See Memory Exhibition @ APOTHEKE


SEE, MEMORY
Victor Cartagena / Aleksander Aquilar
16-25th June 2011
APOTHEKE

...As a first instalment of a programme of exchange and collaboration between APOTHEKE and The Museum of Art of El Salvador (MARTE), APOTHEKE presents 'See, Memory', an exhibition of works by the Salvadorian artist Victor Cartagena and the Brazilian-Salvadorian media artist-activist Aleksander Aguilar.

Victor Cartagena, one of the most important Central American contemporary artists, was born in El Salvador but abandoned it in the late 1980's, in the midst of the country's long running civil war (1980-1992) to move to San Francisco. Through this highlighted spatial distance, Cartagena's multifaceted artistic practise has been shaped into a continuous commentary on the past, a critical re-appraisal of memory as a violent absence, of remembrance as the present relic.

Aleksander Aguilar is a Brazilian-Salvadorian artist-activist who creatively researches and actively participates in social conflict resolution processes in both countries. At ā€˜See, Memoryā€™ Aquilar presents a series of images, which are the result of his collaboration with Salvadorian ex-guerrilla fighters as well as of his research at the historical memory archive at the Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen. In acute awareness of the political significance of montage, Aquilar's work exposes and juxtaposes various images that playfully probe the memory of civil war and explore how the visual narrates the procedure of conflict and remembrance. Aquilar's work has been exhibited in Brazil, Spain, the U.K. and, of course, El Salvador.

Exploring notions which have an ever-present and privileged position in Cypriot discourses, such as that of political memory, of the iconography of the traumatic, as well as that of the aesthetic and visual configuration of post-traumatic elucidations of the personal and the local, 'See, Memory', more than an exhibition is also the inauguration of an extensive research process into all the above, amongst artists, cultural agents, collective and organisations from Cyprus and El Salvador.

The APOTHEKE / MARTE collaboration will culminate in 'It's Hard Selling Land', an exhibition of Cypriot contemporary artists, which will take place in mid-2012 at the Museum of Art of El Salvador, and will be curated by Demetris Taliotis and Evi Tselika.

SEE, MEMORY
Victor Cartagena / Aleksander Aquilar
Opening: Thursday, 16th June 2011, 20:00
Opening Hours: 17:00-21:00, Monday-Saturday,17-25th June 2011 or by appointment
Info: 99764816 / www.apothekecontemporaryarts.com
APOTHEKE, 23 Kleanthis Christofides Street, Nicosia, 1011

SEE, MEMORY
Victor Cartagena / Aleksander Aguilar
16-25 Ī™ĪæĻ…Ī½ĪÆĪæĻ… 2011
APOTHEKE

Ī£Ļ„Ī± Ļ€Ī»Ī±ĪÆĻƒĪ¹Ī± Ļ„Ī·Ļ‚ ĻƒĻ…Ī½ĪµĻĪ³Ī±ĻƒĪÆĪ±Ļ‚ Ļ„Ī·Ļ‚ APOTHEKE Ī¼Īµ Ļ„Īæ MĪæĻ…ĻƒĪµĪÆĪæ Ī¤Ī­Ļ‡Ī½Ī·Ļ‚ Ļ„ĪæĻ… El Salvador (MARTE) ĪŗĪ±Ī¹ Ī³ĪµĪ½Ī¹ĪŗĻŒĻ„ĪµĻĪ± Ī¼Īµ Ļ„Ī·Ī½ ĻƒĻĪ³Ļ‡ĻĪæĪ½Ī· ĪµĪ¹ĪŗĪ±ĻƒĻ„Ī¹ĪŗĪ® Ļ€Ī±ĻĪ±Ī³Ļ‰Ī³Ī® Ļ„Ī·Ļ‚ ĪšĪ­Ī½Ļ„ĻĪæ-Ī‘Ī¼ĪµĻĪ¹ĪŗĪ¬Ī½Ī¹ĪŗĪ·Ļ‚ Ļ‡ĻŽĻĪ±Ļ‚, ĪµĪ³ĪŗĪ±Ī¹Ī½Ī¹Ī¬Ī¶ĪµĻ„Ī±Ī¹ Ļ„Ī·Ī½ Ī Ī­Ī¼Ļ€Ļ„Ī· 16 Ī™ĪæĻ…Ī½ĪÆĪæĻ… 2011 Ī· Ī­ĪŗĪøĪµĻƒĪ· 'See, Memory' Ī¼Īµ Ī­ĻĪ³Ī± Ļ„ĪæĻ… Victor Cartagena ĪŗĪ±Ī¹ Ļ„ĪæĻ… Aleksander Aguilar.

