Public Works Program- 23/24 April 2010

Public Works @ The public space of Nicosia, Cyprus
http://publicworks2010.blogspot.com/

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 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 Roundtable Discussion
7:30 End
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. Participants will transform this empty parking lot through painting and drawing on other surfaces. 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- trading places
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: Conference held @ Cafe Berlin No2- Lefkonos Street
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