New entry from the Aesthetics of Crisis site
My first encounter with Sotiris Fokeas, aka Soteur, took place during a photo stroll around the Athens School of Fine Arts on a sunny January day—once in person and then again through his work. First, I ran into Sotiris, at the time an MFA student at the university, leisurely working on a colorful mural on one of the many walls on campus, striking up a brief conversation. A bit later, having returned to my solitary pursuit of photo documentation, I came upon the slogan “Too young for serious art, too old for graffiti,” a thoroughly Athenian conundrum, perfectly placed between a fire escape and an AC unit on the back of a university building. Only later that day, with some help from Instagram, did I connect the two, getting my first glimpse at the slogan-writing and meme-generating street artist, fine arts student, and online persona that is Soteur.