The Center of Performing Arts MITOS organises for the 8th consecutive year the Yard.Residency.18, an artistic residency programme January-December 2018, which is realized in the space of Old Vinegar Factory in Lemesos.
Venue:
Old Vinegar Factory,
Genethliou Mitella 34
3036 Lemesos, Cyprus
Phone: +357 99 985 232
Website: www.mitos.org.cy/vinegar-factory
For this year's event a more specific structure of the programme was created, divided into categories: Premiere - This category refers to proposals that the Center of Performing Arts MITOS will act as a co-producer, On Stage - Professional performances of theatre, dance, performing art, that have already been presented in Cyprus or abroad. Residency: Artists that seek space for the making of a new work or developing existing ideas, 24hr shot - Impulsive artistic actions from different fields , an opportunity for experimentation or presentation of completed ideas. The Old Vinegar House will be available for up to 24 hours.
Residency
We are pleased to invite you to a double presentation of our resident artists for the month November, of the theYard.Residency.18 programme on the 15th of November.
Maria Philippou | theatre
The brief happiness of a charming murder
The: [definite article]
brief: which by its nature has no unlimited duration, being transitory, ephemeral. OPPOSITE permanent
happiness: the state of deep and lasting satisfaction, created by the fulfilment of mental and material needs and desires. OPPOSITE unhappiness
of:[ used as a function word to indicate origin or derivation]
a: one, expresses the concept of unit
charming: that is characterized by simple beauty, not imposed by luxury, size, seriousness etc. • elegant. OPPOSITE repulsive murder: an act of causing death •
Based on the homonymous narrative by Maria A. Ioannou, The Brief Happiness of a Charming Murder, observes a woman’s attempt to get rid of the routine of an indifferent married life and her addiction to specific habits, while struggling to accept that her greatest desire will never be realized.
CREDITS
Text - Maria Ioannou, Direction / Performer – Maria Philippou, Direction / Music – Giorgos Sisamos, Visuals – Maria Andreou, Μentor – Kostas Silvestros
Maria Varnakkidou | devised theatre
RAM
RAM is a work-in-progress devised theatre performance based on the relation of human and technological memory.
Based on this theme, the 10-day residency will comprise of a series of workshops that will aim at a deeper research of the theme. In turn, this research will widen and enrich the story. By using the methodology of devised theatre, we will produce a new theatrical text that will deal with memory and technology.
What happens when a human being fights to have a healthy relationship with memory?
Our protagonist is faced with the passing of time, age and loss of memory. The passing of time is insidious; sometimes time runs fast and deletes memories, but some other times, time is endless and tortures you with bad memories. Age inevitably causes a natural loss of memory. Loss of memory in turn brings loss of moments, experiences and beloved people, and forces you to live under new, unexplored conditions.
The loss of memory and its consequences begin to frighten the protagonist. Therefore, she enters into a personal struggle to rescue her memory. She makes the last attempts to trust her human memory without any technological assistance. She tries to not be overwhelmed by the advancements of technological memory.
CREDITS
Direction – Maria Varnakkidou , Performer – Maria Alexandrou, Set / Costume Design – Constantina Andreou, Sound / Light design – Kyros Papavassiliou, Μentor – Elena Antoniou
INFORMATION
15.11.2018
Τime: 20:30
Reservations: +357 99 669 476
Entrance: 10 Euro (for both performances)
Residency Duration: 10 days
Venue: Old Vinegar Factory
24hour shot
On the 30th of November we present the project esti-a-zo (focus) by the visual artist Christina Papakyriakou, in the category 24hour shot.
esti-a-zo (focus)
[miksáz] is a live performative act focusing on the mixing of image and sound based on a selection of videos, moving images, sounds and melodies. The images are mostly close-up shots which tend to cut off the image from its context thus creating a playful connotative game, which might occasionally touch on chaos but nonetheless aims to lead each viewer to the end of his or her own personal journey.
Credits
Visual Artist – Christina Papakyriakou , Sound engineer – Nicolas Petrou
INFORMATION
30.11.2018
Time: 21:00
Reservations: +357 99 380 483
Entrance: 5 Euro
Residency duration: 24 hours
Venue: Old Vinegar Factory
From Thursday, November 15, 2018
To Friday, November 30, 2018
