Book Discussion with Katerina Angelopoulou, “The Fumes of Mars” | Zoom event
Book Discussion with Katerina Angelopoulou, The Fumes of Mars
March 28, 2026
10:00 AM Pacific Time / 8:00 PM Greece
Via Zoom
One of the deadliest wildfires ever recorded took place on July 23, 2018 just 30 km from the historical center of Athens in Greece. Artist Katerina Angelopoulou survived the fire and her book, The Fumes of Mars, combines her photographs with personal testimonies from other survivors, timelines, maps, and reports. With these materials Angelopoulou attempts to weave together a collective narrative of the events to better understand the violent disconnect between her own experience and the “official” account of the disaster in which facts were concealed and victims held culpable
For more info: https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/the-fumes-of-mars/