Stay safe, stay tuned

Dear SARDAM friends and supporters, this time last year, and every year, we were proudly announcing the festival’s dream team, with guests from Cyprus and abroad. Due to these uncertain times, and in order to somehow secure the safety and sanity of all of us, we are still considering the format of the festival’s 8th edition in autumn. So bear with us…:)

OPEN CALL 2020

OPEN CALL for SARDAM festival’s 8th Edition (24-27 Sept 2020)!
Application deadline: 29th February 2020!
Addressed to writers, writers-performers and other artists interested in experimenting with words/texts, from Cyprus and abroad!

Send:
a) a short bio (max 250 words, paragraph style)
b) a photo (in high resolution)
c) a sample of relevant work (poem, short story, novel excerpt, flash fiction, experimental text, visual writing, sound poem, word collage, video, artwork, music/sound piece etc.)
d) links/videos of previous performances/collaborations (optional)
* we no longer accept descriptions of videopoems/videotexts but only the actual proposed videopoems/videotexts
e) a website or other link which includes more info about you and your work (optional)
f) a short description of your proposal for SARDAM 2020
*Please describe in detail how you plan to present your work and whether you will cooperate with another writer, artist or other professional. If you are proposing a collaboration, also send a short bio, a photo and work samples or links of your collaborator(s). The festival may also propose collaborators from Cyprus for selected acts.

Send all materials to arttitudecyprus@gmail.com (SARDAM 2020 APPLICATION and your Full Name as email subject). All text attachments should be sent in both word and pdf. Please send all materials in one email.

Some applicants may be offered a place for SARDAM 2021 edition.
Priority will be given to applicants who haven’t participated in the festival’s previous editions.
The applications will be evaluated by a selection committee which will be announced at a later stage and will include writers and artists from Cyprus and abroad.
The results will be announced in Spring 2020.

Good luck!

SARDAM, meaning «verbal slip» in greek, is an annual, out of the box, interdisciplinary literature festival based in Cyprus (founded in 2013 and recently honoured with the European qualification EFFE LABEL 2019-2020 as one of the remarkable festivals of Europe). The festival presents the work of writers, writers-performers and other artists from Cyprus and abroad, through hybrid and interdisciplinary acts/collaborations (eg. text and sound/electronics, slam poetry, live readings with contemporary dance, videopoetry, interactive literary installations, sound poetry, visual poetry, site-specific readings/acts, music and text, and so on). Besides presenting evenings full of alternative literary readings and interdisciplinary performances in different cities of Cyprus, the festival also presents exciting creative writing and performance workshops, residencies, as well as parallel events.

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/sardamcy/

SARDAM 2019

2019 FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

7th international interdisciplinary literature festival SARDAM
04-06 OCTOBER 2019
LIMASSOL – NICOSIA – LIMASSOL

SARDAM festival, recently honoured with the 2019-2020 EFFE Label as one of Europe’s most remarkable festivals, returns in its seventh edition, drawing its audience closer to literature, literary performance and the combination of literature with other arts!

Writer-performers and other artists from Cyprus and abroad will be sharing original writing as well as innovative presentations and performances of literature. The festival events’ common focus is the combination of literature and spoken word with traditional and modern means of expression like theatre, technology, sound/music, visual arts, sound poetry, etc.

Besides the annual group events and workshops taking place in Limassol and Nicosia, this year’s festival will feature the SARDAM TRIBUTE, in which director Maria Kyriakou will present the work of Cypriot prose writer Sofronis Sofroniou. For the first time this year, the festival will host the SARDAM RESIDENCY, a cooperation of the poet-performers Mara Genschel (Germany) and Dovydas Laurinaitis (UK). Visiting Cyprus for the second time, this year’s GUEST OF HONOUR will be the Japanese sound poet Tomomi Adachi, recently honoured with the prestigious award Prix Ars Electronica 2019 for his improvisation skills in the use of technology, music and words. Additionally, this year’s festival will host the awarded Greek prose writer Elena Maroutsou, who will present an exciting creative writing workshop on myth, fairy-tales, flash fiction and bonsai stories. Queer Ink publications will also showcase some of their books at the festival’s book exhibition.
Detailed programme of SARDAM’s 7th edition below:

MAIN EVENT –LITERARY READINGS/PERFORMANCES
04 OCTOBER 2019 / THEATRO ENA (B Municipal Market) / LIMASSOL / 8:00pm
05 OCTOBER 2019 / ARTOS FOUNDATION (64 Agion Omologiton avenue / NICOSIA / 8:00pm
Entrance fee: 5 Euro / Reservations: 99558358
The main events in Limassol and Nicosia feature the following writer-performers and artists:

