Until 2003, contact between the two parts of the divided Cyprus was extremely little, only possible for a limited group of people with special permissions. On the 23rd of April 2003, checkpoints – according to the Greek Cypriot official discourse, ‘borders’ – according to the Turkish Cypriot official discourse and crossing points – as referred …
The Home Cafe Concerts was a series of live-recorded concerts, developed by the Home for Cooperation, with the aim to promote collaborations on both sides of the divide in Cyprus using the power of music. The Home Cafe Concerts was part of the “Musicians of Cyprus” program of the Home for Cooperation, which is renamed …
THE TIME IS RIPE On the occasion of the Home for Cooperation’s 9th Anniversary in 2020, and the International Day of Music, the original song and video “The Time is Ripe” was released on the 21st of June. Amid the challenges of the year, the Island Seeds collective sprouted under the program United by Sound. Island Seeds …
The Winter Edition events, were the first events organized in winter 2022-2023, under the United by Sound program. This series of live sessions, hosted Nama Dama, Cemre Arca, Naz Atun, Maly, Della and of course The Island Seeds over three events. All sessions were hosted at The Home Cafe, transforming the cafe into a cosy, …
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BUFFER FRINGE 2022 CREATIVE TEAM ICAF Thinking Partners ICAF is a multi-trajectory, international program. We are at once a digital platform, a global Hub network, and, every three years, an international festival that takes place in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, showcasing community arts organisations, professionals, and practices from across the world. Together, ICAF’s activities combine …
BFPAF 2022 Theme – Pockets (beyond) Buffer Fringe 2022 theme aimed to initiate a discussion on who is visible/invisible and why. Pockets (beyond) became a space to start thinking about difference and identity, past and present, inside and outside, inclusion and exclusion. It transfered agency back to the marginal, the forgotten, the invisible. Pocket in question is a pocket …
2022 | Die Wolke Art Group Poetics of Space Dancetheatre | Greece Based on the like-titled seminal text by Gaston Bachelard, this work constitutes a study of the subjective perception of space. It focuses on the “poetic image” as an immediate environmental perception that precedes conscious thought, imbuing it with properties beyond function and form …
2022 | Ahmad BaBa Ilk عِلْقْ : A Queer Arab Dichotomy Visual Performance Art | Germany, Lebanon As a term, Queerness does not exist in Arabic. However, it does and did exist as a practice, one that goes back further than the “queerness” that Western hegemony imposed on the globe. So why are we expected …
2022 | Compagnie Inflexions As We Drove Short Short Horizon Lines Interdisciplinary Performance | France An interdisciplinary piece by Compagnie Inflexions incorporates movement, sound, and to address listening as one of our main perceptive regimes. Inviting the audience to listen to dance, poetry and sounds, illuminating alchemy between the spirit of a place and the …
Home for Cooperation acts as a bridge-builder bringing people together to share, exchange, and create new memories and experiences, through its physical presence and its peacebuilding programs, benefiting from the transformative power of arts and culture.