ĪŸ Victor Cartagena, Ī­Ī½Ī±Ļ‚ Ī±Ļ€ĻŒ Ļ„ĪæĻ…Ļ‚ Ļ€Ī¹Īæ ĻƒĪ·Ī¼Ī±Ī½Ļ„Ī¹ĪŗĪæĻĻ‚ ĪŗĪ±Ī¹ Ī±Ī½Ī±Ī³Ī½Ļ‰ĻĪ¹ĻƒĪ¼Ī­Ī½ĪæĻ…Ļ‚ ĻƒĻ…Ī³Ļ‡ĻĻŒĪ½ĪæĻ…Ļ‚ ĪŗĪ±Ī»Ī»Ī¹Ļ„Ī­Ļ‡Ī½ĪµĻ‚ Ļ„Ī·Ļ‚ ĪšĪµĪ½Ļ„ĻĪ¹ĪŗĪ®Ļ‚ Ī‘Ī¼ĪµĻĪ¹ĪŗĪ®Ļ‚, Ī³ĪµĪ½Ī½Ī®ĪøĪ·ĪŗĪµ ĻƒĻ„Īæ El Salvador Ī±Ī»Ī»Ī¬ Ļ„Īæ ĪµĪ³ĪŗĪ±Ļ„Ī­Ī»ĪµĪ¹ĻˆĪµ ĻƒĻ„Ī± Ļ„Ī­Ī»Ī· Ļ„Ī·Ļ‚ Ī“ĪµĪŗĪ±ĪµĻ„ĪÆĪ±Ļ‚ Ļ„ĪæĻ… 1980, Ī³Ī¹Ī± Ī½Ī± ĪµĪ³ĪŗĪ±Ļ„Ī±ĻƒĻ„Ī±ĪøĪµĪÆ ĻƒĻ„Īæ San Francisco. H Ī³ĪµĻ‰Ī³ĻĪ±Ļ†Ī¹ĪŗĪ® Ī±Ļ€ĻŒĻƒĻ„Ī±ĻƒĪ· Ļ„ĪæĻ… Ī±Ļ€ĻŒ Ļ„ĪæĪ½ ĪµĪ¼Ļ†ĻĪ»Ī¹Īæ Ļ€ĻŒĪ»ĪµĪ¼Īæ (1980-1992) ĪŗĪ±Ī¹ Ļ„Ī·Ī½ Ī¼ĪµĻ„Ī­Ļ€ĪµĪ¹Ļ„Ī± ĻĪµĻ…ĻƒĻ„Ī® Ļ€ĪæĪ»ĪÆĻ„Ī¹ĪŗĪæ-ĪŗĪæĪ¹Ī½Ļ‰Ī½Ī¹ĪŗĪ· ĪŗĪ±Ļ„Ī¬ĻƒĻ„Ī±ĻƒĪ· Ļ„Ī·Ļ‚ Ļ‡ĻŽĻĪ±Ļ‚ Ļ„ĪæĻ…, ĪµĪ¾Ī±ĪŗĪæĪ»ĪæĻ…ĪøĪµĪÆ Ī½Ī± ĪæĻĪ¹ĪæĪøĪµĻ„ĪµĪÆ Ļ„Ī·Ī½ Ļ€ĪæĪ»Ļ…ĻƒĻ‡Ī¹Ī“Ī® ĪŗĪ±Ī»Ī»Ī¹Ļ„ĪµĻ‡Ī½Ī¹ĪŗĪ® Ļ„ĪæĻ… Ļ€Ī±ĻĪ¬Ī³Ļ‰Ī³Ī·, Ļ‰Ļ‚ Ī­Ī½Ī± Ī“Ī¹Ī±ĻĪŗĪ® ĻƒĻ‡ĪæĪ»Ī¹Ī±ĻƒĪ¼ĻŒ Ļ„ĪæĻ… Ļ€Ī±ĻĪµĪ»ĪøĻŒĪ½Ļ„ĪæĻ‚ Ļ„ĻŒĻ€ĪæĻ… ĪŗĪ±Ī¹ Ļ‡ĻĻŒĪ½ĪæĻ…. Ī¤Ī·Ļ‚ Ī¼Ī½Ī®Ī¼Ī·Ļ‚ ĻŒĻ€Ļ‰Ļ‚ Ī±Ļ…Ļ„Ī® Ī²Ī¹ĻŽĪ½ĪµĻ„Īµ Ī¼Ī­ĻƒĪ± Ī±Ļ€ĻŒ Ī²ĪÆĪ±Ī¹ĪµĻ‚ Ī±Ļ€ĪæĻ…ĻƒĪÆĪµĻ‚, Ī¼Ī­ĻƒĪ± Ī±Ļ€ĻŒ Ļ„Īæ Ļ€Ī±ĻĻŒĪ½ Ļ‰Ļ‚ Ī¬Ī¼ĪµĻƒĪæ Ī±Ļ€ĪæĪ¼ĪµĪ¹Ī½Ī¬ĻĪ¹.

