Special guided tours and documentary projection
26.09.24
18.00-19.30 / 19.30-21.00
The special guided tours of the temporary exhibition ‘Three Photographic Trails – Nicosia: People and Places, Part 3: 1960-2004’ meet the documentary ‘Manhole’.
The tours will be conducted by the curators of the exhibition, the Director of the Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia, Tzeni Lymperopoulou Savvidou, and the Museum’s Deputy Director, Maria Patsalosavvi, who invite us to look through the lens of the photographers who lived in, walked through and captured Nicosia from 1960 to 2004. The image of the last divided capital of Europe and its development over more
than four decades is unveiled.
The museum experience is concluded with the screening of the documentary ‘Manhole’.
The documentary presents a lesser-known aspect of the capital. On the surface of the city we find its Venetian walls, its monuments, the Green Line and military bases, all elements which have become part of the daily life of its citizens. Beneath the surface, as an obscure component, is the product of the only major agreement reached between the two sides since the Turkish invasion of 1974: the sewage system of the city.
In this documentary film we meet citizens and workers from both sides of the divide trying their best to improve their city. But the only one allowed to cross the Buffer Zone on a daily basis is a UN worker taking samples of human waste from one side to the other.
The documentary was filmed in 1999 by the artist Aris Kyriakides in both the free and occupied areas of Nicosia, at a time when there was no free movement of people across the divide. It presents us with a different and perhaps forgotten aspect of the ‘other side’ of the city.
Aris Kyriakides (b. 20 July 1968) is an artist living in Nicosia. He has a diploma in printmaking from the London College of Printing, a BSc in psychology from University College London and an MA in film and photography from the London Film School, where he later taught.
Creative projects include:
Photography: Documenting the Tate Modern Construction and Workers (1997-1999);
An Illustrated Greek Etymological Dictionary (2007) / Film: The Hunger Artist (Channel 4 Films) /
Documentary: William Blake, Poet Printmaker
Documentary runtime: 30 minutes
Production: 1999-2000
Fee: Free
Language: Greek (with English subtitles)
Reservations required: +357 22661475 / Email: info@leventismuseum.org.cy
Please note that the tours and the documentary projections will begin exactly on time.
It is recommended to arrive at the venue 10 minutes before the scheduled start.
