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4. A series of debates:
Several aspects will be dis-
cussed: “What does it mean to be European and
how is contemporary art dealing or not with that
question?” and “Europe, its politicians and the peo-
ple – about confidence and commitment today”.
Johanna Suo (Sweden/France/UK) has initiated the
project and created the exhibition concept.
The artists
Diversity
, which is the core of the U.S.E., is em-
bodied by the artistic team.
Three curators, Ryszard W. Kluszczyński (Po-
land), Anna Bitkina (Russia) and Sinziana Ravini
(France) have each selected a group of artists. The
chosen artists have international and multicultural
backgrounds, and they all deal with identity ques-
tions.
U.S.E presents works by Luchezar Boyadjiev
(Bulgaria), Anna Konik (Poland), Gerda Lam-
palzer (Austria), Maria Lusitano-Santos (Portugal)
,
Deimantas Narkevicius (Lithuania),Artur Zmijew-
ski (Poland), Jean-Charles Hue (France), Kaarina
Kaikkonen (Finland)
,
REINIGUNGSGESELLS-
CHAFT (Germany), Tanja Muravskaja (Estonia)
,
Kennedy Browne (Ireland
)
, Apostolis Polymeris
(Belgium), Kyriaki Costa (Cyprus) and Anu Pen-
nanen (Finland).
The multimedia artist and researcher Jānis Garančs
(Latvia) created the interactive laboratory. In the
lab you can see interviews with people from all
over Europe, you can interact and share your points
of view, and you can view 3D visualisations.
The sociological core team includes Professor An-
drzej Piotrowski (University of Lodz), Dr Tomasz
Ferenc (University of Lodz) and Dr Lyudmila
Nurse (Oxford XXI, UK). Ten local sociologists
conducted five interviews in each participating
country
.
The U.S.E in Nicosia
In Nicosia a walk was organised through the city:
“Discover your city and discover Europe.”
Several different venues were included to open the
exhibition to a wide audience.Among the presenta-
tions of the interactive laboratory was an interview
with the former Mayor of Nicosia, Eleni Mavrou
(visual-audio). The artist Kyriaki Costa presented
brand new work created for the U.S.E exhibition
at the new Loukia and Michael Zampelas Art Mu-
seum.
The exhibition in Nicosia was organised by the
Pharos Arts Foundation, in collaboration with the
Goethe-Institut Paris, the Goethe-Institut Cyprus,
Loukia and Michael Zampelas Art Museum, Insti-
tut Français Cyprus, the Embassy of the Republic
of Poland in Cyprus, Nicosia Municipality, Clas-
sic Hotel, Temporary Space, Ledra Properties, The
European University Cyprus, Cyprus Theatre Or-
ganisation and the Cyprus Presidency of the Coun-
cil of the European Union.
Your participation
U.S.E is a project for citizens by citizens, and it
aims to work as a communication platform. On the