ĪŸ Aleksander Aguilar ĪŗĪ±Ļ„Ī¬Ī³ĪµĻ„Ī±Ī¹ Ī±Ļ€ĻŒ Ļ„Īæ El Salvador Ī±Ī»Ī»Ī¬ Ī­Ļ‡ĪµĪ¹ Ī³ĪµĪ½Ī½Ī·ĪøĪµĪÆ ĻƒĻ„Ī· Ī’ĻĪ±Ī¶Ī¹Ī»ĪÆĪ±. Ī©Ļ‚ ĪŗĪ±Ī»Ī»Ī¹Ļ„Ī­Ļ‡Ī½Ī·Ļ‚-Ī±ĪŗĻ„Ī¹Ī²Ī¹ĻƒĻ„Ī®Ļ‚ ĪµĻĪµĻ…Ī½Ī¬ Ī“Ī·Ī¼Ī¹ĪæĻ…ĻĪ³Ī¹ĪŗĪ¬ ĻƒĻ…Ī¼Ī¼ĪµĻ„Ī­Ļ‡ĪµĪ¹ ĪµĪ½ĪµĻĪ³Ī¬ ĻƒĪµ Ļ€ĪæĪ¹ĪŗĪÆĪ»ĪµĻ‚ ĪŗĪæĪ¹Ī½Ļ‰Ī½Ī¹ĪŗĪµĻ‚ Ī“Ī¹Ī±Ī“Ī¹ĪŗĪ±ĻƒĪÆĪµĻ‚ ĪµĻ€ĪÆĪ»Ļ…ĻƒĪ·Ļ‚ ĻƒĻ…Ī³ĪŗĻĪæĻĻƒĪµĻ‰Ī½ ĪŗĪ±Ī¹ ĻƒĻ„Ī¹Ļ‚ Ī“Ļ…Īæ Ļ‡ĻŽĻĪµĻ‚. Ī£Īµ ĻƒĻ…Ī½ĪµĻĪ³Ī±ĻƒĪÆĪ± Ī¼Īµ Ļ€ĻĻŽĪ·Ī½ Ī±Ī½Ļ„Ī¬ĻĻ„ĪµĻ‚ Ī±Ļ€ĻŒ Ļ„Īæ El Salvador ĪŗĪ±Ī¹ Ļ„Ī·Ī½ Ī­ĻĪµĻ…Ī½Ī± Ļ„ĪæĻ… ĻƒĻ„Ī± Ī±ĻĻ‡ĪµĪÆĪ± Ī¹ĻƒĻ„ĪæĻĪ¹ĪŗĪ®Ļ‚ Ī¼Ī½Ī®Ī¼Ī·Ļ‚ Ļ„ĪæĻ… Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen, Ī· Ī“ĪæĻ…Ī»ĪµĪÆĪ± Ļ„ĪæĻ… Aquilar ĪµĪŗĪøĪ­Ļ„ĪµĪ¹ ĪŗĪ±Ī¹ Ī±Ī½Ļ„Ī¹Ļ€Ī±ĻĪ±ĪøĪ­Ļ„ĪµĪ¹ Ļ†Ļ‰Ļ„ĪæĪ³ĻĪ±Ļ†ĪÆĪµĻ‚ ĪŗĪ±Ī¹ ĪµĪ¹ĪŗĻŒĪ½ĪµĻ‚ Ļ€ĪæĻ… Ļ€ĪæĪ»Ī¹Ļ„Ī¹ĪŗĪ¬ Ī¼Ī± ĪŗĪ±Ī¹ Ī¼Īµ Ļ‡Ī¹ĪæĻĪ¼ĪæĻ ĪµĪ¾ĪµĻ„Ī¬Ī¶ĪæĻ…Ī½ Ļ„Ī·Ī½ ĪæĻ€Ļ„Ī¹ĪŗĪ® Ī¼Ī½Ī®Ī¼Ī· Ļ„ĪæĻ… ĪµĪ¼Ļ†Ļ…Ī»ĪÆĪæĻ… Ļ€ĪæĪ»Ī­Ī¼ĪæĻ… Ļ„ĪæĻ… El Salvador. Ī— Ī“ĪæĻ…Ī»ĪµĪÆĪ± Ļ„ĪæĻ… Aquilar Ī­Ļ‡ĪµĪ¹ ĪµĪŗĻ„ĪµĪøĪµĪÆ ĻƒĻ„Ī· Ī’ĻĪ±Ī¶Ī¹Ī»ĪÆĪ±, ĻƒĻ„Ī·Ī½ Ī™ĻƒĻ€Ī±Ī½ĪÆĪ±, ĻƒĻ„Īæ Ī—Ī½Ļ‰Ī¼Ī­Ī½Īæ Ī’Ī±ĻƒĪÆĪ»ĪµĪ¹Īæ ĪŗĪ±Ī¹ Ļ†Ļ…ĻƒĪ¹ĪŗĪ¬ ĻƒĻ„Īæ El Salvador.

