After 2008, fire has been added as a new layer to the city of Athens; both as a sign of protest and as a source of light. The existence of fire creates critical moments, moments of anarchy which intensifies Athens, as a city in crisis. It is a tool for protesters, mostly anarchists to call for a change in their country's condition.

I have translated the condition of Athens into projections on a model of a city block and concentrated on the different moments of lightscape of Athens, in two time periods: pre 2008 and in the future as I see it. The second image shows the possibility of burning down the city in its most extreme state. What happens if fire is spread all over the city? Will it create a chance for a new beginning?

experiments with light

abstracting space with the existence and non-existence of light

different intensities and colors with different sources of light, using the same settings

49 rooms

I was browsing, and I came across this artist.
the way she has payed attention to details and tried to narrate social issues is interesting for me.
She has installed 49 rooms, each of them representing a frozen moment in life.

Layers of light in Exarchia

Extracting light, as layers on the built environment and studying how they change the perception of space, with different intensities and color codes.

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What happens if Athenians get a new perception of urban space? A layer is introduced to the city in form of a light landscape. 

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NETWORK OF LIGHT

In addition to its physical effect in the city, light can be a metaphor for cultural identity, communication and political expression. In Hong Kong, branding and light are representatives of city’s economic strength , unlike Athens in which light has no role in presenting the  city or improving the state of economic stagnation that Athens is experiencing in the past four years.

light can be introduced as a physical and communicative network among all the layers that make up Athens. This network connects historically, politically or socially important nodes of the city, proposing different activities to attract people’s attention towards a potential for starting over and leaving behind the lethargy which is spread all over Athens. Empty and abandoned places are considered as starting points, as they show the extreme condition in current situation. This network is subject to change depending on the conditions that it is based on. 

an abstractive study on how different themes of activity illuminate the historic centre of Athens, Plaka.