MAPS OF MILOS ISLAND | STORIES BEHIND A DREAM

PAINTING SERIES

Artist: Luisa Ayala

6" x 8" - Watercolour on paper
Created by Luisa as a way to start a dialogue with Milos island, a place she began to explore after following a route on a map that her father drew a few days before his death. It was his life dream to explore the Greek islands, a dream that became a collective way to tell stories.
In June 2022, these maps were replicated by the artist about 200 times with ’From the Sea’ festival to become a base canvas for the public to write their own stories after experiencing a sensory experience inside and outside the caves of Sarakiniko, Milos.

Later on, these stories were part of an audiovisual project in the headquarters of the festival in Zephyria, Milos.

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'THE SEA by SYKIA' | Watercolor | 6” x 8” | 2020

Sea immensity, a place to ask for wishes, the Sea has ears... [It was my birthday during my first dive off a boat by the caves of Sykia, I asked the Sea to bring a new love to my life. The following year my son Milos was born. I’m amazed by how words evolve when they’re spoken to the Sea].

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‘CLUES OF LOVE’ | Watercolor | 6” x 8” | 2020

The Goddess of Love 'Venus' in her home land telling invisible messages...[ when I arrived to Milos I realized this is where the sculpture Venus de Milo was found by a farmer digging the land. I felt there was more to be found, so I started to develop a project called Milograma [Letters to Milo] inspired on my father and my son, born the same day.

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'DANCER MILOS' | Watercolor | 6” x 8” | 2020

Windy days in Milos and its spontaneous choreographies...[ as I walked along the port when a ferry arrives, the playful dance of fabrics reminds me a good-bye and a welcome feeling, a handy piece of clothe that waves to the horizon saying ‘I will come back’]

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'SYRMAS' | Watercolor on paper | 6” x 8” | 2020

Home of boats by sea level, rocks and mountains…an exploration of sequence and repetition of shapes in contrast with tonalities of blue and gradients of a grayscale.

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'TRIPITY' | Watercolor on paper | 6” x 8” | 2020

Inspired by the movement of the Sea seen through a fishing net and its resemblance with the pierced mountain walls around Milos used for shelter, lodging and formerly as catacombs among other uses...

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'VOLCANIC LOVE' | Watercolor on paper | 6” x 8” | 2020

White stones, lunar landscapes in contrast with strips of small towns.