Biennale de Paris (Ledras)

Within the framework of "Dematerialized Art" and the "Paris Biennale" in Nicosia, pioneering artists have been invited to to present their works.

Patrizio Travagli (Italy)
20-25 October

Talking Bulbheads > Talking Bulbheads is the latest new media
experiment by Patrizio Travagli. While seated in a Tuscan villa, a passage light blinking out of weak transmission became interpreted as a signal; a blinking light which became a Morse code, transferring secret messages to the visual receiver. A dialogue begins to unravel through the systematised light, and the hosting website will keep track and host all sentences designed through this project. Creating a network of Morse codes connected with a dialogue of blinking lights, Talking Bulbheads will be mapping the world through the independently conjoined light sentences.

Paul Robert (France)
23 October 10:00 - 14:00

The Runner > To say : "there will be art", it considers the
spectator to be an idiot or an incompetent. Institutions know very well how to do that. They use all sorts of signs indicating the arts (special exposition places, invitation cards, gold frames, visual habits, articles in the press under the headings of "culture" rather than "political" or "sport", etc.). Each of these signs warns the public that they will have to think about art in one context or in one situation but not in another, when one is looking at one object but not another. It degrades the spectator, it denies them of the ability to think uninhibited about the world around them. Friday, October 23rd, in the morning, I will be in the streets of Nicosia to conduct an experiment, which interests me when I think about it in an artistic point of view. That, I promise. The experiment will take place in the city openly. In my mind, I call this experience "one-sided" or "without symmetry," to distinguish it from my other experiments. But I refuse to say more for now, out of respect for people who will be there that day. I will talk about it in the discussions in the afternoon.

Cyprus Project
23 October 10:00 - 14:00

Imbalanced Echoeing : Accidental private feedback > Curated and created by Achilleas Kentonis and open to artists or groups who are willing to experiment, add or evolve the existing platform. The creation of this open platform is a basis for artistic practices of interfering with the ambience of the livingenvironment on public space. This project is a system which violates the element of personal space in any public space and creates a post-environment situation which works as a feedback to the person which accidentally passes by. Artists or artists groups can observe and propose additional elements which will be presented as a collective work in other places in Cyprus and Europe. This can take many forms and many versions according to the artist who evolves it.