The video installation “The Broken Pitcher” centers on an episode that played out in Cyprus in 2019: at a bank branch in Larnaca, a family tries to negotiate an alternative to the imminent foreclosure on their home. The discussion’s outcome remains open, but there appears to be scant hope for the family. A speculative reconstruction of the bank room, based on the memory logs of the family, serves as a set for the conversation. The second part of the video has various interviewees responding to the reenactment: Housing activists from Cyprus, Spain, Germany, and Lebanon, people who have faced similar challenges, as well as economists, and artists. The project questions how the financial system works and how we can intervene into it.
A project by
Natascha Sadr Haghighian
Marina Christodoulidou
Peter Eramian
With
Raissa Angeli, Dimitris Chimonas, Stelios Kallinikou, Athina Kassiou, Orestis Lambrou, Orestis Lazouras, Panagiotis Mina (Pyrgatory Studios), Faysal Mroueh, Keti Papadema, Nayia Savva, Nikos Stephou, Maria Toumazou, Rumen Tropchev, Emiddio Vasquez, u.a.
Program
Events with local and international guests and film screening at Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus
In cooperation with
Kunstraum Thkio Ppalies, Nikosia
Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
Beirut Art Center
With kind support
Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture
Kulturstiftung des Bundes
Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen
ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen)
