Some are protesting in the streets, some are making plans in the living rooms in their houses, some are writing books, some are organising workshops, some are donating in silences, some are educating themselves, some are having tough conversations with friends and family. Seemingly inconspicuous acts serve as rebellious gestures against an entrenched system.
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 was one of the slogans during a 24-hour strike, held a year after the nation's deadliest train crash. Firebombs were thrown and a riot police unit came under a barrage of Molotov cocktails. Protesting farmers with their tractors dumped chestnuts and apples on the pavement in the city of Thessaloniki, to protest over rising production costs. Police joined by officers from a special forces unit entered the grounds of the city’s public university where protesters had occupied the principal’s office. Students are protesting in the streets of the city in response to a government bill allowing the establishment of private universities.
A revolution has many lanes.
Stones & Cones examines the interplay of order and disorder within urban settings. By tracing the paths of activist protests that occurred during one week at the end of February 2024 in the Greek city of Thessaloniki, it ponders the remnants left behind mere days later, as life resumes its usual rhythm.
This project was exhibited in March 2024, in Thessaloniki, Greece, as a part of the group exhibition Fragments in Transit. The pop-up exhibition was organized by the MA Photography & Society of the Royal Academy of the Arts in The Hague (The Netherlands) and Beetroot Studio (Greece).
A big thanks to Alex / Philosophy & Photography Lab for playing together on the ideas and concept of this project. Exhibition documentation: Niké Dolman
TENTOONSTELLING group
2024, Fragments in Transit, Beetroot Studios, Thessaloniki, GR
TENTOONSTELLING group
2024, Fragments in Transit, Beetroot Studios, Thessaloniki, GR
