Look closely and you will see a door camouflaged by street art. A plethora of street art and graffiti covers the Psyri neighborhood of Athens.
Inspiration: Thursday Doors.
What Door?
Note to Traveler
Life is in the little things.
Life is in the little things.
Look closely and you will see a door camouflaged by street art. A plethora of street art and graffiti covers the Psyri neighborhood of Athens.
Inspiration: Thursday Doors.
Norm 2.0
It wouldn’t be too bad if the street art was more artistic 😉
notetotraveler
Agree. There are some talented graffiti artists in Athens but this wasn’t the work of one of them. While I like to photograph the street art, I’m not a big fan of how the city has been taken over by it.
Donna
jesh stg
Seeing this door, I think am gonna cry … Not really, but I would if it was my door:)
notetotraveler
Me too. The graffiti is out of control in many neighborhoods in Athens. The country has bigger problems right now, so it’s accepted and tolerated.
Donna
jesh stg
Was in ’97 for a week in Athens – don’t even remember seeing graffiti. Jesh~
notetotraveler
Back in 1997 I don’t remember any graffiti as well. It’s only in the past few years that graffiti has proliferated like crazy. In some areas, the buildings on every street are covered with it. While I like to photograph the graffiti, I’m sad that those who do this don’t respect the property of others or in general, the city in which they live.
alongtheinterstice
that one would need, i suppose, a special super-secret knock to enter.
notetotraveler
It does look like that would be the case. 🙂
sustainabilitea
I agree with Norm and Jesh. Street art, to me, is different from just graffiti or trashing a place just by painting things on it.
janet
notetotraveler
Technically street art is different than graffiti but both terms are commonly used to describe the artistic and not so artistic murals and scrawl seen all over Athens. While much of the graffiti is illegal, it is accepted as a way for youth to express their frustration with the economic crisis.
dennyho
I would be sad coming home to this every day…wonder what emotion is being expressed here? I get the money issue, but what else? And, did you almost pass this door? It does blend right in to the walls.
notetotraveler
Yes… I would be sad too if this was my home. Youth in Athens use graffiti to express their emotions about lack of jobs, the current political leadership, capital controls, and so on. About the door, I almost missed it but enough of the door was visible that it caught my eye. This building is in a commercial district so I don’t think anyone lives there. A daughter of a friend who has contributed to graffiti in Athens in the past said she did not paint on people’s homes. However, in some neighborhoods, some dissidents have painted ugly graffiti on residences which is a shame in my opinion.
dennyho
Agreed.