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Keramikou 28

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Keramikou 28 is a neoclassical building in Athens, Greece, in the Metaxourgeio district on Keramikou 28 Street. The building has undergone various names, including ReMap, Kunsthalle Athena, and Communitism. It was used as a social art center between 2007 and 2023 by three different initiatives, each occupying it during separate periods, closely resembling the Kunsthaus Tacheles in Berlin. In 2017, it received significant attention among artists, serving as an artist hub for a community of national and international artists who had relocated to Athens during Documenta 14. The building was transformed into an arts center and used for exhibitions, performances, and initiative projects. It served as a venue to the Athenian subculture art scene, both for emerging and established artists to exhibit their work and engage in creative pursuits outside traditional galleries and museums.

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Keramikou 28
Κεραμεικού, Athens Πετράλωνα (1st District of Athens)

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Κεραμεικού 28
104 36 Athens, Πετράλωνα (1st District of Athens)
Attica, Greece
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Avdi Square
Avdi Square

Avdi Square (Greek: Πλατεία Λέοντος Αυδή) is a public gathering place located in the Metaxourgeio neighbourhood of Athens, Greece, bounded by Leonidou, Kerameikou, Giatrakou and Germanikou streets. On the edges of the square stand the Municipal Gallery of Athens, several cafes, theatres, businesses and residential buildings. The City of Athens renovated the square in 2008, increasing the amount and quality of greenery, improving lighting and renewing tile surfaces. Since then, the square has also begun to bear signs of the neighbourhood’s steady revitalization by its residents through anonymous artwork, guerrilla gardening, festivals, and performances of dance, music and other artistic expression. The square’s 2008 overhaul was part of the city’s “We're Taking Note and Taking Action" program, which aimed to solve everyday problems in Athens' neighbourhoods. In Avdi Square, the city added 39 trees, 112 bushes, 500 flowers, 1,000 square metres of grass, and 271 square metres of new tile surface. On 21 July 2008, following the completion of the renovation, Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis held a public ceremony to hand over the square to the area's citizens for caretaking and use as a recreational oasis. "This square will become the heart of culture and recreation in your neighbourhood,” he said during the launch of the revamped space.The square is named for Leon Avdis (1937–2000), a Greek lawyer and public servant who enjoyed wide respect across the political spectrum. In 1994 he was elected Municipal Councillor of Athens as head of the "Fighting Cooperation for Athens" coalition. Avdis was elected to Parliament in 1996 on the Greek Communist Party (KKE) ticket, then resigned in 1997 to run for mayor of Athens. His platform including improving living conditions in run-down areas and creating bicycle lanes in the capital.