In ancient Greek mythology, Dionysus was the god of wine and joy, of insanity and chaos, and appealed to emotions and instincts. 

The photographic group show “Dionysus in ‘21” collects works by 14 Greece based photographers that document instances of joy, community, sexual freedom and hedonism, with the condition that these were shot in the summer of 2021. As Greece went through a particularly strict lockdown during last winter and spring the longing for a summer that would resemble pre-covid times inevitably grew.

“Dionysus in ‘21” asks the photographers to make sense of their own feelings, experiences and expectations, and to deliver documentation of special moments from their months post-isolation. The result is an heterogenous portrait of contemporary Greek youth culture that composes of naked bodies under the sun, house party shenanigans and instances of queer intimacy.

Photos by Myrto Tzima

Photos by Joanna Loka

PRESS / ONLINE MENTIONS:

beater.gr :

https://beater.gr/dionysus-in-21-exhibition/

Ελ-Culture:

https://www.elculture.gr/blog/dionysus-in-21-sto-kyan-athens-14-fotografoi-apathanatizoun-stigmes-charas-kai-sexoualikis-eleftherias/

Current Athens:
https://currentathens.gr/el/events/event/3290-dionysus-in-21

in.gr:
https://www.in.gr/2021/09/20/life/culture-live/ayti-ekthesi-fotografias-sta-eksarxeia-den-moiazei-kamia-alli/

debop.gr:

https://www.debop.gr/events/dionysus-in-21-omadiki-ekthesi-fotografias

LIFO:

https://www.lifo.gr/culture/photography/dionysiako-kalokairi-toy-21

One of Us:

https://www.oneofus.gr/poli/urbanism/dionysus-in-21-mia-ekthesi-fotografias-pragmateyetai-to-proto-idoniko-kalokairi-meta-tin-karantina

Ferocious Urbanities:

https://www.ferociousurbanites.com/post/dionysus-21-kyan-athens

propaganda.gr

https://popaganda.gr/newstrack/dionysus-in-21-14-fotografi-apotiponoun-to-fetino-kalokeri/