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Panorama is born with a very specific mission: to help create and reinforce a global consciousness regarding the different challenges we as a society face in terms of landscape and territory.

For that reason, we’ve decided to create this platform to join together artistic projects with didactic content to attempt to reach, in the easiest and most comprehensive way, this reflexion to a large part of the society.

We believe that artistic projects accompanied by specialized texts are the best tool for any person, even those who haven’t  shown interest in this subjects before, to understand how as a society we need to reflect on our relationship with landscape and territory.

With this idea Panorama aims to become a big archive where anyone can meet and consult the different authors regarding this matters. And what’s also important, to contemplate them from different points of view.

 

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Panorama nace con una misión muy concreta: ayudar a crear/reforzar una conciencia global sobre los distintos retos que tenemos como sociedad en relación al territorio y al paisaje.

Para ello, hemos decidido crear esta plataforma que aglutina proyectos artísticos con contenidos didácticos para intentar hacer llegar, de la manera más fácil y entendedora posible, esta reflexión a un amplio conjunto de la sociedad.

Creemos que los proyectos artísticos acompañados de textos especializados son la mejor herramienta para que cualquier persona, aunque nunca antes se haya interesado por estos temas, pueda comprender que como sociedad tenemos que hacer una reflexión sobre nuestra relación con el territorio y el paisaje.

Panorama pretende con esta idea convertirse en un gran archivo donde cualquiera pueda conocer y consultar los distintos autores que trabajan en torno a estas cuestiones. Y lo que también es muy importante, contemplarlas desde distintos puntos de vista.

 

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Panorama neix amb un objectiu molt concret: ajudar a crear/reforçar una consciència global sobre els diferents reptes que tenim com a societat en relació al territori i al paisatge.

Per això, hem decidit aquesta plataforma que aglutina projectes artístics amb continguts didàctics per intentar fer arribar, de la manera més fàcil y comprensible possible, aquesta reflexió a un ampli conjunt de la societat.

Creiem que els projectes artístics acompanyats de textos especialitzats son la millor eina per a que qualsevol persona, tot i que no s’hagi interessat mai abans per aquests temes, pugui comprendre que com a societat hem de fer una reflexió sobre la nostre relació amb el territori i el paisatge.

Panorama pretén amb aquesta idea convertir-se en un gran arxiu on qualsevol pugui conèixer i consultar els diversos autors que treballen a l’entorn d’aquestes qüestions. I el que també és molt important, contemplar-les des de diferents punts de vista.

 

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The photographic series “Westland” is an attempt to explore and understand a complex region such as that of Western Thessaloniki, Greece, from Republic Square to Sindos and Derveni. The effort is made through the documentation of its urban and peri-urban landscape and through a socio-economic lens.

The simplicity and functionality of the photographs highlight the architecture and landscape of the area, revealing both the refugee and migrant past from Asia Minor and the ex-Soviet countries of the majority of its inhabitants, which is visible in its urban fabric and the high presence of arbitrary buildings and the impact of industrialization on its development and its ecological degradation. The photographs are not intended to be aesthetically pleasing or visually striking, but to reveal the layers of complexity and history that have affected the area.

The series includes images of historical sites in the area, both known and unknown. These photographs serve to highlight its rich history and cultural heritage, which has been shaped by a variety of influences over time, and enrich and deepen the exploration of the area, providing a fuller understanding of its complex society and heritage.

Nikos Priporas is a photographer born in 1984 in Thessaloniki, Greece. He studied graphic design and visual communication, European Culture studies in H.O.U and photography in ESP Thessaloniki, as a scholar. He has attended theory and history seminars on photography with Paris Petridis at MOMus. His work has been featured in online and printed media as well as in group exhibitions in Greece and abroad, most recently at the Athens Photography Festival 2019 in the Greek Young Photographers section and at Photometria International Festival 2020 at the city of Ioannina.

© text and pictures by Nikos Priporas

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