N I H I L S E N T I M E N T A L G I A,
a blog about photography by Sofia Silva
My love for the Hyères Festival is known. I’ve written about it and have featured a great deal of the authors shortlisted each year. The judging panel has been responsible for issuing a statement about what they want to see in contemporary photography and it has been bold and exciting, for Hyères always awards an…
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© Petros Koublis, Semitas, if breathing’s a meadow, from In Lanscapes series, May 2013. © Petros Koublis, Unicorno, And heavens if, from In Lanscapes series, January 2013. © Petros Koublis, Kyma, Because it is a solid land, from In Lanscapes series, February 2013. “A landscape is an illimitable state. It’s not restricted within the visible area…
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photo © REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis, A masked protester holds a metal bar during a violent demonstration in Syntagma square in central Athens OPEN LETTER TO ANGELA MERKEL Dear chancellor Merkel, We start by saying we address you only as chancellor of Germany. We did not vote for you and do not acknowledge the existence of a…
Read MoreIf there was any doubt about the sort of actions these scumbags from the golden dawn are promoting here is the video The latest public opinion survey gives a lead to left-wing SYRIZA towards Nea Dimocratia, while Antonis Samaras is still considered as “best Prime Minister”. Neo-nazi Golden Dawn (Chrysi Avgi) gets the third place…
Read Morestill from Dogtooth In Greece, Police decided to ban all forms of gatherings and demonstrations happening tomorrow, October 9th, between 9am and 10pm in downtown Athens for the fat queen’s coming to town. It’s just as saying: I’m sorry, democracy is down for the moment, we’ll be back in a few hours… This is not…
Read MoreYesterday, September 26th, in the Streets of Greece during general strike day
Read More© Susana Vera (Reuters) After midningh, the Basques and the Greeks go on general strike!
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photo by © Theodore Wan, Bridine Scrub (For General Surgery), 1977 (…) Therefore, when contemporary art or contemporary art theory uses terms of contemporary liberal democracy, a meaningless democracy given that the only right surviving today in fact is the right to dominance (I have the right to assert dominance, power), then, in reality, (art)…
Read MoreYou come home in the evening, tired, you put on tv some stupid show like Cheers or Friends and you just sit and the tv even laughs for you. And, unfortunately, it works That’s how those in power, the European establishment, want to see – not only Greek people but all of us – just…
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“The river that everything drags is known as violent, but nobody calls violent the margins that arrest him.” Bertold Brecht In a letter obtained by Reuters Friday, the Federation of Greek Police accused the officials of “…blackmail, covertly abolishing or eroding democracy and national sovereignty” and said one target of its warrants would…
Read More© Zoe Hatziyannaki, The Parliament, from the series Secrets & Crises, 2010-20111 © Zoe Hatziyannaki, Police Headquarters, from the series Secrets & Crises, 2010-20111 “The photographs on the left side of the diptychs portray public/State buildings in Athens, Greece. The images on the right are enlarged window details taken from the buildings’ photographs. The juxtapositions…
Read MoreGreece: Post #2 Kanellos, the Greek protest dog © Angelos Tzortzinis, from the series Greece Economy crisis © Angelos Tzortzinis, from the series Greece Economy crisis “The economic crisis in Greece has sparked riots and violent reactions. Massive protests broke out against severe government spending cuts aimed at saving the country from economic collapse. Thousands…
Read MoreGreece: Post #1 Costas Douzinas’ article on the Guardian: In Greece, we see democracy in action © Milos Bicanski, from the series Indebted Greece © Milos Bicanski, from the series Indebted Greece More of Milos’ work here
Read More© Dimitris Yeros, Untitled, from the series For A Definition Of The Nude © Dimitris Yeros, Untitled, from the series For A Definition Of The Nude To see more of Dimitris’ work click here
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