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KunstraumGoethe

KunstRaumGoethe

KunstRaumGoethe is an event-series of the Goethe-Institut Cyprus launched in 2020 consisting of exhibitions with contemporary artists and curators, who are connected to Germany and Cyprus in different ways and/or deal with this in their work.

Current

A graphic representation of the title "Found and lost" in gray and white colours which is placed on the left side of the picture. The upper half of the image has a white background and the lower one has a gray background. Above the word "found" we see with smaller orange and gray capital letters the word KunstRaumGoethe. © Goethe-Institut Zypern

Found and Lost

In its third edition KunstRaumGoethe is presenting the exhibition titled “Found and Lost”. The participating artists are Phung-Tien Phan from Germany and Marina Xenofontos from Cyprus.

For this exhibition the Goethe-Institut Cyprus invited the curator Lorenzo Graf from Germany, who prepared this exhibition proposal and concept following a research trip to Cyprus in November 2021. The “Found and Lost” exhibition consists of existing and newly produced sculptures, installations and video works.

Exhibition Opening "Found and Lost"

Found and Lost
 Curatorial note

Found and Lost
 Biographies

  • An exhibition hall with tiles on the floor, yellow and gray panels on the ceiling and high windows perimetrically. In the middle of the room are frames of a double bed and a kid's bed. On the central wall a video is projected. On each of the side walls there is an artwork installation. © Goethe-Institut / Mirka Koutsouri, Courtesy of the artists, Drei, Cologne and Hot Wheels Athens
    Found and Lost: Phung-Tien Phan, Marina Xenofontos (exhibition view)
  • A wide angle view of an exhibition hall. On each of the three walls there is an artwork installation. At the back wall there is a video projection on a television. In the middle of the room are frames of a double bed and a kid's bed. © Goethe-Institut / Mirka Koutsouri, Courtesy of the artists, Drei, Cologne and Hot Wheels Athens
    Found and Lost: Phung-Tien Phan, Marina Xenofontos (exhibition view)
  • View of two of the walls of an exhibition hall. On the left wall there is a video projection showing the backs of two men. On the right wall there is an art installation with a big print and some boxfiles. There is an open door on the corner where the two walls meet. In the middle of the room are frames of a double bed and a kid's bed. © Goethe-Institut / Mirka Koutsouri, Courtesy of the artists, Drei, Cologne and Hot Wheels Athens
    Found and Lost: Phung-Tien Phan, Marina Xenofontos (exhibition view)
  • A stage in front of which is a wooden structure of two big steps. At the back wall of the stage is a video projection showing a bunny face looking at vegetables at a markert. On the right side of the picture there is an open door leading to a room where a light installation is on the floor. © Goethe-Institut / Mirka Koutsouri, Courtesy of the artists, Drei, Cologne and Hot Wheels Athens
    Found and Lost: Phung-Tien Phan, Marina Xenofontos (exhibition view)
    Phung-Tien Phan, Tragic Triangle Trip, 2022 (center) Marina Xenofontos, Dragmonster 1974, 2022 (right)
  • In the centre there is an open door leading to a room with wooden walls, in which a light installation is placed on the floor. On the right of the door there is a stairway. © Goethe-Institut / Mirka Koutsouri, Courtesy of the artist and Hot Wheels Athens
    Found and Lost: Phung-Tien Phan, Marina Xenofontos (exhibition view)
    Marina Xenofontos, Dragmonster 1974, 2022
  • Two rows of colorful lights are placed on the floor of a room, in front of a corner of wood-paneled walls. © Goethe-Institut / Mirka Koutsouri, Courtesy of the artist and Hot Wheels Athens
    Found and Lost: Phung-Tien Phan, Marina Xenofontos (exhibition view)
    Marina Xenofontos, Dragmonster 1974, 2022
  • An art installation showing several objects that are connected to each other. A dishwasher rack is fixed on the wall. Several white plastic cans are placed on the right of the rack, with a yellow incense stick on top of them. Below it a scraper is hanging. Next to it, there is a hanger with two coats: a khaki trench coat and a transparent rain coat. © Goethe-Institut / Mirka Koutsouri, Courtesy of the artist and Drei, Cologne
    Found and Lost: Phung-Tien Phan, Marina Xenofontos (exhibition view)
    Phung-Tien Phan, Dizzzy, 2021
  • An art installation. A metal rack is attached to a white wall with four objects on it. On the top left there is a yellow incense stick, with a long saw blade hanging underneath it, on the middle of the rack is a kitchen appliance with a silver, reflective surface and on its right a grey and white plush toy in the shape of a dinosaur is hanging off the rack. © Goethe-Institut / Mirka Koutsouri, Courtesy of the artist and Drei, Cologne
    Found and Lost: Phung-Tien Phan, Marina Xenofontos (exhibition view)
    Phung-Tien Phan, Dino at risk, 2021
  • A television, which is hanging on a wall, shows a picture of a car exploding and of two hands cutting food on a cutting board. A set of headphones are hanging below the television. On the left side of the television there is an art installation with a coat and a raincoat hanging from shelves. © Goethe-Institut / Mirka Koutsouri, Courtesy of the artist and Drei, Cologne
    Found and Lost: Phung-Tien Phan, Marina Xenofontos (exhibition view)
    Phung-Tien Phan, Dizzzy, 2021 (left), Girl at Heart, 2020 (right)
  • Close-up picture of the edges of black box files. On the inner side of some of the box files photographs are attached. © Goethe-Institut / Mirka Koutsouri, Courtesy of the artist and Hot Wheels Athens
    Found and Lost: Phung-Tien Phan, Marina Xenofontos (exhibition view)
    Marina Xenofontos, House Crystal, 2022 (detail)
  • An art installation is attached on a wall. It consists of a big print showing a white door, a tuxedo hanging from the door, a byzantine icon, a framed picture, two handprints, two shadows of open palms and a heating element. In front of the print some black boxfiles are arranged in a row on a shelf. © Goethe-Institut / Mirka Koutsouri, Courtesy of the artist and Hot Wheels Athens
    Found and Lost: Phung-Tien Phan, Marina Xenofontos (exhibition view)
    Marina Xenofontos, House Crystal, 2022
  • An exhibition hall. In the centre are frames of a double bed and a kid's bed. On the central wall there is a television showing a picture of a car exploding and of two hands cutting food on a cutting board. On the left side of the television there is an art installation with a raincoat. On the right side of the picture there are some wooden doors. © Goethe-Institut / Mirka Koutsouri, Courtesy of the artists, Drei, Cologne and Hot Wheels Athens
    Found and Lost: Phung-Tien Phan, Marina Xenofontos (exhibition view)
    Phung-Tien Phan, Dizzzy, 2021, Girl at Heart, 2020, Marina Xenofontos, Class Memorial Bed, 2021, Class Memorial Children’s Bed, 2021 (from left rear to front right)

