FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH – IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MEMORY
Photographs by Nikos Basias
Opening: Sunday, August 10, 2025 at 20:00
Duration: until August 31, 2025
Opening hours: Daily, 24 hours a day
FREE ENTRY
A poetic photographic journey by Nikos Basias through the old Primary Schools.
This summer in Sougia, art is not confined within walls — it opens pathways. And it invites you to walk them together, through the eyes of memory and the heart.
In an age where everything moves in haste, art pauses for a moment — and asks us to remember. In Sougia, on Sunday, August 10, a special photography exhibition opens its doors to memory and takes us back to where everything began: our childhood.
The exhibition “From North to South – In the Footsteps of Memory” presents old Primary Schools from Greece, Cyprus, and Smyrna — silent guardians of life, filled with stories, children’s voices, the sound of bells, and chalk upon blackboards.
It is a photographic journey of emotional depth, reminding us that childhood is a shared homeland — beyond borders, eras, and languages.
The exhibition is hosted at LOTOS Open Art Gallery, a new open cultural space inaugurated this year in Sougia. More than a gallery, LOTOS is an artistic act of openness — without walls, without silence, without distance from the viewer — welcoming visitors twenty-four hours a day.
Here, art enters into dialogue with the place itself. It converses with the light, the landscape, and the southern breeze. It is not merely displayed; it participates. It is not exhibited; it is shared.
The exhibition is accompanied by the 124-page photo album “Memories in the Dust.”
The Photographer
Nikos Basias – Photographer and Educator
Nikos Basias was born in Athens and studied at the Department of Physics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has attended international photography seminars, has been awarded in international competitions, and has served as a juror. His work has been presented in 6 solo and 78 group exhibitions in many countries. He lives and works in Chania.
www.nikosbasias.com