aim: evocative & complex rather than coherent background: - from memorial politics in public space to the arts & peace economy [funding structures and labour conditions contained in the product] - from bi-communalism, to conflict resolution, to reconciliation, to conflict transformation, to addressing social segregation (link to Evi): the peace economy & the construction of… Continue reading 10 minutes & the 3rd International Summer School in Peace Studies: on Sovereignty, Conflict, and the Commons
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alt.Curatorial project: Critique and the Cypriot summer (Xarkis & Confrontation through Art, 2016)
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the collar, the map, and the Green Line
Sylvat took this photo on a visit to what I call my village. For me the kick is in the easiness of Theodora’s gaze, unlike mine, and the balance between her desire and her contentment with the possibility of just roaming this landscape, performing basic physical functions as need be. The red of her collar… Continue reading the collar, the map, and the Green Line
“I love ‘Guy’ Lee Holt!”!
Neoterismoi Toumazou are currently pwning google with this: http://www.neoterismoi.com/
on the Cyprus side of #opicarus pt.1 / what is / is there an #opicarus?
Reported anonymous target the Central Bank of Cyprus website with DDoS attacks on 5/5/2016, resulting in 35 minutes of downtime (steps towards confirmation). There are reports that the event, (also) reportedly part of #opicarus, was easily recovered from, and targeted only the website rather than the Bank's systems. None of this has been reported on… Continue reading on the Cyprus side of #opicarus pt.1 / what is / is there an #opicarus?
politics of memory in Cyprus / on talking about one’s work
This Saturday I respond to the most relevant local invitation for my academic work so far, and despite a little bit of pomp, I’m glad for it, especially at this moment in time, with the different kinds of extremism / danger solidifying around the place. It makes sense that these days there would be increased… Continue reading politics of memory in Cyprus / on talking about one’s work
on environmentalist conflict transformation / gamergate inspired cultural pluralism / #allonan
Japanese noise pop in Kaimakli
Link to video piece やさしいにっぽん人 (Hatsune Kaidan, 2013) + Kaimakli glitch (nee, 2015) This fetisthistic imposition on Hatsune Kaidan's “やさしいにっぽん人” [Track 2, Vacant World (2013)], was made by nee for ne'e jouissance: a brief digital-art love affair in Kaimakli, Cyprus, in September 2015. It uses Hijokaidan’s experiment with the Hatsune Miku vocaloid to avatar-ize a… Continue reading Japanese noise pop in Kaimakli
techno-cypriotism
epixeirimatologw oti i prwti grapti kodikopoiisi tis dialektou me maziki efarmogi, itan se ASCII. Oti itan apli xrisi enos standard, antimetopisi aplis anangis, alla esimenen & mian ekfrastikin anaviwsin pou epkiaen kyriws topon sto IRC (& prin pou touton sta early kinita, & fantazoumai & sta local newsgroups). & touton to idioman en zwntanos progonos… Continue reading techno-cypriotism
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