about ammophila:

ammophila is an annual contemporary art exhibition taking place (presented) in Elafonisos island, Lakonia. The exhibition aims to function as a living organism that constantly expands and at the same time promotes contemporary artistic creation. The exhibition is open to all artistic practice (painting, sculpture, installation, video art, performance, lectures etc.) and encourages experimental approaches in a creative context. ammophila is an invitation to meet, discourse, exchange views between artists, writers and the public in an idyllic location whilst recreating its character ammophila takes its name from a genus of plants with most common amongs species, ammophila arenaria. It grows from a network of thick rhizomes which give it a sturdy anchor in its sand substrate and allow it to spread upward as sand accumulates. The rhizomes tolerate submersion in sea water and can break off and float in the currents to establish the grass at new sites. As implied by its name, ammophila aspires to establish contemporary art discourse in a new site, under new circumstances that are always reconfigured and expanding.

ammophila takes its name from a genus of plants with most common amongs species, ammophila arenaria. It grows from a network of thick rhizomes which give it a sturdy anchor in its sand substrate and allow it to spread upward as sand accumulates. The rhizomes tolerate submersion in sea water and can break off an float in the currents to establish the grass at new sites. As implied by its name, ammophila aspires to establish contemporary art discourse in a new site, under new circumstances that are always reconfigured and expanding.