sand

Κοιν.ΣΕΠ. “Creation” and the University of the Aegean from July 15 to 25, 2023 at Palio Mylos and at the theater of Pyrgoni Thermis in Lesvos organized the environmental action and visual exhibition entitled “The Experience of Careless Sand”. The walking process “The limits of Careless sand” took place in the context of the exhibition “The Experience of Careless Sand” and was carried out under the coordination of the painter Yiannis Ziogas on Sunday, June 23, 2023 at 8 in the morning under a temperature of 33o C. The process was organized in the context of the environmental action and visual exhibition “The experience of Careless sand”.

By Yannis Ziogas
Photo: Yannis Ziogas’ Archive

Venue of “The limits of Careless sand” was the coastline of Pyrgoni Thermis on Lesvos between the points with coordinates (39.19433452367337, 26.489938021486424 to 39.17487114208286, 26.50695372043291). It was a route of about three kilometers. The nomadic body moved along the coastline walking silently at a distance of ten meters between participating participants without using the asphalt. Where it was not possible to continue the route on land, we moved in the water or swam. Each participant photographed only that they were on the ground creating an archive of footprints and the ground. The walking process “The Limits of Careless sand” explored two limits: the limits of the body when it is in a borderline condition as well as the limits of the point where human activity meets nature. The track line is the footprint of the record of these two boundaries.

Nomadic body: Yannis Ziogas (coordinator), Sofia Kyriakou, Despina Kostelidou, Anna Micheli, Angeliki Politaki, Miltiadis Chtouris, Sotiris Chtouris.

Photo: from the environmental action “The Limits of Careless sand”, © & Courtesy Yannis Ziogas