Larnaca Biennale

Home Away From Home
2023-10-12 | Various Exhibition Spaces in Larnaca City Center and District * Check Individual Times
“What is it that constitutes a home, beyond just bricks and mortar? Over the years and around the world, we ‘ve grappled back and forth with the many meanings of this word. For this biennale, I ‘ve set myself the task of unpacking notions of home and belonging – ideas that have shaped our lives and identities since birth. It will be filled with stories, some particular, some entirely universal, which all give rise to our sense of self. I ‘m thrilled to extend the invitation to artists, creators and makers of all varieties to join the conversation; submitting new propositions or revisiting existing work that considers this important theme.” Yev Kravt, Curator Larnaca Biennale 2023
This year’s curational theme, “Home Away from Home”, conceived by curator Yev Kravt prompted artists from around the world to submit their proposals, resulting in the selection of 101 artworks that encapsulate the essence of the theme.
Larnaca Biennale 2023 invites you to a kaleidoscope of diverse artistic stories weaving tales of identity, belonging, displacement, and the quest for home in our evolving world.
Exhibition Venues
Municipal Art Gallery entrance free
Monday – Friday 9:00-13:00 & 15:00-18:00
Saturday 10:00-13:00 & 15:30-18:30
Sunday 15:30-18:30
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Pierides Museum entrance free
Monday- Thursday 09:00-16:00
Friday 09:00-13:00
Saturday 09:00-13:00 & 15:30-18:30
Sunday 15:30-18:30
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Larnaka Municipal Market entrance free
Monday- Sunday 10:00 – 18:00
1st Floor staircase and elevator access
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EVOHK – Artist Run Space entrance free
Monday- Friday 9:00-13:00 & 15:00 – 18:00
Saturday 10:00-13:00 & 15:30-18:30
Sunday 15:30-18:30
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Larnaka Medieval Castle entrance €2.50
Monday – Friday 08:00-17:00
Saturday – Sunday 09:30-17:00
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The Living Room entrance free * MAIN INFO CENTER
Monday – Sunday 10:00-18:00
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Home/ Hope
2023-10-17 12:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Athens) | Apothiki79, 81-83, Ayiou Lazarou Street, Larnaca, 6020
International Guest Artists Exhibition. Part of the Parallel Events Program of Larnaca Biennale 2023.
Visiting hours until November 24th
Monday Closed
Tuesday – Friday 12:00 – 20:00
Saturday – Sunday 10:00 – 20:00
HOME/HOPE is a capsule exhibition centred on notions of belonging, identity and our dreams for the future at the Larnaca Biennale in Cyprus. Curated by Yev Kravt, this exhibition features 30 guest artists, all exploring the intricate theme of “home” from diverse perspectives.
Just a single letter differentiates home from hope; but does the notion of home exist without hope, and can hope truly surface without a place to call home? The subject of belonging opens up a myriad of stories, told in a multitude of ways. Home is a world we create, where we can unapologetically be ourselves. Hope, meanwhile, speaks to a world set free, brimming with possibilities. Whether our aspirations are personal or collectively shared, our inherent ambition to strive forward and evolve ushers in visions of a brighter tomorrow.
HOME/HOPE explores these intertwined notions, telling tales through the works of 30 selected artists. The exhibition takes cues from several pressing questions: how might the definition of home be changing? What constitutes hope? And crucially, how do these separate concepts reinforce one another?
The exhibition includes contributions by 30 visual artists, including: Andreas Kalli, Armen Ter-Mkrtchyan, Aukje Dekker with SEXYLAND, Benji Boyadgian, Danae Stratou, Cengiz Bodur, Droog x KesselsKramer, George Stamenov, Gohar Martirosyan, Guy Ben-Ner, HovHar, Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, Maria Touloupou, Melanie Bonajo, Neo Matloga, Olgaç Bozalp, Pet Liger, Raida Adon, Rosana Palazyan, Selma Selman, Silvina Der-Meguerditchian, Slavs and Tatars, Sunny Dolat, Tal Shochat, Tania El Khoury, Turan Aksoy, Vyacheslav-Yura Useinov, World Citizen Government and Yves Sambu.
Home in this exhibition is not merely a physical space, but an emotional, cultural, and sometimes virtual territory. It can be a refuge, a distant dream, an origin story, or even an illusion. It’s often a place we go to find solace. In a globalised world, our sense of home is fluid, elusive and rich with potential. The HOME/HOPE exhibition spotlights new modes of (co)existence – and the boundless imagination that unites us, wherever we may be.
Special performances in the exhibition space. Aukje Dekker and the SEXYLAND Collective will perform The Sea by Night (14-15 October), while Raida Adon will perform during the opening (14 October). Tania El Khoury’s performance – As Far As My Fingertips Take Me takes place on the weekend of 14-15 October.
Support
The exhibition is supported by the Larnaca Biennale, Foundation Brave New Works, Ministry of Education, Science Culture and Sport of the Republic of Armenia, Embassy of Armenia to Cyprus, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and Philippossian & Pilossian Foundation, ART For the World, Armenian Arts Council in Yerevan and EMST National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens (ΕΜΣΤ).
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To The Sea With Her Names
2023-10-16 08:00 - 15:00 | Kallinikeio Municipal Museum, 2 Ave Arx. Makariou III, Athienou, Larnaca, 7600
Mixed Media Exhibition: A group show by six Asian Artists
“A name could be signified by a memory and in turn prompt a story, it can compose identity, or conjure character. This project’s aim is a group exhibition, in a common site in Cyprus, but also a name that has existed for hundreds of years, thinking about the possibilities of resonating with foreign perspectives.
Artists from diverse backgrounds will engage with local communities and look beyond borders. The artists not only work in local contexts, but also trying to reply to the contemporary dilemmas common to the global.
Artworks begin from the relationships developed in Cyprus, exploring various dimensions like the role of the sea, geopolitics, historical diversity, local industry, and traditional crafts. From the artist’s memories and experiences in his own social relationships, he summons different stories.
These stories look at the relationships and tensions hidden by the grand narrative, such as the emotions erased by history, the time lost in the wear, the determination to preserve life in the conflicts and Political wrangling, and so on. They are ambiguous, irrelevant to directivity, but discordant sounds, ubiquitous, and real, mixed.
The repeated waves are like the cancellation and return of history, and we hope to add diverse faces to the ocean of history through the flexibility and imagination characteristic of art.” – Shaoan Huang

