“Caught up in the dynamics of the contemporary city, graffiti and street art unfold as a series of dialectical tensions, crisscrossing between legality and illegality, visibility and invisibility, art and action,* ephemerality and elongation.” (Avramidis & Tsilimpounidi, 2016). * ephemerality: the quality of being short-lived or temporary. The first thing I noticed when visiting Athens […]
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Urban Echoes: Graffiti Culture of Athens
July 30th, 2025 · No Comments
Tags: History & World Cultures · Psychology · Tourism · Travel
Passing It On: Lessons from the Kula Ring
July 22nd, 2025 · No Comments
The other day, one of my friends posted this message in a motorcycle-related WhatsApp group: “We’re a community that’s very generous with knowledge and we often help out with a “come and take it” [spare parts] attitude, and it’s amazing to see and experience that. A lot of this stems from a crappy importer and […]
Tags: History & World Cultures · Travel
Countries I’ve Visitied
June 22nd, 2025 · No Comments
I love going to new places and new countries. From past experience, I rather rent a car and drive to the country side, for me, that’s when the fun begins. I’m not that hard to satisfy, just give me lots of nature and I’m happy. Here are the countries I’ve visited, in chronical order. Some […]