What lies beneath the surface
“There is something very touching in spending time to observe small details and figure out what else lies underneath the surface. To observe the hands travelling towards each other, to listen to a deep breath underneath the mask, to accompany one’s journey to preciousness and…” organisers of an upcoming performance and exhibition in Nicosia start by saying.
Performing Silence is a performance-exhibition by Petros Konnaris starting on April 8 to be held every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday until April 24. Held at Drive Drive space on Sapfous 6 in Ayios Savvas, Performing Silence is a research project exploring how to listen to something subtle that is present but not shouting, a softness that is usually oversaturated by noise and loudness. Listening to the unseen other and the disregarded moments, a group of performers, a different combination each night, go through a calm yet active journey of prolonging the moment of conscious attention. They observe what lies hidden in the density of silence and amplify it for spectators to see.
During this one-hour performance-exhibition viewers are invited to walk around, pay attention to the silence and those unseen moments, wait, take a deep breath, listen, and be active even when they are silent and standing still. “Towards the end,” add the organisers, “there will be also time to explore and pay attention to what you did and didn’t hear.”
Performing Silence
Performance-exhibition by Petros Konnaris and other artists. April 8 – 24. Every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 7pm. Limited number of visitors. Booking is essential. €7. petroskon@yahoo.gr Tel: 99- 439088