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n September, in Pafos, seven young artists
created a contemporary cultural mosaic of
installations and performances. The inSITE
Exhibition, which opened on 21 September
at the Nea Pafos’ Archaeological Site, was a
document of their dialogue with the surround-
ing space and its history. Using a variety of
media, including installations, photography,
mixed media, video and theatre performance,
the artists deconstructed the historically and
culturally charged content of the archaeologi-
cal site and brought a one-of-a-kind experience
to visitors.
Transcendental in relation to its differential and
fragmental character, this mosaic of artwork
combined the primitive with the novel, the his-
torical with the fictional, the real with the myth-
ical, and the present with the absent. Through a
renegotiation of the meaning of “mosaic”, visi-
tors were provided with newfound visuals and
offered a new understanding of the archaeolog-
ical site’s historical and cultural meaning.
The Artists and their Work
Miriam McConnon Papageorgiou
The Megalo Tama
(2012) – Installation using
cloth and lace
In Miriam McConnon Papageorgiou’s installa-
tion
The Megalo Tama
, an enormous handker-
chief covered an entire tree at the site of Saint
Solomoni in Kato Pafos. The handkerchief
comprises smaller handkerchiefs and lace giv-
en to the artist by people in Pafos and abroad.
Miriam’s most recent work tells the stories be-
hind simple domestic objects and the power
they have over our sense of identity. (www.
miriammcconnonart.com)
Haris Paspallis
Untitled
(2012) – Mixed Media Installation
Layered fabrics and used clothes hang from the
ceiling like dried animal skins. They are painted
white in a symbolic act of purification and sig-
nify the adventures of both the soul and body
inSITE Exhibition: a series of site-specific events,
artworks and installations
At Nea Pafos Archaeological Site
The Megalo Tama, Miriam Mc Connon Papageorgiou