Threads On Home
2023-11-07 19:00 - 20:30 | The Living Room, 34, Ayiou Lazarou Street, Larnaca, Cyprus
Lecture Series: exploring diverse perspectives on the concept of ‘Home’.
Guest Speakers invited by Yev Kravt.
“Threads on Home” is a lecture series that is part of Larnaca Biennale 2023, centered around the theme ‘Home Away From Home.’ This series takes place every Tuesday at 19:00 in the Living Room at Lazarus Square in Larnaca. Each week, we delve into different themes over five weeks, featuring five unique speakers. We kick off with Psychology, followed by Environment, Architecture and Design, Philosophy, and Space and Technology. Each week, a different topic and lecturer explore the concept of ‘home’ from different perspectives, concluding with a Q&A session. Attending is free, just let us know that you are coming by RSVP?
Week 1: Psychology
We start with guest speaker, Dr. Christakis Peristianis, who boasts an interdisciplinary background merging sociology, social/cultural history, and human geography. Over the past seven years, he has dedicated his research to the concept of ‘Home.’ His PhD work, “Legacies of Displacement: The memories and meanings of home among a Greek Cypriot family,” delves into what occurs when home vanishes, leaving only memories.
Week 2: Environment
It’s easy to forget that our primal home once thrived within the natural world, deeply embedded within the environment. Dr. Maria Hadjimichael explores the ‘home’ theme from an environmental perspective. She is an interdisciplinary scientist in the field of marine and coastal governance, with extensive academic and research experience. Currently, she serves as a Senior Associate Scientist at CMMI, the Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute.
Week 3: Architecture and Design
Dr. William Myer, who combines the fields of environment and architecture and design, will speak about BioDesign. His book, “Biodesign” (2012, 2018, 2022 editions) published by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), identifies the emerging practice of integrating biological processes into design and architecture. Myer also serves as the Founding Director of the new Museum of 21st Century Design (M21D).
Week 4: Philosophy and Spirituality
This theme will be explored though an online session with contemporary philosopher and NYU professor Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah. Dr. Appiah delves into his book, “Lies that Bind Us: Rethinking Identity,” challenging our assumptions about how identities function. He provides insights into the creation of identities amidst conflicts. The event will still take place at The Living Room with physical attendance.
Week 5: Space and Technology
Our final discussion bridges space and technology through innovation. Dr. Nir Tsuk, a seasoned practitioner, academic, and facilitator with over two decades of international experience in social capital, entrepreneurship, and the culture of innovation, will lead this session. Dr. Tsuk is the founder of NYU’s Institute for Impact and Intrapreneurship, pioneering the language of innovation.

