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MESAORIA 2974 is part of Klark’s long-term research on the buffer zone of Cyprus. In this performance, Elias articulates his vision of his homeland with a focus on the geo-politics of Mesaoria. An extensive region in Cyprus of plain land, bisected into a permitted area and a prohibited area, crossed by kilometers of empty buffer zone. Since the 1960s, the land was marked by colonial visions and called the Green Line aka the dead zone of Cyprus.
By recreating a site clone of the uninhabited space, Elias transforms the podium of Tempel to an immersive performance installation that combines digital and live interaction, welcoming the audience to a humid dystopia. There the audience witnesses a dark prophecy of the future of Cyprus -cacotopia, where Mesaoria maintains itself in a “status quo” while everything else shifts toward annihilation.
MESAORIA 2974
Creative Collaborator: Avgoustina Triarou
Performance & Styling: Yooha Cheon, Hayden Bouvet, Avgoustina Triarou, Elias Klark
Music Production: Marcos Shukuroglou
Music Composition: New arrangement of a piece by Dimitra Sofroniou, adapted by Marcos Shukuroglou.
Text: Avgoustina Triarou, Elias Klark
Advisors: Jana Jacuka, Neda Ruzheva
Special thanks to Daan Westendorp and Dennis Schaffers.