Exploring Collective Memory and Trauma through a Site Specific Performance in Lazaretta

Abstract

The work presented revolves around a site-specific performance held at the public space of Lazaretta - a historic Sanatorium in Syros (Greece). The aim of this empirical research was to outline the embodied sense of collective trauma through isolation. The research suggests that the collective memory connected to specific historical places and approached through body and digital culture strengthens the social consciousness and the sense of self.