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PHILOSOPHY & SPIRITUALITY
2023-11-06 - 2023-11-12

Το Κουτί (To Kouti)
2023-10-21 18:30 - 19:30 | Various Locations in Larnaca City Center
‘… We are boxes that are easily built, filled, and difficult to empty… Each one of us is a “box” that simultaneously consists of various other “boxes.” Within them, it preserves and hides, conceals…protects. It organizes us, gets lost…’
An alternative, promenade performance of contemporary dance. Our performances will “move” through the city of Larnaca and “bring to life” outdoor/public spaces of the Larnaca city center*. The performers will reveal personal experiential boxes that they have kept hidden… Those that we create to hide what we want to forget but also to protect what we want to remember forever… This “box” often becomes our home.
The Team:
Artistic Direction / Dramaturgy / Choreographer: Stavri Kalopetridou
Assistant / Music Supervisor: Elena Flouri
Choreography: Stavri Kalopetridou – Fibre Performing Arts
Dancers: Semina Xenophontos, Polina Stamboli, Elena Flouri, Andria Christou, Stavri Kalopetridou
Actors / Speech: Andromachi Peratiti, Andreas Georgiou
Artists / Constructions: Andreas Kallis, Christina Petrou, Giorgos Petrou
Production Organization / Costumes / Photos / Teaser: Stavri Papa
The performance will consist of two different routes in the center of Larnaca.
First weekend Route A – St Lazarus Area
Second Weekend route B – Europe Square Area
*The exact location of the meeting point will be revealed with the ticket purchase.

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Larnaka Biodesign Festival
2023-10-30 12:00 - 20:00 | Zouhouri Square, Nikolaou Rossou, Larnaca, 6021
Larnaka BioDesign Festival invites us to look at the issues of sustainability and ecological responsibility completely outside the box. Combining the latest trends in bio-design, art and academic research, the festival fuels thinking and public debate about the materials we use in our homes, clothes and cities.
For the first time, Cyprus and Larnaka will host a festival of this kind, entering with confidence into the international biodesign scene. It is time to start envisioning buildings made from mushrooms, furniture and clothing from algae, and shoes from wasted animal tissues.
PRESENTING:
MYCELIUM PAVILION exhibited at Zouhouri Square
Built entirely out of agricultural waste and mushroom roots, the pavilion serves as a symbol of innovation and sustainability. Following the structural example of the prehistoric settlement of Choirokoitia, Dutch architect Stijn Dries and bioscientist Ivana Mik have built the first accessible self-supporting mycelium structure ever made of mycelial filaments that grows mainly under the soil.
Visit Zouhouri Square between October 27th and November 5th and discover the unlimited potential of biodesign!
EXHIBITION “BioSculpt: Co-Creating the Future”
Presenting the works of internationally recognized designers and artists in the field of Biodesign. These innovative designs and the resilient living materials invite us to reflect on the sustainability of the planet and the need to start protecting its fragile ecosystems.
OPENING: October 27th until November 5th
Zouhouri Square (Larnaka 2030 Gallery Space)
Opening hours:
Monday – Friday 12:00 – 20:00
Saturday – Sunday 10:00 – 20:00
Featuring the artworks of: Aleksey Manukyan, Elina Hadjinikola, Gil Hertz Covo, Julia Lohman, Marjan Van Aubel, Shahar Livne, Shushanik Droshakiryan.
LECTURE
by BioDesign expert, William Myers on the coupling of design technology and biology.
Tuesday, October 31st at the Living Room of the Larnaka Biennale (St. Lazarus Square)
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WORKSHOPS
Two interactive workshops on biodesign and sustainable use of materials. These activities both explore the latest developments in the field of biodesign, and make them understandable and potentially accessible to a wide range of citizens.
• «Living Textiles: Co-Creating with Seaweed» by Shushanik Droshakiryan
Larnaka Archives- Fivos Stavrides, 29 October 12:00 – 17:00, 1 November 16:00 – 19:00 and 3 November 16:00 – 19:00.
A three-day workshop focusing on the use of algae as biological building material (biomaterials). The workshop redefines our relationship with nature and how we use materials for our everyday needs.
• «Hidden Colors: Co-Creating with Flowers and Plants» by Yulia Pitie
Youth Makerspace Larnaka, 29 October 12:00 – 17:00, 30 October 16:00 – 19:00, and 1 November 16:00 – 19:00.
The workshop will explore the rich traditions of natural colors and their deep connection to human history.
Larnaka BioDesign Festival is part of the Parallel Events Program of Larnaca Biennale 2023
For further information: info@larnaka2030.eu or +35724632500 or Facebook page
Organized by: Larnaka 2030
Co-organizers: CMMI & Youth Makerspace Larnaka
Curated by: Yev Kravt
Supported by: “Kypria” – Deputy Ministry of Culture
SPONSORS
Sponsor: Ocean Basket
Partner: HF Markets
Digital Partner: IDEA SEVEN
Supporter: Sun Shadow
Friend: Livadiotis Group
Friend: McDonald’s

