Eirene Efstathiou

Eirene Efstathiou, Anniversary, 2010, thirty-six lithographs, Collection National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens (EMST), installation view, ANTIDORON. The EMST Collection, Fridericianum, Kassel, photo: Mathias Völzke

Anniversary by Eirene Efstathiou is composed of thirty-six lithographs, which are based on found images from anniversaries of the November 17 memorial day in the years 1974 to 2009. The images are thus related to the “Athens Polytechnic uprising,” the student occupation of and rebellion at the Athens Polytechnic in November 1973 that led to the collapse of the Colonels Regime (1967–74), but also to its memorialization and celebration, as it took place in the subsequent years after the democratic transition in 1974.

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