NiMAC (The Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, associated with the Pierides Foundation), organises and presents “hypersurfacing”— a project curated by Marina Christodoulidou.

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of NiMAC, the project seeks to showcase the plurality of practices among Cypriot contemporary artists, and will unfold via two platforms: an exhibition and a forum.

The exhibition, opening on 29 November 2019, will present new body of work by twelve Cypriot contemporary artists: Raissa Angeli, Peter Eramian, Stelios Kallinikou, Lito Kattou, Phanos Kyriacou, Orestis Lazouras, Nayia Savva, Constantinos Taliotis, Maria Toumazou, Leontios Toumpouris, Marina Xenofontos, Natalie Yiaxi.

Starting in early November, the forum will involve a group of international curators who, in collaboration with the participating artists, will attempt to activate a space for creative exchanges and meetings. Curators Ioanna Gerakide, Ryan Inouye, Katarina Kostandinović, Luca Lo Pinto, Salma Tuqan, and Andrés Valtierra will be participating in the forum. A series of events will be open to the public.

Featuring photography, film, sculpture, sound, text, installations, and spatial compositions, the exhibition evolves around the concept of the surface, foregrounding its inherent presence in the work of the artists.

According to the curator, “surface is understood here as a site of emergence, where material and conceptual exchanges enable artists to articulate thoughts. It stands as the most directly apparent aspect of our environment, material or immaterial, and emerges, hence, as a process of becoming perceptible. The state of being hyper, on the other hand, presupposes a mode of over-being. And when it meets the surface, the hyper opens up to possibilities beyond materiality and signification.”

Taking the notion of the hypersurface as a starting point, the exhibition sets out to explore the prospects that arise when one witnesses an event or a process of anticipation. To do so, the artists have posited the hypersurface in their own areas of interest and research, and delved into subjects ranging from natural and urban landscapes to autobiographical and imaginary relationships, material and immaterial studies, fact and fiction. Hence, the works presented in the exhibition are both a response to and—in many ways—a reverberation of the concept of the hypersurface.

The project will be accompanied by a publication featuring essays by Misal Adnan, Marina Christodoulidou, Eoin Dara, Ioanna Gerakide, Mattia Giussani, Ryan Inouye, Jesi Khadivi, Carlos Kong, Katarina Kostandinović, Luca Lo Pinto, Francis McKee, Ceel Mogami de Haas, Edwin Nasr, Yiannis Toumazis, Andrés Valtierra and Andreas Vrahimis.

Forum

Saturday, 16 November 2019, 11:00: Talk by Luca Lo Pinto (English)

Wednesday, 27 November 2019, 19:00: Talk by Katarina Kostandinović (English)

Saturday, 30 November 2019, 16:00: Artists’ talks, moderated by Ioanna Gerakide (Greek)

Friday, 13 December 2019, 19:00: Talk by Andrés Valtierra (English)

Thursday, 23 January 2020, 19:00: Talk by Natascha Sadr Haghighian, moderated by Ryan Inouye (English) – at Theatro Polis OPAP

Saturday, 29 February 2020, 11:00: Talk by Salma Tuqan & book launch (English)

Further events, guided tours, and educational programs to be announced.

Exhibition
Opening: 29 November 2019, 19:00
Duration: 29 November 2019 – 29 February 2020

Forum
5 November – 29 February 2020

Opening hours:
Tuesday – Saturday, 10:00 – 21:00