Exploring Cyprus through Art & Architecture : Larnaca Biennale & Sphere Partners Presentation
2023-11-04 18:00 - 20:00 | Limassol Castle, Ankara 73, Limassol, 3042
Larnaca Biennale takes a day trip to Limassol
In this remarkable event, attendees will embark on a captivating journey through Cyprus’ dynamic art and architectural landscape.
The evening will commence with Yev Kravt, the Curator of Larnaca Biennale 2023, who will shed light on this year’s program theme. Following this, Dr., Assoc. Prof. Sergey Nikitin-Rimsky and
Sphere Partners will take the stage to introduce the concept and platform of the new architectural guide. Attendees will have the opportunity to enjoy refreshing drinks at Limassol Castle yard.
The Team
Katerina Korobkova, Partner
Lara Kotreleva, Partner
Leonid Agron, Partner
Sergey Nikitin-Rimsky, Dr., Prof., Architectural HistorianYulia Shirina, Editor
Lisa Tikhonova, Project Manager
Part of the Larnaca Biennale 2023 Parallel Events Program

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The Bricks of Your Home
2023-11-03 15:30 - 17:00 | Aliki Salt Lake, Aliki Salt Lake, Larnaca, 6029
In the history of mankind, every age and every culture has been celebrated around the “table”.
From the early Greek and Medieval celebrations, up to our recent history, the act of eating surpasses that of consuming, wherein the meal itself becomes the medium through which the human and other-than-human, the synthetic and the natural, come together in one plate.
Salt is present in every culture, sparking every conversation, bursting every emotion, but most importantly is part of every one of us both bodily and spiritually. This performative dinner aims to invite the guests to discover the presence of salt around them, within them and among them through the most routed act of housekeeping, that of eating together.
The bricks of your home aims to explore and highlight the importance of salt as a primary and necessary element, metaphorically connecting it with everyone’s food culture in order to narrate the direct link between the act of eating and home: nowadays living abroad is common for the younger generations for which the practice of preparing food represents a way of being Home away from Home. The event will be orchestrated around a series of special plates located directly on a set plane, creating a surreal landscape, and the guest will eat using the bricks as supports for the food.
Exact location will be revealed upon booking.
The Team: PLEISURE (Francesca Lantieri, Valentina Fantini), Kyriacos Christofides, Francesca Mussi, John Mirabel

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Vanishing Homes
2023-11-01 18:30 - 20:00 | Various Locations in Larnaca City Center
“Vanishing Homes” presents a distinctive architectural promenade in Larnaca, inviting participants to immerse themselves in the ethereal ambiance of a bygone era. Guided by Dr., Assoc. Prof. Sergey Nikitin-Rimsky, surrounded by the soft radiance of lanterns, attendees will embark on an enchanting journey to unveil the architectural heritage of Larnaka – homes once teeming with life, now quietly fading into obscurity.
Meeting point: Street Art Rise Hotel – Lobby
The Team
Katerina Korobkova, Partner
Lara Kotreleva, Partner
Leonid Agron, Partner
Sergey Nikitin-Rimsky, Dr., Prof., Architectural Historian
Yulia Shirina, Editor
Lisa Tikhonova, Project Manager

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