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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Public Holiday 28th October
2023-10-28
All exhibition spaces will be closed!
See you on Sunday 🙂

Larnaka Biodesign Festival: Opening
2023-10-27 18:30 - 21:00 (Europe/Athens) | 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.
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.
Zouhouri Square (Larnaka 2030 Gallery Space)
Featuring the artworks of: Aleksey Manukyan, Elina Hadjinikola, Gil Hertz Covo, Julia Lohman, Marjan Van Aubel, Shahar Livne, Shushanik Droshakiryan.

Home/ Hope
2023-10-17 12:00 - 20:00 | 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

Open Air Cinema Nights
2023-10-26 20:00 - 22:00 | Kleidi Cafe Bar, 72 Constantinou Kalogera, Larnaca, 6021, Cyprus
Three unique screenings of thought-provoking Independent Short Films from all over the world. Curated by Cinebur, in line with the theme of the Larnaca Biennale 2023 “Home Away From Home”. Presented by Larnaca Biennale & Once In a Blue Moon.
Doors open at 20:00
Screening begins on time at 20:30
October 26th/ “The environment that lives in us”
We know we must find our place in the environment we live in, but how do we come to terms with the environment that lives in us?
Michelle Coomber – NSENENE
Alisi Telengut – THE FOURFOLD
Lana Bregar – OTAVA
Anastasia Papadopoulou – ELEVATOR ALONE
Miru Kim – THE TERRARIUM
Reinis Spaile – YOUNG LOVE IN A DIRTY PLACE
Jake Kolton – CATHERINE
November 9th / “ Where do we go from here?”
Humankind has amazingly survived to continue telling stories, despite its destructive – and at times, absurd – nature. Could we possibly tell where our future is headed?
Hazhir As’Adi – THE ROTATION
Alexander Gratzer – APFELMUS
Patricia Delso Lucas – CSEND/DAYS WITHOUT TALKING
Lexi Tannenholtz & Eliza Jimenez Cossio – WE SHOULD GET DINNER!
Paolo Antypas – ANATHEMA
Henning Backhaus – THE BEST ORCHESTRA IN THE WORLD
Mitch McGlocken – FOREVER
November 23rd / “Home sweet home”
What does a Japanese immigrant, a workaholic plant, a Chinese international student, a grieving daughter, and a Colombian maid all have in common? The search for home is a universal experience. From the life we build, to the family we create, and the ever-expanding ways we redefine what it means to be home – we search for this feeling wherever our journeys take us, even if that sometimes means losing it in the places we once called “home”.
Kaia Rose – FUGETSU-DO
Ryan Gathorne – ROOTS
Aphroditi Katerinopoulou – POSTCARDS FROM HELLINIKON
Viv Li – I DON’T FEEL AT HOME ANYWHERE ANYMORE
Orkhan Aghazadeh– THE WOMB
Miguel Faus – CALLADITA
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Threads On Home
2023-10-17 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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ENVIRONMENT WEEK
2023-10-23 - 2023-10-29

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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Reflections of Home - Greek Session
2023-10-21 18:30 - 20:30 | The Living Room, 34, Ayiou Lazarou Street, Larnaca, Cyprus
A Guided Journaling Workshop by The Curious Curly – Greek Session
Τι είναι το ‘σπίτι΄και που το βρίσκει κανείς; Προσκαλείστε σε ένα συναρπαστικό εργαστήριο προσωπικής γραφής με τίτλο ‘Reflections of Home’, μια παράλληλη εκδήλωση του Larnaca Biennale 2023, για να ανακαλύψουμε τις πολύπλευρες έννοιες αυτής της θεματικής μαζί.
Εξερευνήστε τη θεματική της Λάρνακα Biennale 2023 “Home Away from Home” μέσα από ασκήσεις δημιουργικές και προσωπικής γραφής (journaling). Μαζί με την The.Curious.Curly, θα αναλογιστείτε τις διάφορες ερμηνείες και έννοιες του ‘σπιτιού’ και του ανήκειν. Είτε πρόκειται για ένα φυσικό χώρο, ένα συναίσθημα ή αναμνήσεις, θα εξερευνήσουμε τις πολυπρόσωπες έννοιες του θέματος σε ένα δημιουργικό περιβάλλον στο ‘σαλόνι’ της Biennale. Ντόπιοι, ταξιδιώτες, επισκέπτες, μετανάστες, είναι όλοι ευπρόσδεκτοι.
Μέγιστος αριθμός συμμετεχόντων: 15 άτομα σε κάθε εργαστήρι
Απευθύνεται για άτομα άνω των 17 χρονών
Θα παρέχονται όλα τα υλικά, τετράδια καθώς και handmade δώρα
Σχετικά με τη The.Curious.Curly:
Το The Curious Curly είναι ένα κυπριακό brand από την Ελένη Φιλίππου όπου επικεντρώνεται σε δημιουργικά πρότζεκτ και στην ενδοσκόπηση. Η Ελένη είναι κειμενογράφος/αρθρογράφος, καλλιτέχνης κυανοτυπίας και λάτρης του journaling. Το 2021, άρχισε να οργανώνει εργαστήρια journaling με σκοπό να ενθαρρύνει τη προσωπική σκέψη και την αυτογνωσία και να κάνει αυτή τη πρακτική μια λιγότερο μοναχική εμπειρία. Κάθε σεζόν οργανώνει εργαστήρια σε διάφορα μέρη (πάρκα, καφέ, κήπους) και τώρα σε φεστιβάλ.
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Υποστηρικτές & Σπονσορες:
Larnaca Biennale, Centre for Social Innovation, Φανερομένης 70
*Στο εργαστήρι μπορεί να υπάρχει φωτογράφος/βίντεογράφος.

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Πόθεν Είσαι (Pothen Ise)
2023-10-20 20:00 - 21:00 | Larnaca Municipal Theatre G.Lykourgos, Municipal Park, Leonida Kioupi, Larnaca, 6021
Póthen ΄Ise? (from where)/[are (you)]
When the past meets the present…When the roots of the past interweave with the present…Following these invisible bridges you may find your home.
A contemporary dance performance where the dancers are the vessels, vessels through which the stories of ancestry echo. As the dancers move through the pathways of one’s roots with the quest to find home, the stage transforms into a sacred space where the past will shape the future of belonging.
This choreographic piece explores the idea of identity and of belonging while in the quest of finding home. In order to achieve this, the choreographer has delicately chosen music with folkloric characteristics of Slavic and Mediterranean countries. The movement was created by drawing inspirations from Hellenistic and Slavic (Russian, Bulgarian) symbols, particularly, their patterns, their repetitions and their intensities. Finally, this piece is created in a way which allows each member of the audience to interpret in a unique manner the deconstruction of the idea of home that occurs on stage.
Performed by: Monika Meleki, Miranda Tasou, Roza Maria Pantzi, Christina Demetriou, Pantelina Pantzi, Eleftheria Prokopiou
Choreographed by: Roza Maria Pantzi
Photography: Pantelitsa Chrysostomou
Scrip: Chrystalla Kaiafa
Appropriate for all ages

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