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the extra-ordinary

a collaboration in celebration of the unnoticed

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NASTASYA TAY + YIANNIS HADJIASLANIS

Nowhere is Greece's ongoing struggle with its economic woes more evident than on the streets of its capital.

We have set out to map out the city's conversation with itself, a portrait of a metropolis sketched in spraypaint and marker pen.

As Athenians continue to grapple with the Eurozone crisis, they have also had to find ways to express their frustration, anger and hope.

The city has gone to war with itself.

Now, amid the grandeur of ancient monuments and the bling of new money, a population is making its calculations for survival, demanding change with no idea how or when it will come.

Athena's marble bust outside the Registry office, smeared blind with a black mask. A torched midnight blue Porsche Roadster under an Exarcheia streetlight, the litter on its charred chassis a comment on the perceived excess of the rich. A serene beggar reading a childhood comic on the edge of Omonia Square, next to a scrawled declaration of civil war on a shop shutter.

Get in touch if you'd like to see our graffiti map of the city, contact sheets and text.

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Athina.jpg
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Basketball court.jpg
Welcome to Athens.jpg
Law.jpg
Bank.jpg
Nose.jpg
M&S.jpg
Kissing hoodies.jpg
bikini_front.jpg
Kolonaki Sq.jpg
Blackout.jpg
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Hands.jpg Athina.jpg Civil war.jpg Basketball court.jpg Welcome to Athens.jpg Law.jpg Bank.jpg Nose.jpg M&S.jpg Kissing hoodies.jpg bikini_front.jpg Kolonaki Sq.jpg Blackout.jpg car.jpg
 

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