The Greek Riots: How Did It Come To This?
Region: GreeceOn the fifth day of civil unrest in Greece- the worst the country has seen in decades- one fifteen year old student, the same age incidentally as the young Alexandros Grigoropoulos who has become the symbol of the Greek riots, said; “last year, the mountains were burning; this year, the cities are burning.” Indeed, Greece is on fire once again, and it’s not only the buildings that are raging; the peo... more
Views: 2219Witnessing the Greek Riots Through Foreign Eyes
Region: Greece
Athens: Last night I saw a nine-year-old boy wearing a black hood, with his mouth covered by a bandana, hurl glass bottles at the riot police in the heart of the anarchist stronghold, Exarchia. It was 2am, and no one seemed to wonder where the hell this little boy had come from. Watching his single silhouette against the backdrop of twenty-odd riot police, I found myself cursing the day my camera broke. If there was an... more
Views: 1892Footballer commits suicide after missing out
Region: GreeceA GREEK football player committed suicide after being left out of the squad for a domestic cup game with Olympiakos Piraeus, police said on October 30th. Yiannis Koskiniatis, 25, jumped off a cliff after being omitted from third division Diagoras Rhodes's squad to face the national champions in a fourth-round match. Police said the midfielder had left a note at the top of the cliff that read: "Being left out of the... more
Views: 1396Laser helps in cleaning the monuments
Region: Greece
Technology not only serves the present but also the past and the future. Laser beams are used for the removal of the black crust from monuments which is caused by pollution. Greek restorers are using an laser technology which seems innovative and its uncovering the colours and ornamentatuioin which has been hidden by the dust and pollutents for decades. more
Views: 1649Stelios Faitakis on Art
Region: GreeceStelios Faitakis In a country where protest and anarchy are part and parcel of daily life, Greek artist Stelios Faitakis is raising questions in a nation where an emerging generation is desperately seeking social change. The need to break out of staunch traditionalism and archaic political practices is evident in the contemporary and underground art scenes making waves across Greece, and Faitakis has ridden every cr... more
Views: 3188The Allure of Hydra
Region: Greece
The allure of Hydra is enhanced by the reality that the entire island is prohibited to any kind of motorised vehicle and only donkeys can serve as a means to transportation. Hydra was first exposed in the fifties and sixties by a group of artists (such as Leonard Cohen or Axel Jensen), attracted by its authentic and magical beauty; The conventional and magnificent architecture, the nonexistence of vehi... more
Views: 1433Macedonia: Name Change to Enter NATO, EU?
Region: Greece
by Elia Varela Serra Ever since Macedonia became independent from Yugoslavia in 1991, its name has been the subject of a bitter dispute with its southern neighbor, Greece. Greece claims that the use of “Republic of Macedonia”, as Macedonia calls itself in its constitution, not only violates Greece's historic cultural claim to the name, but also implies a territorial claim to the northern Gree... more
Views: 1664Destroy Athens; the First Athens Biennial
Region: GreeceChaos precedes creation; mankind understands this. Even modern science states that the Universe began with chaos. Through stories such as Noah’s flood, that erased and rebooted a civilization, and the Greek myth depicting Chaos as creator, we are shown that only in pieces can something be assembled into coherence. Perhaps that is why there is something so invigorating about the chaos that has been ... more
Views: 1669Just How British are the Parthenon Marbles?
Region: GreeceWith the completion of the Acropolis museum in Athens, the argument concerning the Elgin marbles has once again come to the forefront of debate with what is arguably a clear and simple argument. Greece wants them back, please. Cut away from the almighty Parthenon temple that stands on the Acropolis of Athens, the Parthenon marbles are one of the British museum’s most cherished possessions. Like cra... more
Views: 2227Observations from the Urban Field.
Region: GreeceDuring last year’s unusually warm winter, a cockroach society flourished in the dank kitchen of a ground-floor flat in one of the most densely-populated areas of the world, Kypseli. There were roaches in the sink, in the carpet, on the canvases, and on the tables. Without exaggeration, there were enough roaches to carpet the floor of a 10m2 room and then some. Over a period of approximately five... more
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