Ī”Ī¹ĪµĻĪµĻ…Ī½ĻŽĪ½Ļ„Ī±Ļ‚ 'Ļ€ĻĪæĻƒĻ†Ī¹Ī»Ī®' ĪŗĪ±Ī¹ Ī³Ī¹Ī± Ļ„Ī·Ī½ ĪšĻĻ€ĻĪæ Ī¶Ī·Ļ„Ī®Ī¼Ī±Ļ„Ī± ĻŒĻ€Ļ‰Ļ‚ Ļ„Ī·Ļ‚ Ļ€ĪæĪ»Ī¹Ļ„Ī¹ĪŗĪ®Ļ‚ Ī¼Ī½Ī®Ī¼Ī·Ļ‚, Ļ„Ī·Ļ‚ ĪµĪ¹ĪŗĪæĪ½ĪæĪ³ĻĪ±Ļ†ĪÆĪ±Ļ‚ Ļ„ĪæĻ… Ļ„ĻĪ±Ļ…Ī¼Ī±Ļ„Ī¹ĪŗĪæĻ Ī¼Ī± ĪŗĪ±Ī¹ ĪµĪ¾ĪµĻ„Ī¬Ī¶ĪæĪ½Ļ„Ī±Ļ‚ Ļ„Ī·Ī½ Ī±Ī¹ĻƒĪøĪ·Ļ„Ī¹ĪŗĪ® ĪŗĪ±Ī¹ ĪµĪ¹ĪŗĪ±ĻƒĻ„Ī¹ĪŗĪ® Ī“Ī¹Ī±Ī¼ĻŒĻĻ†Ļ‰ĻƒĪ· Ī¼ĪµĻ„Ī±-Ļ„ĻĪ±Ļ…Ī¼Ī±Ļ„Ī¹ĪŗĻŽĪ½ ĪµĻĪ¼Ī·Ī½ĪµĪ¹ĻŽĪ½ Ļ„ĪæĻ… 'Ļ„ĪæĻ€Ī¹ĪŗĪæĻ' Ļ„Ī± Ī­ĻĪ³Ī± Ļ„Ī·Ļ‚ Ī­ĪŗĪøĪµĻƒĪ·Ļ‚ 'See, Memory' Ī±Ļ€ĪæĻ„ĪµĪ»ĪæĻĪ½ ĪµĻ€ĪÆĻƒĪ·Ļ‚ Ļ„Ī·Ī½ Ī±ĻĻ‡Ī® Ī¼Ī¹Ī±Ļ‚ Ī“Ī¹ĪµĻ…ĻĻ…Ī¼Ī­Ī½Ī·Ļ‚ Ī“Ī¹Ī±Ī“Ī¹ĪŗĪ±ĻƒĪÆĪ±Ļ‚ Ī­ĻĪµĻ…Ī½Ī±Ļ‚ ĪŗĪ±Ī¹ Ī“Ī¹Ī±Ī»ĻŒĪ³ĪæĻ… Ī¼ĪµĻ„Ī±Ī¾Ļ ĪŗĪ±Ī»Ī»Ī¹Ļ„ĪµĻ‡Ī½ĻŽĪ½, Ļ€ĪæĪ»Ī¹Ļ„Ī¹ĻƒĻ„Ī¹ĪŗĻŽĪ½ Ļ€Ī±ĻĪ±Ī³Ļ‰Ī³ĻŽĪ½, ĻƒĻ…Ī»Ī»ĪæĪ³Ī¹ĪŗĪæĻ„Ī®Ļ„Ļ‰Ī½ ĪŗĪ±Ī¹ ĪæĻĪ³Ī±Ī½Ī¹ĻƒĪ¼ĻŽĪ½ Ļ„Ļ‰Ī½ Ī“ĻĪæ Ļ‡Ļ‰ĻĻŽĪ½.

