A glimpse into one of the most spectacular and long-standing Greek traditions, known as the Anastenaria. A fire-walking ritual practiced in Northern Greece, mainly in honor of St Helen and St Constantine, the Anastenaria constitutes an alchemy of modernity and tradition, order and disorder, pain and relief.

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In a consciously ecstatic state

ANASTENARIA

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This is Costas, also known as one of the most traditional potters of Sifnos island, Greece

EARTH AND WATER


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“Athens Reinvented”

URBAN ROMANTICISM