On Site

From the 26th of June to the 2nd of July 2022 a group visit with curators and artists from different countries in Southeast-Europe to documenta fifteen in Kassel as well as Frankfurt was organised by the Goethe-Institut. Cyprus was represented by Andriana Lagoudes.

On 1 February 2022, Dr Gabriele Gauler took over as director of the Goethe-Institut Cyprus. Born in Kassel, she studied Sinology, Japanology and German Studies in Würzburg and Taipei (Taiwan). Since 1991 she has served in various positions at the Goethe-Institut in Munich, Bremen, Beijing, Budapest, Hong Kong and Berlin.

Natascha Sadr Haghighian represented Germany at the Venice Biennale 2019, which ended last November. In her highly political work, the artist uses performance, installation, sound and speech to explore themes related to culture, identity and the concept of belonging.

On Sunday morning, 24 November 2019, Cathy Milliken, Lucia Duchoňová and the Amalgamation choir met at the Goethe-Institut Nicosia to work on the "Ode for All". In an interview with Elli Michael, Cathy Milliken and Lucia Duchoňová explain how the idea for this cross-border project was born and what we can look forward to. 

His works are still omnipresent and continuously topical even 250 years after his birth. The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra celebrated this important anniversary for the music world and mankind with a series of concerts of Beethoven’s works in 2020. On this occasion we had the opportunity to talk to the director and chief conductor of the CySO, Jens Georg Bachmann.

Two world-class jazz musicians from Germany, the Hamburg duo Sendecki & Spiegel, were the last to perform on the first day of the 13th AglanJazz Festival in Nicosia.

Karin Varga, the director of the Goethe Institute Nicosia, had the briliant idea to combine the film with the powerful photo exhibition Apple’s for Sale by Rebecca Sampson. Together we were able to convey a multidimensional understanding of the nuanced everyday experience of domestic workers here in Cyprus as well as in other countries.

Personally, I still believe in the power of image and text. But the answer to the question, what kind of impact this power may have, I would rather leave to the audience

Interview with Chelsea Leventhal, 33 years old, sound artist

The exhibition Crossing Line Circle (Marking Time) Markierungen der Zeit shows notations and drawings by Horst Weierstall who was the pioneer of performance art in Cyprus during the 1980s. The Goethe-Institut met him for a coffee at the Hotel Averof in Nicosia to find out what it is that connects him to the island.

Achim and Marios, the founders of the Theater Collective SRSLYyours, have collaborated on various stage projects for eight years and their plays, Woyzeck and Fear Industry, attract international attention. The Goethe-Institut wanted to know why they are so successful together and met with them for a coffee at the Garden Day & Night in Nicosia.

Today here, tomorrow there – musicians are always on the go. During performances abroad there is usually no time between the airport and the stage, for them to explore the country hosting them for their short trip. Is Cyprus passing by them without leaving a trace too? The Goethe-Institut in Nicosia wanted to find out about it and met the Arne-Jansen-Trio for a coffee at the Faneromeni Square, in the old town.