28 November – 31 December 2008 / Cultural Centre for Greeks of Mariupol, Ukraine

Exhibition designed by: Vangelis Ioakimidis
Co-organized by: Hellenic Foundation for Culture / ΤMP / Federation of Greek Communities of Ukraine
Cooperation: Greek Embassy in Kiev
Supported by the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ancient Greek cities, as they are today, in the unique natural environment in which they are embedded are the spring board for the photographic theme of the exhibition “Absences and Appearances”. The aura exuded by these ancient cities, the fragments of temples, theatres and statues, interspersed in nature and in space, are only some of the elements included in the work by Stavros Andriotis. The absence and the presence of people are a unique source of inspiration for the photographer, who composes a mythical place of reference and memory in a poetic and sensitive mode.