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Tracing Stass
November 1, 2025 @ 15:00 - 15:50
Free
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:
Following the enthusiastic audience feedback from last Saturday’s live broadcast, the artists are delighted to announce that this Saturday, November 1st, they will be hosting instead a live walk in Anafotia village, starting at 15:00 at Cafe Aman (Αγίας Φωτεινής 12, Anafotia 7573).
Participants will have the opportunity to view the paintings on-site, experience recorded material at each stop, and conclude with a projection of Stass.
Please note that the live broadcast will not take place at Youth Makerspace Larnaca on November 1st.
We hope you’ll join us in Anafotia and enjoy a more experimental and immersive afternoon with the artists.
📍 The exact location can be found here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/cXmYbBekEeC1ovbc6
About the performance:
“Tracing Stass” is a tribute to the iconic Cypriot artist and educator Stass Paraskos, born in Anaphotia, west of Larnaca. “Stass Paraskos is considered the most significant Cypriot artist of his generation” (The Guardian, 2014).
A performative walk will be led by the artists through Stass’ childhood surroundings and the landscapes that inspired his work.
This performance reconnects the past with the present, exploring layers of home and memory while enabling participants to engage with Stass’ work. The presenting artists trace Stass’ steps in Anaphotia and guide viewers on a journey through time and space. Along the walking route, viewers will explore the juxtapositions of Stass’ topography and the memories preserved on the canvases of his landscape paintings, strategically placed at key locations. Each encounter features pre-recorded reflections from childhood friends, family, colleagues, and art professionals.
The walk concludes when Koutsoftides and Pruciak encounter a video installation featuring a short interview with Stass. This gesture allows Stass, metaphorically and symbolically, to revisit his home village. The artists create an allegorical window connecting Stass’ memory, his paintings, and the village of Anaphotia.
In this way, the village of Anaphotia remembers Stass, and the audience traces his journey.
The Team:
Artist: Emilios Koutsoftides
Artist: Simon Pruciak
Support Team Leader: Jarek Karpik
Curator: Margaret Paraskos
Sponsors & Supporters:
Sponsorship and Patronage: The Embassy of the Republic of Poland
Patronage: The Margate School