Public online discussion, University of Nicosia, 26 November 2021
Acknowledging the region’s past and present as a place of colonial contact, conflict, population displacement and migration, the panel discussion sought to understand the effect of socio-political conditions on the writing of the history of creative practices. It raised the question of whether the histories of these practices are written via imposed colonial and post-colonial lenses, leading to adopted/imported research methodologies. This online event sought to initiate a discussion on the writing and the making of art, design and architectural history in Cyprus, reflecting too on matters of archival research and preservation, which will hopefully lead to further research activities.
Panel participants:
Christodoulos Hadjichristodoulou, Vayia Karaiskou, Gabriel Koureas, Costas Mantzalos, Petros Phokaides, Esra Plumer-Bardak
Videos of presentations:
Re-framing visions and divisions
The possibility of a ‘New Art History’
Cultural errors and creativity
Art writing in Kültür-Sanat