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A beach at Screens turns into a field of conflict between prehistoric man and the modern mining industry. At “Hunting”his new large-scale land art installation, o The Krank puts two hunters across from an oil platform just a few kilometers from where offshore mining is planned in Ionian. The project, created in the context of Ionian Lab Residency in Screens, he uses the language of prehistoric…

Marina in Argostoli, Kefalonia, Ionian Islands, Greece

This is an excerpt from my book called Travels through History : The Peloponnese. Kythira is located to the south of The Peloponnese, opposite the Mani peninsula. Despite this geographical placement, the island is part of the Ionian Islands, along with Zante (Zakynthos), Ithaca, Corfu, Kefalonia, Lefkada, and Paxi (or Paxos). Antikythira, seventeen nautical miles south of Kythira and halfway to…

This is an excerpt from my forthcoming book called Travels through History : The Peloponnese. Kythira is located to the south of The Peloponnese, opposite the Mani peninsula. Despite this geographical placement, the island is part of the Ionian Islands, along with Zante (Zakynthos), Ithaca, Corfu, Kefalonia, Lefkada, and Paxi (or Paxos). Antikythira, seventeen nautical miles south of Kythira and…

I’m reading a book called “1821 – The Founding of Modern Greece”. I read a story today about the first Lord High Commissioner to be appointed to Corfu, Sir Thomas Maitland. It was during his time as High Commissioner that the town of Parga, on the mainland opposite Corfu, was sold by the British to Ali Pasha, the tyrant of Ioannina. The entire population of Parga was uprooted and the people fled…