Paradise, Displacement
Start of reservations: 24.07
21.08 — 29.08.2026
Description
Starting from the island as an imagined place where paradise is constructed, projected, and consumed, the exhibition approaches paradisiacal imagery beyond the promise of happiness, treating it as a political mechanism that organizes desires, movements, and ways of life.
It focuses on how the experience of place becomes destabilized when it is no longer lived in, but instead functions primarily as a stage. Artistic installations, sculptural works, video, sound pieces, and contemporary dance activated within the program highlight how island “paradises” operate as nodes where economic, ecological, and cultural forces converge, producing fluid balances of exposure, care, and vulnerability. The exhibition proposes a renewed understanding of islands as active fields where communities continue to inhabit, resist, and renegotiate the present and possible futures.
Contributors
WILD REEDS
Information
The event is offered for free by the Ministry of Culture.
Advanced booking is necessary.
Audience members are only requested to pay for the entrance fee to the archaeological site
Archaeological Site of Phaistos (€15), Archaeological Museum of Messara (€10)
Archaeological Site of Phaistos, Heraklion, Crete
Dance Performances / Performances: August 21 & 22, 2026 • 20:00 – 20:50
Exhibition Duration: August 21–29, 2026 • Opening Hours: 08:00 – 20:00
Archaeological Museum of Messara, Heraklion, Crete
Screenings & Exhibition Duration: August 21–29, 2026 • Opening Hours: 08:00 – 20:00
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