Public Works
@ The public space of Nicosia, Cyprus
23-24 April 2010
Apotheke: http://www.apothekecontemporaryarts.com/
Address: 23 Kleanthi Christofidi street, Nicosia (map can be seen on the website)
Contact information Evi Tselika:
e_tselika@hotmail.com
+447973906568/ 0035797611269
Contact information Demetris Taliotis:
demetris_taliotis@yahoo.com +447788727571 / +35799764816
Roundtable 23 April @ Cafe Berlin No 2(on border)
3:00/3:15- Introduction: Evi Tselika
3:30- Dr Gabriel Koureas- Nicosia: Memory, Place, Trauma
4:00- Dr Anna Grichting- Green Line Scapes. Nicosia's Dead Zone as a River of Memory.
4:30- Dr Cameron Cartiere- Public Art and Social Engagement in Contemporary Art
5:00- Pafsanias Karathanasis- Geographies of graffiti and street art in the old town of Lefkosia/ Lefkoşa
5:30- Dimitris Taliotis- Analysis and presentation of artistic collaborative work in the Public space of Nicosia.
6:00- Sumer Erek- Presentation of the artist’s work in the Public space and how he uses social engagement (via the internet)
6:30- 7:30- Roundtable Discussion
Location 1
Workshops and events on the 24th:
24 hour: Radio station experimentation by Antonis Antoniou
Throughout the day- *A presentation by the autonomous left group of the history of their rich relationship with the city of Nicosia. Agrammata. Location 2
10:00- 12:00- Illegal parking lot turned to ad hoc playground. Location 3
* Drawings of young people using the theme of the old city that will have been turned to large stickers. They will also be printed on other surfaces and used by participants to transform an empty parking lot space. This will act as an ad hoc playground and will remain as such for the rest of the day. Evi Tselika
12:00- 13:30- Graffiti and stencil tour
*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 Pavsanias Karathanasis. Meeting point @ Location 3
13:30- 14:00- Physical Theatre Performance in the Municipal Market
Performance will take place by Dance Theatre United (Natalie Heller). Location 4
14:00- onwards- Exhibition @ Apotheke.
*An exhibition of exploring the notions of the divided city, the use of the highly charged public space both as political statements and artistic endeavours and how the element of social/ spatial engagement has been presented by creative practitioners. Location 5
15:00- 16:30- Talking of Public Art
Talk on Public Art in the context of Cyprus by Christina Lambrou @ Location 6, outside the Archbishopry where the Big Mac used to reside
18:00- Onwards- Street Party @ 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 5
Location 1: Roundtable held @ Cafe Berlin No2- Lefkonos Street; opposite Phaneromeni church
Location 2: Agrammata Space- Perkleous 82, off Rigainis Street
Location 3: Ad-hoc Playground @ the beginning of Trikoupi Street (near the Green Line)
Location 4: Physical Theatre Performance @ the Municipal Market on the Square by Diogenous Street
Location 5: Apotheke @ 23 Kleanthi Christofidi Street
Location 6: Public Art Talk @ space outside Archbishopry
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