The photographs
The photographs, taken in the southern regions of Cyprus, investigate the monuments, landmarks and statues that are part of the everyday life of Greek Cypriots. “The statues are vehicles of communication. They are vehicles of ideology, of information. It’s the entire object that also becomes a medium”, explains the professor.
These photographs analyse how statues and commemoration sites narrate and frame the Cyprus Problem, and how they in many cases contain references to the “Self” and the “Other” by presenting a heroic “self” to the “own” community, or by showing the suffering of the “self”. But the exhibition also investigates how some (exceptional) statues undermine this presentation of the “self” and offer a different narrative of the conflict, and the identities of the people involved. “The logics of war and conflict often makes us believe that there is a homogenous community that is identical. And that is part of the problem, actually, because it hides the diversity that is so important. Showing these internal differences is very important in dealing with conflicts like in the Cyprus Problem”, notes professor Carpentier. He continues: “the project shows how important and how traumatic the Cyprus Problem is. The Cyprus Problem scratched the Cyprus soul, it really went very deep. The statues are ways of dealing with that”.
The Brasilia 2018 exhibition
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23 photographs were exhibited at the Galeria Christina Jucá (FAU/UnB) of the University of Brasilia, from 17 September until 5 October 2018. The opening of the Brasilia 2018 exhibition took place on 19 September, at 10:00. The pictures of the opening can be found here. Opening hours were as listed below:Monday to Friday 8:30-17:30 |
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The Limassol 2016 exhibition
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The 20 photographs were exhibited at the NeMe Arts Centre, from 23 January until 6 February 2016. The opening of the Limassol 2016 exhibition took place on Saturday, 23 January, at 20:30. The pictures of the opening can be found here. The exhibition was open to the public from Monday 25 January until 6 February 2016. |
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The Nicosia 2015 exhibition
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From Friday, November 13th to Saturday, November 21st 2015, the 20 photographs was exhibited for a week in the Home for Cooperation, at Ledra Palace in Nicosia. The opening of the Nicosia 2015 exhibition took place on Friday, November 13th, at 19:00. The pictures of the opening can be found here. The exhibition was open to the public Monday through Saturday, from Friday 13 November to Saturday 21 November 2015. |
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