In the bi-polar centre of Nicosia the legacies of the C20th and the transformations of the C21st are challenging this divided city to introspection, vis-a-vis its claims to an international vocabulary, however ignored, and its architectonic steps forward. Moving on from the modernist legacy of challenging systems of knowledge through aesthetic experiences, art forms have developed into the manifestations of littoral, conversational or dialogue based public art. A role that art can assume is to challenge us to think of our world anew and trigger thought on our sense of community. How does Nicosia’s fragmented sense of community respond to such developments? How are we – art practitioners, cultural producers, architects, historians, theorists – responsible in shaping that community and how visual language is used to interact not only with a highly charged public space but also with the public that inhabits that space?
Public Works, will be held on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of July 2010 at APOTHEKE and across the Old Town of Nicosia.
will be divided into an afternoon of curated discussions and short presentations on the 3rd July 2010 and a more active engagement with the public space of the locale on the 1st and 2nd of Julyl, attempting to explore issues re:
*Nicosia as a space and place of conflicts.
*The public sphere and the subsequent and diverse uses of art in this specific locale.
*The public(s) that inhabits Nicosia, the degrees of its representations, and how and if art can attribute a visual voice.
*Historical and theoretical paradigms of social engagement through the arts and the importance of introducing such vocabulary into the Cypriot setting.
*Art as a contact zone for conflict resolution.
The workshops and events will also include:
* A workshop with children, aiming to reclaim and construct one of the numeorus temporary car parks in the city sprouting on evry other empty lot and transform it into an ad-hoc playground.
*A tour of stencils and graffiti and their importance as a form of visual communication and social engagement in the walled part of Nicosia by graffiti artists, taggers and activists.
*A presentation by the auotnomous left group of the history of their rich relationship with the city of Nicosia.
*A sensory challenge through a collaborative dance performance.
*A street party – a hisotrically traceable mode of public engagement with the city that has attracted multiple reactions and has partly rekindled the public interest for the Old Town of Nicosia.
*An exhibition of past and present collaborative, community-based and socio-spatially involved works at APOTHEKE.
*A radiophonic engagement with the space of the walled city
Organizers:
Demetris Taliotis info@apothekecontemporaryarts.com
Evi Tselika e_tselika@hotmail.com
For further information please refer to the website of the event
http://publicworks2010.blogspot.com/
Public Works Program- 1/2/3 July 2010
Public Works
in the public space of Nicosia
1, 2 & 3 July 2010
Apotheke Contemporary Arts: http://www.apothekecontemporaryarts.com/
Contact information Evi Tselika
e_tselika@hotmail.com
+447973906568/ +35797611269
Contact information Demetris Taliotis
info@apothekecontemporaryarts.com
+447788727571 / +35799764816
Thursday, 1 July 2010
17:00- 19:00
Illegal parking lot turned to ad hoc playground
Public Works meets Hope for Peace, Office for Children’s Rights
Drawings of young people using the theme of the old city that will have been turned to large stickers will be displayed throughout the city, but particularly at the location of the workshop. This will be accompanied by exhibits from the bi-communal arts workshops that are lead by the NGO HFC-OCR.
This will act as an ad hoc playground including a 3 meter canvas that will be set up so that members of the public can spray paint messages to the city.
Young people will be welcome to join and draw different pictures based upon emblematic images of the old city. Some of these images will then be turned to T-shirts and given back to participants. This will be held right behind Ermou bar at 261 Ermou street.
Artist leading Workshop: Evi Tselika
Location 1
Friday, 2 July 2010
18:30
Talking of Public Art
Talk on Public Art in the context of Cyprus by Christina Lambrou outside the Archbishopry where the Big Mac used to reside. Location 2
20:00
Exhibition of Public Works @ Apotheke Contemporary Arts, 23 Kleanthi Christofidi
An exhibition exploring the notions of the divided city, the use of the highly charged public space both as political statements and artistic endeavors and how the element of social/ spatial engagement has been presented by creative practitioners. Location 3
21:00
Street Party and Urban Guerilla Souvla @ street outside Apotheke
A historically traceable mode of public engagement with the city that has attracted multiple reactions and has partly rekindled the public interest for the Old Town of Nicosia. Location 3
24 hour Web radio experimentation by Antonis Antoniou launched at the street party. Starting time at 21:00
Saturday, 03 July 2010
10:00-11:00
Trading Places Physical Theatre Performance in the Municipal Market
Performance will take place by Dance Theatre United (Natalie Heller) & with the contribution of Nikoleta Verikiou. Location 4
11:00- 12:30
A tour of stencils and graffiti and their importance as a form of visual communication and social engagement within the walled part of Lefkosia/Lefkosha, which will be conducted by researcher Pafsanias Karathanasis. Location 5
Roundtable @ Cafe Berlin No 2(on border)
17:00- Evi Tselika- Introduction
17:15- Dr Gabriel Koureas- Nicosia: Memory, Place, Trauma
17:45- Dr Anna Grichting- Green Line Scapes. Nicosia’s Dead Zone as a River of Memory.
18:15- Dr Cameron Cartiere- Public Art and Social Engagement in Contemporary Art
18:45- Pafsanias Karathanasis- Geographies of graffiti and street art in the old town of Lefkosia/ Lefkoşa
19:15- Demetris Taliotis- Analysis and presentation of artistic collaborative work in the Public space of Nicosia.
19:45- Sumer Erek- Presentation of the artist’s work in the Public space and how he uses social engagement
20:15- Roundtable Discussion
21:00
Location 6
Wednesday 30 June 2010
Wednesday 9 June 2010
Everything is ok! Festival at Phaneromenis Square
Friday 18/6:
Videos/documentaries to be shown:
-->Everything is ok
-->Film dedicated to the 17th May
-->Amore
-->Lucky People Center International
Saturday 19/6:
18:00 We will participate in the Critical Mass bikeride event
20:00 Live music: Reggae, rebetika
Also:
Food and fruits skipping
Free DIY music
Exhibition of photographs
Co-organized by: Falies, Planodio Steki Dromou
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