EVROVIZION

Evrovizion.Crossing Stories and Spaces, Key Visual

Curated by Sabina Klemm and Sanja Kojić Mladenov, the co-creative exhibition EVROVIZION.CROSSING STORIES AND SPACES explores the current social and political situation in Europe and the idea of a European identity. A project by ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen), it was presented in Nicosia in cooperation with Goethe-Institut Cyprus, and NiMAC [Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, Associated with the Pierides Foundation].

About Evrovizion

EVROVIZION.CROSSING STORIES AND SPACES focuses on less visible and marginalized geopolitical and cultural spaces, in particular in southeastern and eastern Europe. These are so-called “semi-peripheries” and “places of diversity” that often play only a minor role in many international theoretical discourses and exhibition practices. In close cooperation with regional protagonists and each local art scene, new artistic projects are being added to the exhibition during the course of its tour.

Cities of the travelling exhibition

Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2021), Novi Sad (Serbia, 2021–22), Athens (Greece, 2023), Nicosia (Cyprus, 2023), Tbilisi (Georgia, 2024), Chișinău (Republic of Moldova, 2024), Varna (Bulgaria, 2025), Brussels (Belgium, 2025), Kraków (Poland, 2026), Vilnius (Republic of Lithuania, 2026), Kaliningrad (Russian Federation, 2027), Berlin (Germany, 2027)

The Exhibition in Nicosia

Nicosia was the fourth station after the presentations at the History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina in Serbia, and the Goethe-Institut Athen in Greece.

The exhibition in Nicosia was expanded to include works by Turkish-Cypriot artist Nurtane Karagil and Greek-Cypriot artist Kyriakos Theocharous. Further local expansion of the exhibition was also planned: the artist Adnan Softić developed new works in close cooperation with local actors.

Both the residency-mentorship program and the Pickle Bar installation by the artists’ collective Slavs and Tatars were part of the EVROVIZION project. The integration of the Pickle Bar installation into the exhibition created an open space for local dialogues. Slavs and Tatars and ifa selected the young Greek-Cypriot curator Ioulita Toumazi as a fellow of the 2023 Pickle Bar residency-mentorship program.

Magazine

Following the exhibition in Nicosia, a new issue of the EVROVIZION magazine will be published, thus enriching the “archive of the journey.” Co-edited by Evagoras Vanezis, EVROVIZION.CROSSING NICOSIA will be dedicated to the presentation of the ever-growing project in Nicosia and its impact on the city’s cultural identity.

Credits

Artists participating in the EVROVIZION.CROSSING STORIES AND SPACES project:
Nevin Aladağ, Igor Bošnjak, Vajiko Chachkhiani, Lana Čmajčanin, Johanna Diehl, Petrit Halilaj, Ivana Ivković, Janine Jembere, Nurtane Karagil, Vladimir Miladinović, Henrike Naumann, Selma Selman, Emilija Škarnulytė, Slavs and Tatars, Adnan Softić, Kyriakos Theocharous, Maria Tsagkari

Curators
Sabina Klemm, Sanja Kojić Mladenov

Local curator
Maria Efstathiou

Local co-editor of the magazine EVROVIZION.CROSSING NICOSIA
Evagoras Vanezis

Fellow of the Pickle Bar residency
Ioulita Toumazi

Organisation and production in Nicosia
Goethe-Institut Cyprus
In charge of the project: Dr. Gabriele Gauler
General coordination: Natalie Stylianou

NiMAC [Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, Associated with the Pierides Foundation]
In charge of the project: Maria Efstathiou
General coordination: Marika Ioannou

Partners

EVROVIZION.CROSSING STORIES AND SPACES is a project by ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen), it is being presented in Nicosia in cooperation with Goethe-Institut Cyprus, and NiMAC [Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, Associated with the Pierides Foundation].

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