Hydra Island, Greece, 2011

Exploration 02

In July 2011 Medea Electronique was invited to the Eleventh Plateau Festival to make a site specific fragment. Eleventh Plateau this year was dedicated to the environmental issues that Hydra faces. Although the picturesque port of Hydra overwhelms the visitor with its beauty, there is a hidden part of the island which is unseen from the majority of the visitors. Travelling to the outskirts of the island reveals another reality. An open garbage dump is burning in the forest which in return washes the remaining ashes in the sea. A recent fire burned the east side of the island and has left its mark next to the beautiful monastery which stands there for the last 350 years. Human interaction has destroyed what in other times could have been seen as a “paradise on earth”. Without any remorse some habitants of Hydra continue to destroy whatever is hidden behind the picturesque port of the island.

Through this work we are making a statement against the conscious devastation and expose whatever is unseen by juxtaposing the infinite sky and beauty of the island to the burned forest and open garbage dump.    

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