Silk Museum of Soufli
20.12.2023 – 30.06.2024
Silk moth stuck in metamorphosis, Hanna Norrna (2023)
Ceremonial fabric, Irini Gonou (2023)
Silk Museum of Soufli (PIOP)
Ecdysis, Kleopatra Tsali (2023)
The Silk Museum of the Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation opens its doors to the visual artists Hanna Norrna, Irini Gonou and Kleopatra Tsali, who intervene with their works in the Museum’s permanent collection.
The temporary exhibition called Morus attempts a dialogue between recorded history and oral narratives about silk. The group explores the artistic, social, historical and ecological dimensions of silk, starting with domestic sericulture.
The three artists started to breed silkworms on a small scale in their homes in Gotland, Naxos and Athens respectively. Along with sericulture, they tried to expand and deepen their knowledge of everything related to local silk production, past and present, following the life cycle of the silkworms. When the silkworms emerge from their cocoons, the artists began to process the yarns, weave and create their works.
In direct dialogue with the objects in the permanent exhibition of the Silk Museum, the selected works highlight elements of the area’s material culture, such as the architecture and clothing choices of the inhabitants, as well as elements that make up the intangible cultural heritage.