Work / memories of work
Filmed over ten years, ‘work / memories of work’ documents the last days of a tannery in the area of Eleonas, in Athens. The long, monotonous shifts of the tanners are set against a backdrop of work in the surrounding neighbourhoods – scavengers’ markets, old farmhouses, abandoned kilns, and people...
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| author | Arkomanis, Ektoras |
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| description | Filmed over ten years, ‘work / memories of work’ documents the last days of a tannery in the area of Eleonas, in Athens. The long, monotonous shifts of the tanners are set against a backdrop of work in the surrounding neighbourhoods – scavengers’ markets, old farmhouses, abandoned kilns, and people labouring away amid factory ruins. What emerges is a portrait of a place, its present image, and its histories of labour. Written on postcards which were never sent, the narration is a polyphonic poem with fragments of testimony, collective memory, ethnographic and literary works that traverse centuries: in ancient times, Eleonas was a vast olive grove; in the nineteenth century an infrastructural hub, and more recently an industrial zone. Eleonas has always remained on the margins of the city’s conscience, a wasteland where the city banishes the people and activities it would rather not look at. ‘work / memories of work’ laments the eventual disappearance of work in Eleonas; progressively the film itself becomes a ruin, a collection of images and memories that replace work. |
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| spelling | oai:repository.londonmet.ac.uk:99092024-12-06T10:16:40Z https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/9909/ Work / memories of work Arkomanis, Ektoras 700 The arts; fine & decorative arts 900 History & geography 940 History of Europe Filmed over ten years, ‘work / memories of work’ documents the last days of a tannery in the area of Eleonas, in Athens. The long, monotonous shifts of the tanners are set against a backdrop of work in the surrounding neighbourhoods – scavengers’ markets, old farmhouses, abandoned kilns, and people labouring away amid factory ruins. What emerges is a portrait of a place, its present image, and its histories of labour. Written on postcards which were never sent, the narration is a polyphonic poem with fragments of testimony, collective memory, ethnographic and literary works that traverse centuries: in ancient times, Eleonas was a vast olive grove; in the nineteenth century an infrastructural hub, and more recently an industrial zone. Eleonas has always remained on the margins of the city’s conscience, a wasteland where the city banishes the people and activities it would rather not look at. ‘work / memories of work’ laments the eventual disappearance of work in Eleonas; progressively the film itself becomes a ruin, a collection of images and memories that replace work. 2016 Video NonPeerReviewed video en https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/9909/1/WMW%20trailer%20inst.mp4 Arkomanis, Ektoras (2016) Work / memories of work. [Video] https://vimeo.com/1019491394 |
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| topic | 700 The arts; fine & decorative arts 900 History & geography 940 History of Europe |
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