As to Posterity
Marina Gioti
A collection of visual evidence from an Athens of the near future devoid of humans. Its inhabitants have mysteriously disappeared, leaving behind a "tableau mourant" of reinforced concrete, metal and plastic debris coexisting with glorious marble, and the local flora and fauna.
Part science fiction, part archaeological mystery, the work offers a picturesque expedition of the new Greek ruins, through an apposition of findings that serve as hints for the unknown fate of the film’s elusive protagonists: the – conspicuous by absence – Athenians.
Artist: Marina Gioti
Title of the work: "As to Posterity"
Year: 2014
Medium: Single Channel Video
Duration of the work: 12 min
Copyright owner: Marina Gioti
"As to Posterity" / Selected Screenings and Exhibitions
- 5th Thessaloniki Biennial, Main Exhibition, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Wroclaw Media Art Biennial, WRO Art Centre, Wroclaw, Poland, and part of the Biennial Touring Show
- Bozar, Brussels, Belgium, ‘No Country for Young Men’ exhibition
- ‘Athens NOW, A symposium of radical film from contemporary Greece,’ screening and touring show, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
- Athens Avant Garde Film Festival, Athens, Greece
- 10th FUSO Anual de Vídeo Arte Internacional de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Yebisu International Festival for Art and Alternative Visions, Tokyo, Japan
- MACRO – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma, Macro Asilo Exhibition, Rome, Italy
- ‘Depression Era’ exhibition, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece | Le Mois de la Photo, Maison Européenne de la Photographie-Central Dupon Images, Paris, France | Slought, Philadelphia, USA
