“Fluid Boundaries”: A multi-venue exhibition exploring water as memory, transition, and ecological warning

Six galleries in the wider Exarchia area join forces in a collective initiative that seeks to highlight the district’s distinctive character and the dynamic force of contemporary visual creation. By activating a map of routes, the multi-part exhibition shapes a vibrant field of encounter where art functions as a connective tissue between different neighborhoods, communities, and narratives. The shared participation of the six galleries forms the foundation of the project, allowing each space to contribute to the overall experience in a way that reflects its own identity and artistic program.

Visitors are invited to move between multiple hubs of creativity, to encounter works and approaches that capture the pulse of Exarchia, and to discover new ways of seeing the city. The initiative expands the visibility of the participating venues and encourages the public to chart their own course through a network of artistic relationships.

The conceptual framework of the exhibition Fluid Boundaries, curated by Kostas Prapoglou, places water at its core-an element of memory and transition that runs through the planet and human histories alike. Water is presented as a substance in constant transformation, tracing paths through underground layers, atmospheres, glaciers, and distribution systems. It never remains still. It is the foundation of life, yet also a sign of loss when it disappears.

The participating artists explore water’s relationship with the body, space, absence, overconcentration, and scarcity. It is approached as both boundary and passage, as breath and pressure-an organic imprint that reveals the fragile balance between humans and their environment, whether urban or otherwise. The flow of water operates as a kind of informal historiography, reshaping how we perceive the world. As the boundaries of reality shift under the impact of the climate crisis and human intervention, the exhibition proposes new cartographies and new coordinates of vision, with water becoming a mirror of consciousness and a warning for the future.

Each gallery presents artists who respond to this shared curatorial premise, allowing the exhibition to unfold organically within an Athenian neighborhood and to form a cohesive experience that foregrounds Exarchia as a site of production, dialogue, and intellectual movement.

Participating Artists by Gallery

Alma Mater
Dimitris Galanakis, Maria Genitsariou, Eleftheria Gerari, Foti Kllogjeri, Olga Barmazi, Sofia Skourti

Gallery Genesis
Spyros Koikas, Iosifina Kosma, Kyriaki Mavrogeorgi, Pandora Mouriki, Nikoletta Tzanne, Ilias Christopoulos & Eyvind Solli

Mataroa Gallery
Giannis Antonopoulos

Gallery PERITECHNON Karteris
Eviana Gerousi, Gerasimos Kanakis, Spyros Koursaris, Efthymis Malafouris, Marios Polychroniadis, Kostas Sachlos, Marios Fournaris

Phoenix Athens
Jordan Cantwell, Konstantinos Giannousis, Raphaël Gallego, Jennifer Harding, Sophie Savagner, Noah Spivak, Dimitri Yin

Sotiropoulos Art Gallery
Giannis Andreiomenos, Stelios Gavalas, Giorgos Kazazis, Konstantina Karachaliou, Giorgos Koutsouris, Nekt