Buffer Fringe Festival 2023 / 10th Edition

Recognizing our unique responsibility to contribute to peacebuilding efforts in Cyprus, this year through the theme of ‘Turning Point’, we invited artists to creatively respond to the question: ‘What comes next?’. Through this theme, BFPAF23 aspires to envision the embodiment of change using transformative objects and original methods and perspectives into our common future.

FESTIVAL PROGRAM
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THURSDAY 5th of October, at Home for Cooperation / Ledra Palace Buffer Zone (FREE ENTRANCE)

19:00-19:30 Opening
19:30-20:15 SALT by Volta Collective (USA)
20:30-21:00 How to Leave Your Body on the Verge of Blue? by Omar Adel (DE)
21:30-22:10 Rest of it AI by Marlen Puello (SE)
22:30-23:30 Overall Progress by Baran Sakar (CY)

ONGOING INSTALLATIONS:
. cloud.torrent by Shameru Collective (CY)
. CYENSverse by CYENS Centre of Excellence (CY)

Map for Home for Cooperation:
https://g.page/Home4Cooperation?share

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19:00-19:45 Metamorfose by Gustavo Silvestre (BR)
20:00-20:55 CASSANDRA we have a problem by Paula Carrara & Carlos Canhameiro (IT)
21:30-22:30 ANTIGONE, A HUBRIS by OMADA7 (GR)

Map for Gardens of the Future:
https://goo.gl/maps/iZZqiGXhsWMmRhL5A

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SATURDAY 7th of October at Rüstem Bookshop

19:30-20:20 Wall of Babel by Nefeli Kentoni (UK)
20:30-21:30 #notl by Tony Bulandra Theater (RO)
22:00-00:00 Closing Party!

Map for Rüstem Bookshop:
https://goo.gl/maps/6k4XjQ2P9Adcoxax5
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PARALLEL ACTIVITIES

WEDNESDAY 4th of October at Rüstem Bookstore
18:00-20:00 Workshop: Character’s Toolcase by Art Vouveau

FRIDAY 6th of October at The Common Room at Prozak
15:00-18:00 Workshop: Colliding Bodies by Volta Collective

SATURDAY 7th of October at The Common Room at Prozak
12:00-15:00 Workshop: TAKING THE FLOOR_ Body and Voice in the Space by Paula Carrara & Carlos Canhameiro

SUNDAY 8th of October at Home for Cooperation / Ledra Palace Buffer Zone
19:00-19:45 Floating: A Work in Progress by Art Vouveau

For full details on artists, schedule, tickets, and theme Turning Point, CLICK HERE.

Buffer Fringe Performing Arts Festival benefits from the KYPRIA grant and a grant under the Active Citizens Fund through the EEA and Norway Grants 2014-2021, financed by Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.

The 2023 edition of the Buffer Fringe is co-curated by Ahmad Baba, a participating artist from the 2022 edition, and Eleni Angastiniotou, representing Visual Voices, in collaboration with the Home for Cooperation team.