“Looking for Vrysaki” invites the visitors of Athens’ busiest quarter to imagine Vrysaki, a neighbourhood lost to time and the archaeologist’s trowel. In doing so, this film explores one of the spectres haunting the Greek psyche – the glorified ancient past ready to, at any moment, cannibalize the living present.
Georgia Psarrou
Georgia Psarrou is an anthropologist whose work focuses on time, memory, collective agency and worldmaking. She holds an MPhil in Social Anthropology from the University of Oxford and is currently a PhD candidate in Anthropology at University College London. Georgia’s PhD research centers on the Athenian neighbourhood of Exarcheia and explores how, in this time of the neighbourhood’s gentrification, Exarcheia’s past and memories are renegotiated, reinterpreted and equipmentalized by locals, investors and the state to make their world(s).
Manon Harvey
Manon is an aspiring documentary filmmaker from London, UK. She is a graduate of Human, Social and Political Sciences (BA) with a particular interest in visual ethnography and anthropology. Previous projects include ethnographic research on Portuguese intentional communities, new age spiritualism and ‘utopian’ sustainable projects. She is keen to further explore attempts towards utopia within urban settings, focusing particularly on marginalized groups and engagement with hope, utopia, and the future. This is Manon’s first ethnographic film, hopefully the first of many!
Marc Ghazali
Marc Ghazali is an anthropologist and researcher who navigates the fields of community engagement, art & culture, and international development. He holds an MSc in social anthropology from the University of Oxford and is interested in epistemology, magic, psychoanalysis, and material culture. Marc is inspired by sensory and multimodal anthropology and attempts to do research through installations, film, walking lectures, and exhibitions.