Sericulture exhibition

As part of connecting science with art and culture, our research team enthusiastically supported the organisation and preparation of “Silk Cartographies”, an exhibition by the Morus Project artists’ group (Kleopatra Tsali, Eirini Gonou and Hanna Norrna), curated by Elli Leventaki and hosted at the AUA Agricultural Museum in May 2026. The Laboratory of Sericulture and Apiculture supported the exhibition with scientific expertise, raw materials, and archival and research material on sericulture. We also contributed to the accompanying programme through joint artistic and scientific guided tours led by Assistant Professor Giorgos Goras and exhibition curator Elli Leventaki.

The exhibition connected contemporary art with the historical and scientific heritage of sericulture. Visitors explored weaving, talismanic textiles inspired by Greek traditions, and rare historical research into silk production on the Swedish island of Gotland in the 18th–19th centuries, linked to the Visby witch trials. These themes were approached through the lens of the circular economy and respect for other forms of life (otherspeciesness). Artists Eirini Gonou and Kleopatra Tsali also led hands-on workshops in which participants learned the traditional technique of reeling cocoons with handmade tools to produce silk thread.