dream fruit is an artistic research project exploring the ritual of louvi preparation as an everyday act of care, a charged symbol of place, and a site of gendered and racialised labour, leading to a durational performance.

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I am a singer, artist and researcher interested in embodied technique as knowledge, and performance as a site of encounter, renewal and transformation.

Crafted by local artisans and contemporary artists, this is an interactive environment blends performance, craft, sound, and sculpture, creating an inclusive space for immersive engagement and experiences.

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I delve into noise, interruption, and cultural norms via photography, video, sound, and music. I reimagine platforms facing obsolescence, creating alternatives or mocking status quo. As an audio/visual artist since 1999, I own Pyrgatory Studio, a natural, transdisciplinary creative hub.

Identity is always binary. It has the capacity to include us in one group and exclude us from another. the smallest unit that is still listening is a collective walk that seeks to transcend that duality.

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I am Giorgos Bizios, a guitarist, composer, improviser and interdisciplinary artist from Limassol. At the current stage of my creative practice, I create compositions based on systems and actions that focus on the human body.

Arianna Marcoulides is presenting research material developed during Lia Haraki’s workshop “Performing Biographies” around the theme of taking care through handicraft (weaving, sewing, embroidery, knitting etc.). The choreographer is deeply connected with handicrafts as they were taught to her by her mother who has now passed away. This is an opportunity for the choreographer to revisit her memories of learning these crafts and what it means to pass on such care and knowledge.

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I am a performer and maker of both performative work based on dance, improvisation and singing as well as fabrication work such as sewing, embroidery and crochet. I take a playful approach to all my work diving into my curiosities.

The musical performance To gelaidiman tou fou focuses on the sounds of the Eastern Mediterranean, which are bridged with modern Cypriot music making. The six-member vocal ensemble Kalesma collaborates with virtuoso musician Charalambos Panteli on lute, lute and sazi, presenting a program of songs from Cyprus, Greece and surrounding areas such as Armenia and Turkey, along with original compositions by the members of the group.

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Our vocal ensemble was created in 2022 with the aim of researching and studying musical traditions of the Eastern Mediterranean, as well as creating personal, authentic compositions. In our first year of presence, we have presented our music at Feggaros, Rialto and Moonwalk festivals as well as at the 9th European Conference “Transforming Planet”. In 2023 we have plans for concerts in Europe and collaborations with Charalambos Panteli, Odysseas Toumazou and Martha Mavroides

The process of sleep is the main source of inspiration for the work, which unfolds through a sound course in which the listeners will experience the various stages of hypnosis through the perception of the composer. The title (Nero), in addition to the Greek rendering, means sleep in Japanese. The event is a sound process in which the attendees will be surrounded by various sounds and will end up with the performance of a piece for voices that will be performed by the Municipal Choir of Kornos with conductor Domna Michael.
Through this event, composer Andis Skordis was inspired to compose a piece that will be performed live on October 15th in Kornos, which includes a daily ritual/routine expressed through a sound piece.

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I am a composer of contemporary music who studied Composition, Karnatic music and Balinese Gamelan. My music is characterised as archaic and dark, resulting in performances which are compared with ceremonial occurrences. My oeuvre ranges in more than 70 works, which have been presented and awarded worldwide.

For this year’s Xarkis Festival, the purpose will be the closing of this wonderful event with music that will continue the ritual of the previous act and will farewell us with joy in our souls!

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I go by this name since I am enchanted by the endless wonder of music: old and new, east and west, melancholic and uplifting, organic and electronic, traditional and new… Let’s wander!!