Itzedin fortress is a derelict prison and Ottoman military instillation overlooking Souda bay. Throughout its history, it has been used for the imprisonment for political prisoners, especially during the dictatorship of Theodoros Pangalos. The last death penalty in Greece took place in 1973 on the prison grounds. This project uses unpermitted images of the fortress to explore themes of surveillance power and state control.
The fortress awakens its gaze within us. Holding a strategic point in our inner world. It contains an internal mechanism for social control. Its presence appears to us as a spectre of state and military violence. Itzedin Fortress is a place where small slits of light disappear into pill box windows. A building designed to gaze into you and make you monitor yourself as you move through it.
3 plywood display cases, with 1 way mirror glass, cyanotype prints and internal lighting.