Events

09.04.
- 04.06.2022
Found and Lost Goethe-Institut Nicosia, Nicosia | Exhibition

19.04.
 
Let's get lost Goethe-Institut Nicosia, Nicosia | Educational Programme for Adults

30.04.
 
…And then we will surely find our way Goethe-Institut Nicosia, Nicosia | Educational Programme for Children

07.05.
 
…And then we will surely find our way Goethe-Institut Nicosia, Nicosia | Educational Programme for Children

14.05.
 
…And then we will surely find our way Goethe-Institut Nicosia, Nicosia | Educational Programme for Children

24.05.
 
Let's get lost Goethe-Institut Nicosia, Nicosia | Educational Programme for Adults

04.06.
 
…And then we will surely find our way Goethe-Institut Nicosia, Nicosia | Educational Programme for Children

Previous Exhibitions:

Marion Jungeblut & Dagmar Glausnitzer-Smith and Stelios Kallinikou – Exhibitions

The picture shows layers of red colour in front of a black background, that flow into one another in harmony. Photo (detail): © Dagmar Glausnitzer

Dagmar I. Glausnitzer-Smith & Marion Jungeblut - Exhibition
 Interlaced – Verflochten zwischen Schichten

Like countless scales invisible on the skin of the human body, the works of Marion Jungeblut and Dagmar Glausnitzer-Smith in the exhibition Interlaced – Verflochten zwischen Schichten are brought into a context that juxtaposes the familiar, the abstract and the foreign. 

A black male bronze statue stands on one hand in front of a yellow background. © Stelios Kallinikou

Stelios Kallinikou - Exhibition
 acrobat above the dome

Stelios Kallinikou presents sequences of images that flow into nested dialogues as he explores the connection between the narrative boundaries of photography and consciousness.

