
Hypothetical Death of The Exarchian Alpha
- Publisher
- sun/sun éditions
- Year
- 2020
- ISBN
- 979-10-95233-20-6
- Specifications
- 11 x 18 cm
406 pages
Texts in English
Published summer 2020
invites the reader to read the sociological, historical and political upheavals of a country, Greece, through the epigraphy on the walls of a neighborhood
which also has the particularity of being one of the historic centers of the anarchist movement in Athens.
– the author’s logbook who immerses himself in the environment of his study,
– the collection of photographs of Alpha letters found on the walls of the neighborhood
– the different Alphas isolated from their context to keep only their form and
their typographical interest compared to their hypothetical death (disappearance)
– a sequence of mini-disappearance scenarios e.g.: Alpha disappears under a #stayhome poster,
Alpha is covered by graffiti, Alpha is covered by a poster offering courses to refugees,
The study revolves around the idea of the disappearance of the letter Alpha from the Exarchia district and raises awareness that each thing or fact observed can be transformed by the observer.
This research, transcended by the multifaceted aspect of daily life and the destinies
, while focusing on a neighborhood on a micro scale, reflects broader realities on a macro scale: the eddies and metamorphoses that cross a country and which are not without echoes of the current situation in Europe.