SeaPort Visit: June 2019
Maria-Thalia Carras & Olga Hatzidaki Athens
Maria-Thalia Carras and Olga Hatzidaki are the co-directors of Locus Athens, a non-profit contemporary arts organization with a special interest in public space and a focus on commissions based on investigations into the historical, political and cultural complexities of Athens, Greece, and the broader region.
In 2019, Maria-Thalia and Olga decided on a more radical shift in their approach, thinking of the ‘public’ less as architectural space but more as content and communities. They envisioned TAVROS, a mid-sized space in the eponymous area of Athens, as a new home for their art projects, with a varied program of exhibitions, talks, and community projects geared to responding to the social and political circumstances around us, giving voices to marginalized communities, and exploring notions of democracy, equality and ecology through dialogue listening and learning.