bufferzone  Workshops 2 Nicosia

16/4/2013

Arrival of the artists

Ercan, Larnaca - Transer to Antique Pansiyon (northern side of Nicosia)

17/4/2013

10:00am:

Welcoming meeting at EMAA ( EMAA Baskent Sanat Center)

Introducition and handing out the info bags

16-18:00 pm:

Organised guided walk: an introductory, historical tour of the buffer zone

18/04/2013

18-20pm: Academic guied walk by Yiannis Papadaki of Nicosia

19/4/2013

19:00 pm

Meeting at Goethe - ( Located within the Buffer Zone)

Presentation by Ozgul Ezgin & Argryo Toumazou - Buffer Zone related art projects

Presentation by Rahme Vezioğlu & Andreas Damianou - Occupy Buffer Zone movement

Drinks

20/04/2013

afternoon;

Artists' group move to the Nicosia Youth Hostel (located in southern Nicosia)

Spring-welcoming Party at Cadi Kazanı Café (T/Cy artists' café-bar)

("Cat" themed Costume party at Witch Cauldron - Please bring costumes or costume items that goes with the theme :)

24/4/2013

afternoon-23.00(later)

Walking visit of Cypriot artists' studios in old Nicosia (both sides of the buffer zone)

26/4/2013

10 am:

Organised visit to the Nicosia Municipal Art Centre hosting exhibition: Terra Mediterranea –In Crisis.

Talk by Curator of exhibition and the Centre: Yiannis Toumazis

24/4/2013

26/4/2013

afternoon

10:00am

30/4/2013

Departures of the group

Ercan, Larnaca - Travel to airports

bufferzone  Workshops 1 Istanbul

The first workshop in scope of the bufferzone will be realised with the participation of 14 artists in the studios of SALT Galata in Istanbul, between March 15 – 29, 2013

Workshop Pogramme for Meetings and Talks;

March 15 Friday*; Atölye 4

13.00 Apartment Project's presentation on previous workshops Re-Locate, Reciprocal Visit and Underconstruction-Berlin/ Selda Asal & Gokce Suvari

Since the first workshop Reciprocal Visit in 2009, Apartment Project organizes experimental workshops that bring artists, initiatives and art operators from various geographies together. In these workshops it fosters an experimental process that focuses on transition and borders, cultural similarities, conflicts as well as encouraging collaborations amongst the artists. The presentation will follow the Reciprocal Visit, Re-Locate and Underconstruction-Berlin.

March 16 Saturday*; Atölye 4

15.00 Talk by Nora Seni on Polarisation of way of lives and its reflections on urban scene

March 17 Sunday;

13.00-15.00 City Walk / Across the Bosphorus

March 19 Tuesday; 4th floor

13.00 Artists Talks;

March 20 Wednesday; Atölye 2-3

13.00 Artists Talks;

March 21 Thursday; Atölye 4

13.00 Artists Talks;

16.00 Talk by Mesut Tufan on Real and artificial bufferzones in the Balkans and the Middle-east "The main aspects of political, confessional, ethnic and cultural divisions in the Balkans and the Middle East. Summary talks about invisible borders of the past during war and peace times. "

March 23 Saturday; Atölye 2-3

13.00 Talk by Mert Eyilik

15.00 Film Screening; Crossing the Border by Sabine Kuper Busch and Thomas Busch

The documentary "Crossing the border" (40Min) includes shootings from visits we made in 2000, 2003 and 2012. We portrayed youngster of the UN Youth Camp "Seeds for Peace" in 2000, when the buffer zone was a non passable obstacle for Cypriots. In 2003, when the border suddenly opened for local visits, we traveled with Greek and Turkish Cypriots for their first time to the other side. Joy and Disappointment were the main emotions in both communities. In 2012 we explored the movement "Youth Power" for a united Cyprus. Big hopes are gone, but the buffer zone can be passed easily today. Still: Cyprus is politically decided, but the isolation is over.

March 26 Tuesday;Atölye 2-3

13.00 Talk by Orhan Esen

15.00 City Walk with Orhan Esen

*: Talks in the marked days will be open to public.

Bufferzone project is realized with the support of Anna Lindh Foundation.

Contact: info@buffer-zone.org