By Heidi Trautmann

After months of abstinence I got hungry for the arts; I mean you could visit famous art museums, and art exhibitions online, listen to house music on the internet but….it is not the same. I somehow always expect an answer to something moving society, I don’t expect an answer in general but I expect to see an illumination of a problem, of a situation, views on a broad level, direct and offensive approach, views of people who are trained to observe and interpret, the artists.

Yesterday, 16 July 2020, 19:00 hrs, was the opening of an interdisciplinary exhibition at the ArtRooms in Girne ‘A Day in the Life of Anonymous’ by 18 local artists, illuminating the 2020 worldwide appearance of Corona and the erasing of individual identity by having to wear face masks, real face masks…. I mean most of us are wearing masks and hardly show our true face…. But here we have the tool of equalization …negating relationships…social distancing…body distancing…. and finally…. intellectual distancing?

Ali Azhari, Abdullah Denizhan, Mümine Özdemirağ Yağlı, Elif Songür Dağ, Korhan Akbaytogan, Emin Cizenel, Setareh Soheili, ABsDE, Dicle Özlüses, Nur Onat, Ömer Paker, Hüseyin Özinal Cem Yardımcı, Oya Silbery, Pervin Yiğit, Hakan Dağ, A.Ceren Asmaz, Karina Kassenova, Hadi Amouzegar.

It was interesting for me to see the train of thoughts displayed in different disciplines, also by performance and it was thought provoking, for me, for us to go home and think about it: In front of the problem we are all equals but by standing up and working for a solution we are becoming individuals again.

The exhibition is open until 01 August 2020, viewing hours are daily 12:00 – 21:00 hrs. except Tuesdays.,…. Don't forget to bring your own masks.