FFF5 | The Nature Museum
Robert Zhao Renhui
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Onassis Stegi Friends & General Presale: from 19 APR 2018, 12:00
Full price: 3 €
Unemployed, People with disabilities: 2 €
Group ticket reservations at groupsales@onassis.org
Maximum of 10 people per guided tour
The online tickets purchase for the guided tours ends the previous day at 23:59.
On the day of the guided tour, tickets will be available only at 15 Derigny St (only 3€ tickets).
Tickets at the door: Cash only
General
Age guidance: 14+
Guided tours in English with Robert Zhao Renhui and writer & dramaturg Joel Tan
Guided tours in Greek with visual artist Katerina Zavakou
Duration: 45 minutes
The venue does not have wheelchair access.
Introduction
Nature invades Victoria Square. The rooms of an old Athenian residence host a peculiar "Nature Museum". There, at 15 Derigny Street, an award winning Singaporean artist, in collaboration with Greek experts, mounts an adventurous installation showcasing the unknown flora and fauna of Athens – from the rivers that disappeared to the wildlife that was quashed by uncontrollable urbanisation.
Entomological Collection | Zoological Museum of the University of Athens © Robert Zhao Renhui
The installation, curated by the visual artist Katerina Zavakou (Athens) in collaboration with Robert Zhao Renhui and the Institute of Critical Zoologists (Singapore) is derived from the personal collection of Athenian collector and amateur natural historian, Giorgos Charonidis, who spent almost 50 years chronicling the natural world in Athens. The collection reveals a hidden world of natural riches within the city, bringing to light the dramatic violence and loss lingering within the urban environment. The installation is fleshed out by a guided tour and lecture performance, created in collaboration with playwright Joel Tan.
At the heart of Athens' encounters with nature lies a deep story of violence and survival: rivers disappear while urbanized roads emerge, and wildlife bears the brunt of social and spiritual crises. Employing the Institute’s full range of investigative methodologies, the artefacts on display include archival images and historical texts, research papers, documentary photography and installation, all focused on the ways communities have interacted with nature in different time periods and geographical regions. In tracking these encounters and their histories, using methods drawn from historical knowledge-production to contemporary urban ecology, this show unites multiple strands of knowledge into a single museological encounter.
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