  • The image shows a wide paved path. In the middle is a tree with a banner attached to its trunk that reads Interlaced. Behind it is a building. On the left is a piece of art and on the right you can see the open door and people inside the building. Photo: Goethe-Institut, Natalie Stylianou
    Exhibitions "Interlaced – Verflochten zwischen Schichten" & "Acrobat above the dome" at KunstRaumGoethe.
  • In the picture you can see a construction made of different wooden frames. Different materials are fixed on this wooden frame and different words are fixed on it. Photo: Goethe-Institut, Andreas Loucaides
    Exhibition "Interlaced – Verflochten zwischen Schichten" at KunstRaumGoethe
  • The image shows a tree in which two white fabric banners are attached. One banner says Mühe and the banner further back in the picture says Voll. Between them is a pink colored installation. Photo: Goethe-Institut, Natalie Stylianou
    Exhibition "Interlaced – Verflochten zwischen Schichten" at KunstRaumGoethe
  • The picture shows a woman (Dagmar Glausnitzer-Smith) standing sideways to the camera. She has tied back her hair and wears a red jacket with a black pattern. In her hand she holds a pair of glasses. In the background you can see a picture hanging on the wall to her left and right. Photo: Goethe-Institut, Andreas Loucaides
    German artist Dagmar Glausnitzer-Smith
  • The picture shows three women talking to each other. In the background you can see different works of art. Photo: Goethe-Institut, Andreas Loucaides
    German artist Dagmar Glausnitzer-Smith presents her exhibition.
  • The image shows the upper part of a wall with windows and a ceiling. On the windows hang different pictures. These show different sections of motifs. Photo: Goethe-Institut, Elli Michael
    Exhibition "Interlaced – Verflochten zwischen Schichten" at KunstRaumGoethe
  • The image shows ten pictures hanging in two rows next to each other. These always show certain small sections of an image. In the middle underneath there is a small digital screen. On this screen you can see the upper half of a head. Photo: Goethe-Institut, Andreas Loucaides
    Exhibition "Interlaced – Verflochten zwischen Schichten" at KunstRaumGoethe
  • In the picture you can see a white square. There are four pictures on it. On the top two it says Reflect yourself. In the background you can see a woman. On the lower right picture it says Secret of Nil and on the lower left one you can see Cold Know Lock Down. Photo: Goethe-Institut, Andreas Loucaides
    Exhibition "Interlaced – Verflochten zwischen Schichten" at KunstRaumGoethe
  • The image shows a section of a room. On the wall there are three pictures. All three are in shades of blue with motives related to water. In the foreground there is a white cuboid on which four more pictures are installed. Photo: Goethe-Institut, Andreas Loucaides
    Exhibition "Interlaced – Verflochten zwischen Schichten" at KunstRaumGoethe
  • On the right side of the picture you can see a woman (Dagmar Glausnitzer-Smith). Next to her hang four pictures, in two rows, showing the sea and the horizon. On all the pictures is the word Meeresspiegel. Photo: Goethe-Institut, Andreas Loucaides
    Exhibition "Interlaced – Verflochten zwischen Schichten" at KunstRaumGoethe
  • In the foreground you can see the side profile of a man (Stelios Kallinikou). He is wearing a black T-shirt and has tattoos. He gestures with his hands. In the background you can see three works of art. Photo: Goethe-Institut, Andreas Loucaides
    The artist Stelios Kallinkou presents his exhibition.
  • In the center of the picture there is a man (Stelios Kallinkou). He gestures with his hands. To the right and left of him hang two portraits of monkeys each. Photo: Goethe-Institut, Andreas Loucaides
    The artist Stelios Kallinkou presents his exhibition.
  • The right half of the picture is occupied by a staircase. Next to it, two portraits of monkeys hang on a wooden paneling on the wall. Photo: Goethe-Institut, Andreas Loucaides
    Exhibition "Acrobat above the dome" in KunstRaumGoethe
  • In the picture you can see a room, which is two-thirds covered with wood. On the wall hangs a mirror in the right corner. Above the wooden paneling hangs a series of pictures. On the left wall, in the right upper corner hang two more pictures. Photo: Goethe-Institut, Andreas Loucaides
    Exhibition "Acrobat above the dome" in KunstRaumGoethe
  • On the left side of the image you can see people in the background, which are slightly blurred. On the right side there is a picture. On the picture you can see a small child kneeling. Next to the child is a toy dino. The child is looking through a window at a monkey. Photo: Goethe-Institut, Andreas Loucaides
    Exhibition "Acrobat above the dome" in KunstRaumGoethe
  • You can see two pictures hanging on a window. On the pictures you can see two monkeys leaning on each other and hugging. Photo: Goethe-Institut, Elli Michael
    Exhibition "Acrobat above the dome" at KunstRaumGoethe
  • In the center of the picture there is a piano.Behind the piano stands a man (Stelios Kallinkou). The same man is talking with the two women who are standing in front of the piano. Photo: Goethe-Institut, Andreas Loucaides
    The artist Stelios Kallinkou presents his exhibition.
  • The image shows a tablet standing on the music paper holder of a piano. The tray is operated by one hand. In front of it you can see another slightly blurred hand. A file is being played on the tablet. Photo: Goethe-Institut, Andreas Loucaides
    Exhibition "Acrobat above the dome" at KunstRaumGoethe
  • In the picture you can see a group of eight people standing in a semicircle around a man (Stelios Kallinkou). He is telling something. Around the people, you can see different works of art. Photo: Goethe-Institut, Natalie Stylianou
    Visitors during an exhibition tour
  • In the foreground of the picture is a laptop to shene. Next to it hangs a screen on which a picture is shown. In the background on the walls are other works of art. In front of them is a sofa on which two people are sitting and a chair with another person. Photo: Goethe-Institut, Natalie Stylianou
    Artist talk in the KunstRaumGoethe
  • In the picture you can see some people sitting on chairs distributed in a hall. Their gaze is directed to the front. Around the people, different artworks can be seen on the walls. Photo: Goethe-Institut, Natalie Stylianou
    Artist talk in the KunstRaumGoethe

Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition

Horst Weierstall – Exhibition Photo: Goethe-Institut

Horst Weierstall – Exhibition
 The Book of Tides

The wall installation is a contribution to the artistic examination of the theme Space, Interspace, Line and the Ambivalence of Division.

Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition Photo: Goethe-Institut/Andreas Loucaides

Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition
 Temporal Inconsistencies / Head and Hand Series

As a visual artist, Kyriaki Costa is interested in the repair of objects and the new aesthetic this creates.

  • KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition Photo: Goethe-Institut/Andreas Loucaides
    KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition
  • KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition Photo: Goethe-Institut/Kyriaki Costa
    KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition
  • KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition Photo: Goethe-Institut/Andreas Loucaides
    KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition
  • KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition Photo: Goethe-Institut/Andreas Loucaides
    KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition
  • KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition Photo: Goethe-Institut/Andreas Loucaides
    KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition
  • KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition Photo: Goethe-Institut/Andreas Loucaides
    KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition
  • KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition Photo: Goethe-Institut/Kyriaki Costa
    KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition
  • KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition Photo: Goethe-Institut/Andreas Loucaides
    KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition
  • KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition Photo: Goethe-Institut/Andreas Loucaides
    KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition
  • KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition Photo: Goethe-Institut/Andreas Loucaides
    KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition
  • KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition Photo: Goethe-Institut/Andreas Loucaides
    KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition
  • KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition Photo: Goethe-Institut/Andreas Loucaides
    KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition
  • KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition Photo: Goethe-Institut/Andreas Loucaides
    KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition
  • KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition Photo: Goethe-Institut/Andreas Loucaides
    KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition
  • KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition Photo: Goethe-Institut/Andreas Loucaides
    KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition
  • KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition Photo: Goethe-Institut/Andreas Loucaides
    KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition
  • KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition Photo: Goethe-Institut/Andreas Loucaides
    KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition
  • KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition Photo: Goethe-Institut/Andreas Loucaides
    KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition
  • KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition Photo: Goethe-Institut/Kyriaki Costa
    KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition
  • KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition Photo: Goethe-Institut/Andreas Loucaides
    KunstRaumGoethe: Horst Weierstall and Kyriaki Costa – Exhibition
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