In ‘Square it down’, the symbolic and literal harsh corners of the unfamiliar neighbourhood of Exarcheia are explored. The film dives into the themes of stability, creativity and desire to break out of societal boxes by investigating the meaning of squares in (urban) life and identity as a researcher and an artist.
Hannan van Rooij
Hannan van Rooij is a 23 year old Dutch student with a professional background in nursing, care ethics and currently studying religion and conflict and cultural anthropology. Besides her studies she is a professional performance poet and currently city poet of a neighboorhoud in Groningen, Netherlands. The Ethnofest Summerschool Visual Ethnography was part of her studies that combined her professional path in academia and creative career. She made a film about the meaning of squares in Exarchia, Athens.