EMERGENCE CYPRUS

FROM SHARED EXPERIENCE TO NEW CREATIVITY. LIVING HERITAGE/REFRAMING MEMORY

NICOSIA CYPRUS

ROCK, CHAIR ,FLOWERS AND THE BROKEN MIRROR

ANNA EGLITE

IMGE HASOGLU

INGVILD ISAKSEN

PETROS KOURTELLARIS

TOMS JANSON

 

THE LAST DIVIDED CAPITAL OF EUROPE NICOSIA AND ITS MULTIFACETED SIDES OF ABSURDITY AROUND ITS CHECK POINTS THAT ARE LOCATED ALONG THE GREEN LINE HAS BEEN THE CENTRE OF OUR ARTISTIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH . VISUALLY TO REFLECT THE ABSURDITY AND THE RULES THAT THE GREEN LINE AND ITS INSTRUMENTS IMPOSE, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO CREATE HUMOROUS IMAGES THAT ARE ALSO RELATED TO THE SHARED CULTURE OF THE ISLAND.

SONICALLY WE HEAR FRAGMENTS OF OUR LOCAL MEMBER OF THE GROUP AND THE EMOTIONAL TIMES THAT THEY FACED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS OF THE PERFORMATIVE ACTIONS THAT TEST THE LINE.THIS BECAME A REMINDER OF HOW OTHER LINES EXIST IN PARALLEL WITH THE GREEN LINE SUCH AS THE MENTAL EFFECTS OF THE BOUNDARIES THAT SEPARATE THE TWO COMMUNITIES FROM ONE ANOTHER AS MUCH AS THE PHYSICAL BOUNDARIES DO, AS WELL AS REMEMBERING OF HOW WE ACT "NORMAL" NORMALLY.