For this episode, we are in the lagoon town of Aitolko (Greece)), with our partner Tavros, to experience their Creative Assembly together.
TAVROS is an independent art space founded in 2019 as a response to the current social and political circumstances, by exploring notions of democracy, equality and ecology whilst looking to address these issues head-on through dialogue, listening and learning. TAVROS has consistently nurtured ecological practices, thinking with artists, scientists and cultural practitioners while expanding its curatorial outlook to territories and ecologies that need our attention and care.
Vanishing Landscapes is a two-year research project, which culminated in a four-day on-site gathering at the fragile lagoon of the Aitolko basin in central Greece in March 2025. Artists, architects, and other cultural practitioners were invited to respond to the fragile lagoon ecosystem and to collaborate with the communities that live and work by it. The gathering was a positive case study of ways that culture and ecological thinking can resonate and impact decentralised geographies, providing community value far from the tourist gaze.
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About the Transformative Territories podcast serie –
This podcast was created and produced as part of the Transformative Territories project, led by six European partners — ArtDialog ArtMill (Czech Republic), Inland (Spain), Instituto Terra e Memória (Portugal), Parti Poétique – Zone Sensible (France), Tavros (Greece) — and coordinated by COAL (France).
Transformative Territories explores the role of the arts and transformative artistic practices across territories through transnational research-creations, collective gatherings, the guidance of a scientific committee, the development of methodological tools, and their dissemination.
This podcast is co-funded by the European Union through the Creative Europe programme 2024–2026.
Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
Audio credits
Nuno da Luz, Skylarking (Long Play), 2025.
Livestream during “Vanishing Landscapes” Creative Assembly by TAVROS, at Vasso Katraki Museum, Aitoliko, 6-9 March 2025.
Broadcast as part of MED Futures: Aitoliko on stegi.radio (Athens), 8 March 2025.
voice-over in the middle part: Grace Gloria Denis
Photo credits: Nefeli Papaioannou
Editing and mixing: Gilles Smrkovsky
