Manolis D. Lemos, dusk and dawn look just the same (riot tourism), 2017 (still). Single-channel video, sound, color; 3 min. Courtesy the artist and CAN Christina Androulidaki Gallery, Athens.

Manolis D. Lemos works across media to examine the recent history of Greece and the country’s profound symbolic role within recent political and financial crises. With dusk and dawn look just the same (riot tourism) (2017), the artist reflects upon the anti-austerity movements that first blossomed in Greece in 2010, which protested the creation of debt by the European Union, the inequitable practices put in place to resolve the issue, and the disenfranchisement and fear that has subsequently facilitated the rise of virulent nationalist parties.