on Kyriaki Costas’s waterways

7/4/2015 Writing while the project is still in development, I wonder how Kyriaki's work on water might develop in exhibition-format. That is, I wonder how what I understand as a thoroughly rhizomatic project will be set-up and crystallised into a series of artworks and / or an edited volume - a process of institutional distillation… Continue reading on Kyriaki Costas’s waterways

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

Monumental Microhistories: Paradoxes in Cypriot commemorative art and their extensions

The below is a introduction to the why a t-shirt [insert image] is the most immediately complex art piece to come out of Cypriot politics, in the 21st century. Coming out of a larger study of Cypriot memorial politics and the Cypriot art and peace economy, this presentation isolates a series of anecdotal paradoxes in… Continue reading Monumental Microhistories: Paradoxes in Cypriot commemorative art and their extensions