Fabrica Hill
Hate To See The Spider...
So what is the point of all the threads?
Honeycombed Walls
To find out, we need to find the main entrance.
The Main Entrance
There is a sign here which reads:
TERRA MEDITERRANEA IN ACTION
An exhibition of contemporary art, a conference and a series of parallel actions
Pafos 2017, European Capital of Culture presents in Nicosia and in Pafos Terra Mediterranea: In Action, a project that includes a major contemporary art exhibition, an international conference and a series of parallel actions with the participation of a great number of artists from Cyprus and abroad. The project is organised by the Pierides Foundation and the Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre (NiMAC) and is curated by Dr Yiannis Toumazis.
Terra Mediterranea: In Action aims at detecting, investigating and presenting the reflections of contemporary artists on today's universal landscape of economic. political. religious, social, but also deeply existential crisis of identity, especially as viewed through "Mediterranean" eyes, from both a political and a poetic stance.
More Threads
The sign continues:
CHIHARU SHIOTA
Born 1972 in Osaka (JP), lives and works in Berlin (DE)
A Walk through the line
Chiharu Shiota is using red string, which symbolises the connection between human beings througout a timeline or individual history. Each person has their own timeline, their own vision of past, present and future and these lines intertwine creating an intimate reality within space and time.
Everyone wants to connect and have this part of land so bad that it creates the opposite effect, by disconnecting and cutting relaionships and bringing up conflict.
A red line symbolises human relationships, which can be cut, tangled or knotted. Individual memory gathered creates a complex netwroks just as the neural system of the human brain works. Through his installation the artist proposes a walk through these lines.
Another Exit
So now you know!
Personally, I just think it looks pretty. But I was never one for art appreciation.
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Let me take you on a journey around the region of Paphos, Cyprus. Starting at Paphos itself, we travel to Akoursos, then Kathikas, Kritou Terra and Simou. We continue past Lasa and Kannaviou, before taking in the delights of Panagia. Getting a bit more adventurous, we visit the abandoned villages of Statos and Agios Fotios, before passing through Choulou, Letymbou and Polemi, and rejoining the main Paphos - Polis road.
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There are also several maps which will help you keep your bearings.
You can do this journey in a day, or you can break it up into chunks. You can also do it in reverse, to get some completely different views. It is entirely up to you.
