BPRArts Cultural Management presents the 1st Limassol Photography Festival, which opens on the 20th October and will last until 12 November 2023, at various locations in the city of Limassol. The Festival is being held with the financial support of the Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture.
The Limassol Photography Festival aspires to be established as an important annual event that will significantly contribute to the presentation, development and evolution of photography. Its primary aim is to promote photographic creativity as an outstanding form of visual expression, both on the national and international levels.
As part of the modern photographic landscape, the Limassol Photography Festival aims to function as a means of recording contemporary social life in the various visual styles and perspectives of the photographers/creative artists, which project, suggest and sometimes enrich the photographic vocabulary.
The theme chosen for 2023 is “Place or Landscape.” The artists participating in the open air exhibition at the Molos Seaside Park of Limassol, namely Antigone Solomonidou Droussiotou, Nicholas Constantinou, George Pantazis, Mo Khatib and Max Zhiltsov, infiltrate the city and through their pictures convey its daily life and local identity. The experiences and techniques of the artists converse with the current image of Limassol and interact with it. The composition of diverse semiological elements in their photographs gives rise to the question whether this is a Place that has become a Landscape or a Landscape that has become a Place.
In a second photographic exhibition titled “Greece is Ordinary II: Triptychs”, which is presented at the 6x6 Centre for Photography, the participating Greek photographers Marilia Photopoulou, Costas Kapsianis and Marinos Tsangarakis, although setting out from different starting points with their own particular objectives each, all indulge in a sarcastic yet highly critical commentary on various aspects of modern Greek culture, its underlying causes and their material traces. The particular work may be described as an alternative visual anthropology of modern Greek culture.
The Festival opens on 20 October 2023, at 19:00 at 6x6 Centre for Photography in the context of Limassol Art Walks.
Visiting Hours:
20- 22 October:
Friday 20/10, 17:00-22:00
Saturday 21/10, 11:00-20:00
Sunday 22/10, 11:00-18:00
23 to 27 October:
Weekdays 09:00-14:00 and 16:00-19:00
Closed on Saturday 28 October
Sunday 29/10 16:00-19:00
Festival 2023 Programme
20/10 – 12/11/2023
- Open air Exhibition at the Molos Limassol Seaside Park (Caffè Nero) titled “Place or Landscape”, curated by Stefanos Kouratzis. The five contemporary photographers taking part are: Antigone Solomonidou Droussiotou, George Pantazis, Max Zhiltsov, Mo Khatib, and Nicholas Constantinou.
20/10 – 29/10/2023
- Taking part in the second photographic exhibition titled “Greece is Ordinary II: Triptychs”, at the 6x6 Centre for Photography, are three Greek photographers: Costas Kapsianis, Marinos Tsangarakis and Marilia Photopoulou. Although setting out from different starting points with their own particular objectives each, they all explore various aspects of modern Greek society, its underlying causes and their material traces. Ultimately, this exhibition may be seen as an alternative visual anthropology of modern Greek culture.
22 and 29/10/2023
- At the Molos Limassol Seaside Park (Caffé Nero), the photographer German Moiseev, will be taking pictures with a 20th century large format analogue camera, and provide a demonstration of the analogue printing process.
Open to the public 15:00-18:00.
21,22 and 29 October
- In the context of the Limassol Photography Festival, discussions and presentations are scheduled to take place on the above dates by the participating photographers Antigone Solomonidou Droussiotou, Max Zhiltsov and Mo Khatib. In the same context, Stefanos Kouratzis, will run a street photography workshop while photographer German Moiseev will demonstrate analogue picture taking and direct analogue printing of large format photographs.
Detailed Programme
- 21 October, 09:00 – 12:00, Street photography workshop with Stefanos Kouratzis. The 6x6 Centre for Photography has been designated as the meeting and starting point of the workshop and the finish at the Limassol Molos. The workshop, depending on the participants, will be in Greek and/or English.
- 22 October 17:30 – 18:00, work presentation and discussion with photographer Antigone Solomonidou Droussiotou at the 6x6 Centre for Photography. The presentation will be in Greek.
- 29 October 18:00 – 18:30, work presentation and discussion with photographer Max Zhiltsov at the 6X6 Centre for Photography. The presentation will be in English.
- 29 October 18:30 – 19:00, work presentation and discussion with photographer Mo Khatib at the 6X6 Centre for Photography. The presentation will be in English.
Entrance free of charge
Main Sponsor: Deputy Ministry of Culture
Supporters: Hellenic Bank
UOL (University of Limassol)
MEDIA Sponsor: Phileleftheros
Information is available at the website
www.Liphofe.com
and
www.centreforphotography6x6.com
https://limassolartwalks.com/
Founder/Production: BPRArts Cultural Management - Catherine Louis Nikita
Art Director: Stefanos Kouratzis
Curator of the Exhibition “Greece is ordinary II: Triptychs”: Constantinos Argianas.
