Between Here and Then: Politics of Nostalgia &..., Nicosia

Name: Between Here and Then: Politics of Nostalgia & Border
Start: 2026-10-02T12:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-10-02T19:00:00+00:00
Location: Stes Koroues

About This Event

A transdisciplinary arts day of screenings, sound, live podcast and music in Nicosia on 2 October 2026 — exploring borders, memory and belonging. Free entry.

At the core of this programme — situated between discourse and the arts — is the question of how borders between peoples, cultures and languages, as well as historical experiences of violence, shape everyday life and shared memories. The programme traces the echoes of empires, asking how histories of division and belonging continue to shape the present.

Screenings (co-curated by Cindy Chehab & Nicola Mitropoulou / Nicosia Cineclub):

Florenza Deniz İncirli – Narlık Sokak [Pomegranate Street] (2021, 19')
Androula Kafa – Our Garden (2025, 5')
Cindy Chehab – A Breather on the pavement of strangers (2025, 16')
Rahme Veziroglu – Edat (2014, 11')

Sound — Moments of Sufficient Lucidity (Sofronis Sofroniou): A sound composition made from voices, music, field recordings and found sounds collected across different regions of Anatolia, Europe and the eastern Mediterranean. Memories, landscapes and fragments of conversations come together, overlap and occasionally collide.

Live Podcast with Q&A — After Borders: Conversations on Memory, Violence & Power: Hosted by the X3 Collective (Ani Menua & Julia Boxler), with guests Despina Psara, Rahme Veziroglu and Mirko Kruppa. This session brings together local and diasporic perspectives to explore how physical borders, historical demarcation lines and imperial echoes shape everyday lives, memory and social spaces.

Music — Pareaki (Cemre Arca, Panagiotis Mina, Doğaç Uğur Solyalı): A spontaneous live instrument musical pareaki reimagining new and traditional Cypriot songs, international favourites and unexpected selections. Followed by Robert Der Arakelian with a live electronic set of broken beats, chill melodies and hazy rhythms.

Schedule:
Friday, 2 October 2026 | 15:00–15:50 — Screenings (stes koroues)
Friday, 2 October 2026 | 15:50–16:30 — Sound (stes koroues)
Friday, 2 October 2026 | 16:30–17:20 — Screenings (stes koroues)
Friday, 2 October 2026 | 17:20–18:00 — Sound (stes koroues)
Friday, 2 October 2026 | 18:30–19:30 — Live Podcast with Q&A (stes koroues)
Friday, 2 October 2026 | 20:00–22:00 — Music (stes koroues)

Frequently Asked Questions

No registration is needed — entry is free and open to all. Simply come by on the day.

Yes. Each section (screenings, sound, podcast, music) runs independently, so you are welcome to join for whichever parts interest you.

The event is held at stes koroues, Ermou 272, Nicosia 1017. For specific accessibility queries, please contact the organisers directly.

The programme is international and multilingual — English is the primary language of discussion, with contributions expected in other languages as well.