This year’s international program includes engaging workshops, live performances and concerts, film screenings, interactive games and much more, and is suitable for kids and adults of all ages. The Festival explores issues of colonialism and intersectionality but does so in a creative, participatory manner, engaging communities and listening to their very own lived experiences.
WALL OF ALLEGORIES

With Patrícia Harsány and Nelli Szabó (HU)
FRIDAY, 15.07.22, 10:30 – 14:00
SATURDAY, 16.07.22, 11:30 – 18:00 | Workshop and installation of the works
SUNDAY, 17.07.22, 11:30 – 18:00 | Workshop and installation of the works
This project explores symbolic changes in the material environment through the phenomenon of colonialism. The aim is to create a common collection of objects and stories. Two important symbols of Agros are highlighted: the stone motif as a historical symbol of independence, in which the stone appears as an inlaying half, and the local symbol of Agros, the rose. The two symbols are presented as an interactive installation with symbolic combinations of objects.
Bio
Patrícia Harsány and Nelli Szabó have been working in their common studio since December 2021 and both are in-house artists of the Art Quarter Budapest. A common element of their work is that they relate to frontiers of design and fine arts in experimental, humorous, or philosophically ironic ways.
RETURNING TO LEAVE AGAIN

With Zoe Papaeracleous (CY, US)
SATURDAY, 16.07.22, 11:00-13:00 | Workshop
Zoe Papaeracleous is returning to Agros for a public-facing dance workshop, a place she has stayed with loved ones throughout her life, to eventually leave again. It is an honour for her to return once again to share her artistic practice. The workshop is open to people regardless of previous experience.
Bio
Zoe Papaeracleous is an NYC-based dance artist of Cypriot origin, born and raised in Baltimore, MD, USA, with roots from Agros village.
BUILDING SOCIAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN REFUGEES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES

With Constantinos Economides
SATURDAY, 16.7.22, 11:00 – 16:00
SUNDAY, 17.07.22, 11:00 – 16:00
The thematic of the workshop focuses on developing sustainable ideas, that brace social interactions between refugees and local communities, to support their integration with them. The workshop is part of the Open Up; a four-year-long cultural project, co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme.
Bio
Constantinos Economides, a Central Saint Martins graduate, is an Industrial Designer. His work has been featured in international exhibitions and has received international acclaimed awards.
AND UNITY WAS FLOWER SHAPED

With Denise Lobont (RO)
SATURDAY, 16.07.22, 12:00 – 14:00
SUNDAY, 17.07.22, 12:00 – 14:00
AND UNITY WAS FLOWER SHAPED discovers Agros’ unique heritage of floristry crafts revealing the impossibility of destroying the link between landscape and its local diverse inhabitants.
Bio
Denise Lobonț is a Fine Arts graduate from Bucharest. She uses the documentary format as a tool to reveal unexpected beauty behind the everyday triviality focusing on small communities and their environment.
TAZION, A COLLECTIVE AND INTERNATIONAL CREATION OF AN ARTWORK AS A CARD GAME

With Delphine Trouche and Anna Mimouni (FR)
SATURDAY, 16.07.22, 12:00 – 15:00 | Workshop
SATURDAY, 16.07.22, 18:00 – 19:00 | Game
SUNDAY, 17.07.22, 11:00 – 14:00 | Workshop
SUNDAY, 17.07.22, 16:00 – 17:00 | Game
Women and intersectional minorities unleash your imagination and creativity. Explore your eroticisms and representations of your intersectional bodies through the collective creation of artworks that will turn into a card game. Let’s play outside the patriarchal diktat.
Bio
Delphine is a contemporary artist, painter and performer. As an activist, she co-founded the anti-racist volleyball association for women and sexual minorities in Paris. She also founded the Vsummercamp, a free feminist festival in France.
Anna is a designer and illustrator. She facilitates workshops on local government issues and is making a documentary on care. She writes podcasts, does theatre acting and stand-up comedy where she raises issues of intersectionality.
UP-OIKEIA

With Kyriakos Theocharous (CY)
SATURDAY, 16.07.22, 16:00 – 18:30 | Printmaking workshop
Theocharous will visit Agros residents’ houses and will create an archive (via photo documentation) with objects that are relevant to colonialism-decolonization, through engraving and printing methods, where art pieces will be created. A related printmaking workshop will follow suitable for kids and adults, where we will explore the linoleum technique, printing and reproduction.
Bio
Κyriakos Theocharous graduated from The School of Visual and Applied Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He has participated in various exhibitions in Cyprus and abroad.
MAKE A BIRD NEST

With BirdLife Cyprus (CY)
SUNDAY, 17.07.22, 10:00 – 12:00
Not all birds make their nests on trees and bushes. Some birds, such as Great Tits need cavities, holes or eaves to nest and raise their families. Such spaces are far from abundant and putting up a nest box can be a great way for providing a home to these birds. Building your nestbox is a simple, fun and rewarding experience. During the workshop, several nests for smaller birds will be available to be made and taken home, and nests for Scops Owls will be made to be placed in the Agros community.
Bio
Founded in 2003, BirdLife Cyprus is the most active non-governmental, non-profit nature conservation organization in Cyprus. Through science, advocacy, education and on the ground conservation work, BirdLife works to protect wild birds, their habitats and wider biodiversity in Cyprus.
HARMONY OR ICONOCLASM? The Decolonial Implications of Using the Greek-Cypriot Dialect in Electro-Vocal Music

With Tasos Lamnisos (x.ypno)
SUNDAY, 17.07.22, 11:30 – 14:30 | Workshop and talk
Harmony or Iconoclasm: This project lays the foundation for a decolonial discussion about the use of the Greek-Cypriot dialect in electro-vocal music. The colloquial tongue of Greek-Cypriots is situated in the space among Harmony and Iconoclasm as it is revered by few as an expression of independence and discarded by many as a ‘’vulgar’’ relic of the past.
Bio
Tasos Lamnisos (x.ypno) is a member of NYX, a Nicosia-based D.I.Y collective, and XMK. His practice as a producer and singer-songwriter centres upon the question of (be)longing with a pronounced focus on the themes of partition, uprooting, and social exclusion.
DECOLONISING CYPRIOT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

With Alexia Achilleos (CY)
SUNDAY, 17.07.22, 14:00-16:30 | Talk and participatory workshop
As artificial intelligence is increasingly becoming part of everyday life, we’ll work together to build the first blocks of a decolonised Cypriot AI, which reflects the diverse reality of our island.
Bio
Alexia Achilleos investigates data and utilises machine learning processes, to re-examine topics that impact narrative, biases found within history and society, but also within technology itself.