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and cultural structures worldwide. In addition,
and to a very significant degree, the contempo-
rary post-colonial realities of the Eastern Medi-
terranean, an area with a long colonial past and a
charged political fate, contribute to the evolution
of East-West relations.
A dynamic group of 41 artists from Cyprus, the
surrounding area and beyond (Bulgaria, Egypt,
Great Britain, Greece, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey
and the United States) will scrutinise our cur-
rent global turbulence through “Mediterranean”
eyes from promontories both political and poetic.
Within the framework of the exhibition, some of
the participating artists will collaborate with the
Research and Restoration Centre of the Museums
of France housed at the Louvre Palace. They will
produce new works inspired by their research at
the Louvre.
[At Maroudia’s] Exhibition
Curators: Group Re Aphrodite (Evi Tselika &
Chrystalleni Loizidou) at The Ethnological Mu-
seum - House of Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios
Another part of the Terra Mediterranea–In Crisis
programme is the collaboration of the Nicosia
Municipal Arts Centre, the Pierides Foundation
and the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus with
Group Re Aphrodite, a curatorial and research
group devoted to exploring of art and difference.
Re Aphrodite will curate an exhibition for the
Ethnological Museum–House of Hadjigeorgakis
Kornesios entitled [at Maroudia’s] with 27 artists
participating.
The exhibition and an affiliated series of events
comprise existing and new contemporary art
works, as well as research. The exhibition presents
the unwritten histories of Cypriot women. It makes
use of the layered history of the house to chal-
lenge old myths and narratives and develop new
ones, while reflecting on a number of real and per-
ceived crises. The exhibition touches upon social,
educational and ethical concerns around sexuality,
gender issues and conflicts. The works of art are
concerned with the effects of tourism on tradition,
heritage and nationhood; the body (its portrayal,
beauty, mortality and sexuality); the trivial and the
kitschy, as well as more general issues of differ-
ence.
Anumber of performances and critical workshops
will be held within the museum space.