2017

MO.17:
Young Artists From Cyprus

program exhibitions





Communicating Vessels

at Thkio Ppalies

Duration: 16-28 October 2017
Hours: Tue-Fri 17:00-20:00
Sat 11:00-17:00


Raissa Angeli
Peter Eramian
Maria Theodorou and
Stephanie Stylianou (dia.gnosis)
Evi Pala
Michelle Padeli
Nayia Savva
Korallia Stergides
Maria Toumazou
Leontios Toumpouris
Michael Charalambous
Lilia Hadjigeorgiou
Dimitris Chimonas
participant artists


Julia Geerlings
curator 


The exhibition borrows its title from the experiment of communicating vessels, where two or more containers filled with a liquid or gas have the same level if they are connected to each other. Sparked by the work Les Vases Communicants (1932) by French antifascist poet Andre Breton, the exhibition presents how young Cypriot artists participating in MO17 “communicate” with tradition, especially as it manifests through works in clay and ceramics.











Ecstatic Textures

at Garage

Duration: 16-28 October 2017
Hours: Tue-Fri 17:00-20:00
Sat 11:00-17:00


Evelyn Anastasiou
Maria Andreou
Adonis Archontidis
Kyriakos Theocharous
Victoria Leonidou
Anastasia Mina
Panayiotis Mina
Sophia Papacosta
Anthi Pafiou
Marina Xenofontos
AnnaMaria Charalambous
participant artists

Evagoras Vanezis
curator

With the dynamic condensation of artistic creation at artist-run spaces—as well as other independent endeavours—as its starting point, the group exhibition Ecstatic Textures focuses on the sociopolitical dimension of production and exhibition conditions in Cyprus. The narration created through its overview emphasises the processes and materials used by artists; meanwhile, the presented practices negotiate aspects of the image-as-body and the nature of the object as a subject that speaks in a language without utterance—thus finding a place in aesthetic processes.










Displacement As a State of Mind

at Koraï 

Duration: 16-28 October 2017
Hours: Tue-Fri 17:00-20:00
Sat 11:00-17:00


Ioanna Apostolou
Lenia Georgiou
Efy Zeniou
Stelios Kallikinou
Demetra Kallitsi
Marios Constantinides
Eleni Mouzourou
Alexandra Pambouka
Yorgos Petrou
Eleni Phyla
Ismene Haholiadou
Stella Christofi
participating artists

Charis Kanellopoulou
curator

Through this exhibition we observe how, in a world where everything is moving rapidly and travel has become effortless, the concept of displacement has transformed from something painful into a way of life. The curator identifies Cypriot artists whose work has to do with dislocation, and the way it connects to loss, locality, memory and identity.










Beyond an
Event Horizon

at phytorio 

Duration: 16-28 October 2017
Hours: Tue-Fri 17:00-20:00
Sat 11:00-17:00



Adonis Archontides
Lara Sophie Benjamin
George Themistocleous
Maria Kofterou
Demetra Kallitsi
Eirene Constantinou
Victoria Leonidou
Anthi Pafiou
Alexandra Pambouka
Korallia Stergides
AnnaMaria Charalambous
Michael Charalambous
Ioanna Cheimona
participating artists

Emily Gray and Leontios Toumpouris
curators


The exhibition was built through a three-day interactive workshop, with the participation of young Cypriot artists from MO.17. How can we redefine the gallery as a space of fluid relationships and participatory, horizontal creation?









Performances

at Neoterismoi Toumazou


Monday 16 October, at 21:30

Demetra Kallitsi
Dimitris Chimonas with En.Act theater group

Saturday 21 October, at 11:00
Anthi Pafiou (participatory event)






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