United States of Europe

Mon Sep 17, 2012 to
Wed Oct 24, 2012

Time: See Description

Location

Multiple Locations
Nicosia

Description

A travelling exhibition about European identity and today’s Europe.

Do you feel European? Does Mr O’Keeffe in Ireland feel more or less European than Mrs Stylianou in Cyprus? And if so, why? What is the idea behind Europe and do Europeans feel included? Do Europeans trust their leaders? Maybe there are as many different answers on these questions as there are citizens in Europe.

The artistic project United States of Europe (U.S.E) deals with these questions in the context of a travelling exhibition through ten European countries. The exhibition opened in Lodz, Poland in November 2011, the second destination was in Helsinki, the third in Vilnius and the fourth in Guimarães. Now the exhibition opens in Nicosia, as a part of the cultural programme of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

United States of Europe (U.S.E), a large-scale collaboration project about European identity, will further be presented in public spaces, galleries and museums in Germany, Bulgaria, France, Ireland and Belgium, until spring 2013.


Opening – Monday, 17 September 2012 / 7.30pm – 11.30pm
An organized walk starting:
7.30pm Loukia and Michael Zampelas Art Museum
8.15pm Nicosia Municipality Multifunctional Foundation, ‘Old Market Pallouriotissa’
9.00pm The Shoe Factory
9.30pm The Temporary Space
10.00pm The Classic Hotel
And finishing with a cocktail reception at: 10.30pm Goethe-Institut Zypern

Venues and Opening Hours
Exhibition duration Nicosia, Cyprus: 17 September – 14 October 2012

Loukia and Michael Zampelas Art Museum
27 Arch. Makarios III Avenue, Kaimakli, 1020, Nicosia Mondays closed (except the opening night on 17 September) / Tue – Fri: 10am – 6pm, Sat – Sun: 11am – 4pm

Nicosia Municipality Multifunctional Foundation ‘Old Market Pallouriotissa’
7 Agiou Andreou Street, 1040, Pallouriotissa / Mon – Fri: 10am - 1pm & 5pm – 8pm

Pharos Arts Foundation:The Shoe factory
304 Ermou Street, 1017, Nicosia / Projection: 1, 2 & 10 October at 8.30pm

Temporary Space
33 Aischylou Street, 1011, Nicosia / Mon – Fri: 10am – 1pm & 6pm - 9pm

Classic Hotel – the gallery
94 Rigenis St, 1513, Nicosia / Mon – Sun: 9am – 11pm

Goethe-Institut
21 Markos Drakos Avenue, 1102, Nicosia / Mon – Fri: 9am – 7pm

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