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The exhibition "Mirrroring" is part of the Benaki Museum Shop cycle 鈥淥bjects: A Visual Narrative. Series of studies on the collections of the Benaki Museum鈥�.

What possible scenarios would unravel about humanity through Voyager Golden Record - the object that attempted to summarize the human presence on Earth - if the two robotic interstellar probes Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 launched from Cape Canaveral in 1977 will meet intelligent extraterrestrial life until they complete their mission?

The objects of the exhibition serve a paradox: They are unfamiliar, yet each of them functions as a means of familiarization with a distant life. The life in the ancient world. Traces of this life have been revealed to us through objects which are also unfamiliar.

In ancient societies death signaled continuation. In this context - whether they were mere utensils or valuable artifacts - the small objects that accompanied the deceased in their afterlife, had a single purpose: To speak about their social and biological condition. To summarize their identity.

How was the identity of the subject defined and how is it defined in the modern world? To what extent is it dependent on the interpretive margins of the societies in which it develops?

These questions sparked the creation of the artefacts in this exhibition. At the same time, they are the point of connection with the stories told by seven artefacts of the Museum's collection. Through these new objects, students of the Department of Architecture of the University of Ioannina investigate how gender, power, and excellence trigger multiple readings on the identity of contemporary human.