Ī— ĻƒĻ…Ī½ĪµĻĪ³Ī±ĻƒĪÆĪ± Ļ„Ī·Ļ‚ APOTHEKE ĪŗĪ±Ī¹ Ļ„ĪæĻ… MARTE ĪøĪ± ĪŗĪæĻĻ…Ļ†Ļ‰ĪøĪµĪÆ ĻƒĻ„Ī± Ī¼Ī­ĻƒĪ± Ļ„ĪæĻ… 2012 Ī¼Īµ Ļ„Ī·Ī½ ĪæĪ¼Ī±Ī“Ī¹ĪŗĪ® Ī­ĪŗĪøĪµĻƒĪ· ĪšĻĻ€ĻĪ¹Ļ‰Ī½ ĪŗĪ±Ī»Ī»Ī¹Ļ„ĪµĻ‡Ī½ĻŽĪ½ ĻƒĻ„Īæ ĪœĪæĻ…ĻƒĪµĪÆĪæ Ļ„ĪæĻ… El Salvador Ī¼Īµ Ļ„ĪÆĻ„Ī»Īæ It's Hard Selling Land, ĻƒĪµ ĪµĻ€Ī¹Ī¼Ī­Ī»ĪµĪ¹Ī± Ī”Ī·Ī¼Ī®Ļ„ĻĪ· Ī¤Ī±Ī»Ī¹ĻŽĻ„Ī· ĪŗĪ±Ī¹ Ī•ĻĪ·Ļ‚ Ī¤ĻƒĪµĪ»ĪÆĪŗĪ±.

SEE, MEMORY
Victor Cartagena / Aleksander Aguilar
16-25 Ī™ĪæĻ…Ī½ĪÆĪæĻ… 2011
Ī•Ī³ĪŗĪ±ĪÆĪ½Ī¹Ī±: Ī Ī­Ī¼Ļ€Ļ„Ī·, 16 Ī™ĪæĻ…Ī½ĪÆĪæĻ… 2011, 20:00
Ī©ĻĪµĻ‚ Ī›ĪµĪ¹Ļ„ĪæĻ…ĻĪ³ĪÆĪ±Ļ‚: Ī”ĪµĻ…Ļ„Ī­ĻĪ±-Ī£Ī±Ī²Ī²Ī±Ļ„Īæ, 17-25 Ī™ĪæĻ…Ī½ĪÆĪæĻ… 2011, 17:00-21:00
Ī Ī»Ī·ĻĪæĻ†ĪæĻĪÆĪµĻ‚: 999764816 / www.apothekecontemporaryarts.com
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Aleksander Aguilar saidā€¦
That is a very amazing honour! thank you, mi Evita!

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