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At the 3
rd
Cyprus International Performance
Art Festival, Christopher Hewitt presented
Performance Art JukeBox
on 19 June 2015 at
Goethe Institute. He also curated the Screening
Programme of the festival which took place at
ARTos Foundation on 20 and 21 June 2015.
Christopher Hewitt was also invited to take part
in the Performance Art Occasion programme.
PerformanceArtOccasion is a programmewhere
a special guest from the field of performance art
creates a special occasion for the audience in the
frame of the Cyprus International Performance
Art Festival. Every year, the festival invites a
special guest, an expert in performance art,
to present and share their knowledge on the
subject to the audience. It is a different special
occasion every year, where the audience has
the opportunity to participate in the activities
through different means.
Roi Vaara
: Born in Finland, Roi Vaara lives
and works in Helsinki (Finland) and Budapest,
Hungary. He is a pioneer of performance art in
Finland. He was born in Moss (NO), 1953, to
Finnish parents. He studied at the University
of Art and Design in Helsinki and Jyväskylä
University in the 1970s. Since 1982 Vaara has
presented more than 400 performances in more
than 300 international exhibitions/festivals in
40 countries. Since 1988, Vaara has performed
in Black Market International, the significant
performance art collective. In 2001 he organised
the legendary EXIT Festival, which presented
live works of 300 artists from 34 countries. His
awards include: the State Prize for Art (2000),
Ars Fennica Prize (2005) and Pro Finlandia
Medal (2010). Vaara lives and works in Helsinki
and Budapest.
The artist says: “Performance art presents art as
life and life as art. It is based on that which we
have common, and thus it is the most humane
of all the art genres. Anybody can do it. It is to
challenge oneself and forget the circus. It regards
art as an experience rather than an object. It’s not
telling stories but it evokes them. Complexity is
expressed by simple means. Based on human
presence, specific site and situation, working
