My body of work explores the port of Chania as a site shaped by movement, transition, and fragmentation. Once central to trade and industry, parts of the port now feel paused in time. My focus is on the derelict buildings scattered along its edges: structures left behind, weathered by salt, sun, and time, yet still bearing traces of life through layered surfaces, markings, and interventions. 

Working with photography, found wood, and collage, I document and reinterpret these spaces. Photographs capture architectural forms alongside incidental textures—faded paint, makeshift repairs, and handwritten tags—while the use of found wood brings a tactile, local materiality into the work. Through collage, I reconstruct these elements, mirroring the fragmented condition of the sites themselves. For this exhibition, I’ve also invited a local artist to collaborate by adding paint directly onto some of the work. This brings a new energy and local voice into the pieces, connecting the artwork more closely to the place it responds to. 

The port and the abandoned building share a conceptual resonance as they are both thresholds, spaces of arrival and departure, activity and resilience. This work explores those in-between states, questioning how we inhabit, forget, and reimagine urban spaces shaped by time, neglect, and cultural imprint.