cyprus cultural events - Oct - Goethe Zentrum - CULTURAL PROGRAMME OCTOBER 2009

Heidi Trautmann

Oct - Goethe Zentrum - CULTURAL PROGRAMME OCTOBER 2009 10/3/2009 Under the auspices of H.E., Pawel Dobrowolski, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland, and H.E., Gottfried Zeitz, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, two photo exhibitions on the Peaceful Revolutions and change in Central Europe will be organized in cooperation with the Goethe-Zentrum Nicosia. Freedom ’89. Made in Poland. KARTA Centre and the History Meeting House,Poland. In 1989, Central Europe became the site of a remarkable experiment. Rarely in human history has a group of nations faced such a tremendous chance to alter their destinies. Over the course of that year Central European societies entered the global stage. The spring belonged to the Poles, the summer to the Hungarians, Lithuanians, Latvians and Estonians, and the fall to the Germans, Czechs and Slovaks. These nations were not given freedom or independence overnight: they reached out for it and changed the face of the world. This exhibition commemorates their struggle. “Ortszeit Local Time” by Stefan Koppelkamm, Berlin In the early 90s, shortly after the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Stefan Koppelkamm travelled through East Germany and seized with his camera what he saw: Buildings, streets, and places, which often conveyed an idea of what Germany may have looked like before the Second World War. Over a decade later, he returned to the same places and again photographed the old motives in East Berlin, Dresden or Zittau from the same perspective documenting through black and white photographies the deep changes which had taken place after the Fall. Opening and Reception: Wednesday, 7 October 2009, 20.00 hrs at Famagusta Gate Nicosia by the Ambassadors of the respective countries. Duration of the exhibitions: 7 – 16 October 2009/Opening hours: 10.00 – 13.00 and 16.00 – 19.00 hrs The opening will be followed by a reading from Birgit Ziartidou’s and Valerie Mavratsas’ book “Memories from both sides of the Wall” ( in German and English) Lecture by Belu Simion-Fainaru: " Connection to One" - My installation and art works in relation to Jerusalem. Monday, 12 October, 18.30 hrs, Goethe-Zentrum Nicosia Immediately after the lecture the public is invited to visit THEARTSPACE at Pigmalionos 31, Old Nicosia, to attend Belu-Simion Fainarus’s exhibition “THE SENSE OF VOID” Monday, 12 October 2009, 20.30 hrs, THEARTSPACE. Duration: 12 – 18 October 2009 Opening hours: Mon – Fri 18.00 – 20.00 hrs / Sat 11.00 – 13.00 hrs The Goethe-Zentrum Nicosia has the pleasure to inform the public about further cultural events of THEARTSPACE supported by the German Cultural Centre in the context of the Peaceful Revolution in 1989: No-Body, No-Border Nothing exists without border, nothing exists without the body. A video-performance-installation Project participants: Horst Weierstall, Vicky Pericleous – Concept and Coordination Dancer (performer) and contributer: Juta Papapetrou The presentation will take the form of a site specific video-performance-installation with the performer interacting with the various media projections and installations within the diverse urban architectural surroundings facing the Ledra-crossing nearby. Performance on the roof top of THEARTSPACE, Pigmalionos Str. 31, Old Nicosia Thursday, 15 October 2009, 20.00 hrs Photography and Text “There is always a way around a wall” An artists’ book presentation commemorating the historic events in 1989 with contributions by 9 artists from Germany, Greece and Cyprus. 30 0ctober – 14 December 2009 2nd Reading From Birgit Ziartidou’s and Valerie Mavratsas’ book “Memories from both sides of the Wall” (in English and German by the authors) Introduction into the subject: “Die Mauer” (The Wall), Documentary by Jürgen Böttcher Friday, 23 October 2009, 20.00 hrs, Goethe-Zentrum Nicosia (next to the old Ledra Palace Hotel) Goethe - Zentrum Nicosia: 21 Markos Drakos Ave 1102 Nicosia Tel: 22 674608 Fax: 22 669377 www.goethecy.org