Μολὼν λαβέ (Mo’lon la’ve)

Come and take

In the Summer of 2011, at the height of the collective consciousness’s realisation of the severity of the economic crisis in Greece, strikes and protests were commonplace. On return to Athens from the relative sanctity offered by the Aegean, a metaphor for the situation had come to life. Athina Kathari had been on strike for weeks and the city had been deluged with the physical manifestation of waste created by modern democracy, capitalism and consumerism. Despite the onslaught of these idealogies, the beauty of Athens and it’s people shone as brightly and defiantly as ever.

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