'Caged City' exhibition by Hop Louie & Hello Banana teaser trailer.

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Hop Louie and Hello Banana are two street artists based in Stockholm, Sweden. On the 7th of July they will have their first exhibition in Athens, Greece, a location which offers a very different reality. Until recently, Stockholm had a zero tolerance towards graffiti and street art, promising to remove anything appearing on walls within 24 hours and prohibiting advertisements that could be seen to promote graffiti, such as posters for street art exhibitions. The artists have been actively resisting these policies and have taken part in wider struggles concerning public space in the urban environment. This can be contrasted to Athens which appears to offer the polar opposite reality, with an abundance of imagery littering the walls.

Exhibition opening is Thursday 7th of July, 20:00 at the Sarri 12 Gallery which is located on the street Sarri 12, in Psirri, central Athens.

Organised by Gallery Momangen, the Holobiont Project & Sarri 12.