« SOLID, mutual aid facing systemic violence in Athens » is a radio documentary that takes the pulse of radical struggles from the center to the periphery of Athens. In Greece, the violent austerity policies imposed since 2008 have plunged a whole new section of the population into precariousness and misery. Solidarity practices were built on the identification of common enemies (the state, the banks, the capitalist system, etc.). Through the testimonies of exiled people, activists, in Εξάρχεια Square or at the self-organized Βοτανικός Κήπος vegetable garden (which occupies a former greenhouse funded by the European Union), Mona Hackel (radio producer) and Nicolas Richen (sociologist and freelance journalist) are strolling the city to keep traces of these forms of solidarity. Without making an inventory of "miraculous solutions" to fight against isolation, SOLIDE wonders how we can strengthen our relationships and invigorate our common struggles against systemic violence in Greece and beyond.

Crédits : a radio documentary by Mona Hackel and Nicolas Richen. Sound recording: Mona Hackel and Nicolas Richen Editing: Mona Hackel. Mixing: Louna Bricoteau. Visual: Mona Hackel.

Additional music
- Anastenazo Kaigontai (I Sigh... Everything Is Burning) by Panagiotis Michalopoulos (from the compilation “Ena Tefariki - Oriental, Shake, Farfisa Madness & Rocking Bouzoukis from the Greek Laika Movement (1961-1973)” produced by the Radio Martiko label.
- Ag. Tombouli by Raftaki (from the compilation ‘Greek Rhapsody, Instrumental Music from Greece 1905 - 1956’ produced by Dust to Digital
- Σόλο Ταξίμι (Solo Taximi) from Βασίλης Σούκας (Vassilis Soukas) 
- Ράδιο Κατάληψη (Radio Katalipsi) by Panx Romana 
- Athens burning by Stress
- Μπήκαν στην πόλη οι οχτροί (Bikan Stin Poli I Ohtri)” by Νίκος Ξυλούρης (Nikos Xilouris)
- Hey You by Pink Floyd
- Καραγκούνα (Θεσσαλικός Χορός) (Karagouna, Thessalian Dance) by Μίμης Πλέσσας (Mimis Plessas)
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SOLIDE is also available in a predominantly French version. Entirely self-produced, we want this sound creation to be broadcast free of charge on independent, community and activist radio networks !

SOLID, mutual aid facing systemic violence in Athens (EN)

Since I was little, at home there was always a painting workshop 24 hours a day with all imaginable and unimaginable materials, from the classic acrylics and oils to "chimó" or chewing tobacco and coffee as dyes, thus following experimental techniques such as those of the master Armando Reverón.

 

With the simple fact of sharing daily life with my father - who was also a autodidact artist in art - I learned, between endless philosophical talks, the basic techniques of the different aspects of drawing and painting through continuous exercise to follow each of their movements; portraits, landscaping, abstractionism, etc.

 

As the daily study of painting and life itself grew, they began to mix, then they were always the same thing, holistic, thus being able to work from the most intimate and personal to the most commercial, such as posters or lettering. Craft fairs with sales stalls, group exhibitions and live painting with poetic and musical accompaniment.

 

In my adulthood I have taken my work towards large format painting and finally muralism, despite how atomized and hypercompetitive everything has become with social networks in globalization, I have also been taking my works to other fields such as printing and its different formats. Taking into account this inclusive freedom of our times, I have thought in my work of the theme of the heavens as a possible return to the sacred, as a kind of vision/conducting thread with the Divine of the Universe, thus my paintings perhaps being windows to the interior that is nothing more than the outside itself, thus giving the work a more interactive life with those who experience it when seeing it.

🎙 Réalisatrice et productrice de podcasts
📻  Résidente sur @egreg-re
🔊 Membre de @ondorphine

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SOLID, mutual aid facing systemic violence in Athens (EN)

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