Egkivotismos is a site-specific installation that narrates the transformation of an industrial site into a hybrid ecosystem.

The work explores the relationship between the first steam electro power plant in Athens, and Kifissos river flowing right next to it. The establishment of the power plant in 1905 launched the development of an industrial area around it and defined the river’s character as an industrial river.
Using remnants of the site, the artwork explores the reversal of roles between the natural and the artificial. As nature reclaims the abandoned plant, the nearby Kifissos River is enclosed in concrete and a highway is built upon it.:

The installation captures this irony through a blend of archival imagery, sketches, and a map tracing the site’s layered history. The work reflects on coexistence, decay, and regeneration within a changing urban landscape.

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Egkivotismos (greek for encapsulation): Technical term that refers to the arrangement of the flow of the river or water course using a concrete culvert. Literature term that refers to the incorporation of the flow of one narrative within another.

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Part of the group exhibition This Current Between Us in The Historic Steam Electric Station Of PPC, Neo Faliro, Athens

Curated by Panos Giannikopoulos & Georgia Liapi. Concept Eleni Kalara

2022

Photo credits Athanasios Gatos.