Greece in the mirror - a statement about the situation of culture-makers in Greece, arising from the problems that occurred around the Athens Festival 2016/by Lena Kitsopoulou

Where is the revolution now?

by Lena Kitsopoulou

Athens, April 2016. Culture needs money. Today, Greece is a bankrupt country, enslaved since 2010. At that point, the whole problem starts. What brought Greece into this situation is another big discussion. It’s a mixture of many things and not so easy to investigate. For sure it's not only the "foreigners". All Greeks have experienced the "eating" of state and European money. Many off-the-record-agreements between artists and politicians; public funds not being used for the purpose they should and suddenly disappearing. Corruption. All this has been going on for many years.