The Homemade Bomb Art Of Petros Efstathiadis

Petros Efstathiadis’ is a Greek photographer whose latest collection of works is entitled “Bombs” and is intended to be a commentary on the dire economic situation in Greece and the helplessness felt by many of the country’s citizens.
It has been a turbulent time Magazine Photoshoot For Greece of late, last year, as politicians discussed austerity measures with EU officials, the public raged over cuts and the crisis resulting in ugly scenes of rioting and unrest. Suddenly university students were being labeled as terrorists as many were seen in grainy YouTube videos hurling Molotov cocktails and the like at police. The violent scenes were unlike any that had been seen in Europe Magazine Photoshoot For a very long time and they represented the turmoil the country was embroiled in.
Efstathiadis said that the violence was a “daily spectacle” Magazine Photoshoot For the media and his project is tongue-in-cheek commentary on the protests.
The photographs show commonplace household items rigged up to look like a lot like bombs. They are not of course, explosive devices, but to the untrained eye, they appear that way.

Efstathiadis said that the objects in his photographs are “symbols of a world paranoid with fear and hate.”
By using things like hairspray bottles and cleaning products that are re-imagined as objects of violence, he explores the helplessness and vulnerability that many Greek citizens feel with regards to the state of their struggling economy.
Describing the project, he said; “The bombs that I create are like children’s toys, they reflect war and fear, yet are completely harmless, a powerful and pacific response to the absurdity that we have got ourselves into.”

[via Buzzpatrol]