GUEST OF HONOUR 2019 – TOMOMI ADACHI (JAPAN)
SARDAM RESIDENCY 2019 – MARA GENSCHEL (GERMANY) & DOVYDAS LAURINAITIS (UK)
LOLA NIETO (SPAIN)
ANA CAVIC (SLOVENIA), in cooperation with the sound designer TYCHONAS MICHAELIDES
VALIA TSIRIGOTI & CHARIS GAROUNIATIS (GREECE)
MARILENA ZACKHEOS (CYPRUS), in cooperation with the photographer NICOS PHILIPPOU
CONSTANTINOS PAPAGEORGIOU (CYPRUS), in cooperation with the frame drummer STALO HADJIPIERI
SARDAM TRIBUTE 2019 – SOFRONIS SOFRONIOU (CYPRUS) will be presented by the director MARIA KYRIACOU, in cooperation with the actor STELIOS ANDRONIKOU (sound installation by PANOS BARTZIS)

+3 WORKSHOPS
05 October 2019 – NICOSIA – ARTOS FOUNDATION (64 Agion Omologiton avenue)
• 3:30pm-6:30pm (CYPRUS/UK) ALEV ADIL – Performance writing workshop
*language: English

06 October 2019 – LIMASSOL – HOANI (133 Eleftherias street)
• 11:00am -3:00pm (GREECE) ELENA MAROUTSOU – Creative writing workshop (Myth, Fairytale, Flash fiction, Bonsai stories)
*language: Greek
• 3:30pm-6:30pm (GREECE) YIANNIS ADAMIS – Creative writing workshop «Eroticism in Literature»
*language: Greek

Participation fee: 20 Euros per workshop (for those wishing to attend all three workshops, one is free). Limited number of participants. Reservations until 2nd October: 99558358
+ PARALLEL EVENT (free entrance)
06 Οctober 2019 – LIMASSOL – TAPPER BAR (62 Eleftherias street)
• 7:00pm-8:00pm (JAPAN) TOMOMI ADACH – Talk / Demo on Sound Poetry, Technology and Live Electronics
*language: English

 

SARDAM is organized by: Maria A. Ioannou, Evi Panayiotou (group aRttitude)

Supporters: EFFE LABEL 2019-2020, Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus, Limassol Council, Goethe Institute, Lettretage (Berlin), Vivliotropio, K.P Kyriacou Bookshops, Boubouki Cottage, PLATO Educational Services, Inprima, Exertus Services, Sound and Beyond Audiovisual Services, Kanali 6

 

SARDAM TEAM 2019 ANNOUNCED!

A taste of this year’s team, with both new and returning guests. A special festival edition to celebrate 7 years of good luck! Thank you all for your applications and support 🙂

GUEST OF HONOUR 2019 TOMOMI ADACHI (JAPAN) – performance and workshop on Sound Poetry and Live Electronics, MARA GENSCHEL (GERMANY) & DOVYDAS LAURINAITIS (UK) – Sardam Residency Project, LOLA NIETO (SPAIN) – performance, QUEER INK Publications (GREECE) – book sale/display, ANA CAVIC (SLOVENIA) & sound designer TYCHONAS MICHAELIDES – performance, VALIA TSIRIGOTI & CHARIS GAROUNIATIS (GREECE) – performance, YIANNIS ADAMIS (GREECE) – workshop on Eroticism in literature, ELENA MAROUTSOU (GREECE) – Creative Writing workshop, ALEV ADIL (CYPRUS) – workshop on Performance Writing, MARILENA ZACKHEOS & photographer NICOS PHILIPPOU (CYPRUS) – video performance, CONSTANTINOS PAPAGEORGIOU & frame drummer STALO HADJIPIERI (CYPRUS) – performance, director MARIA KYRIAKOU presenting novelist SOFRONIS SOFRONIOU (CYPRUS)

 

Great news!

We proudly announce that SARDAM FESTIVAL received the EFFE Label 2019-2020, thus becoming part of the remarkable arts festivals of Europe! Stay tuned for SARDAM’s next edition: 03-06 October 2019 🙂

6 years of SARDAM FESTIVAL

 

OPEN CALL FOR SARDAM 2019

OPEN CALL for SARDAM festival’s 7th Edition in October 2019!

Application deadline: 31st January 2019!

Addressed to writers, writers-performers and other artists working with words/texts, from Cyprus and abroad!

Send:
a) a short bio in english and/or greek (max 250 words, paragraph style)
b) a photo (in high resolution)
c) a writing or word-related sample in english and/or greek (poem, short story, novel excerpt, flash fiction, experimental text, visual writing, sound poem, word collage, video, artwork etc.)
d) a link/video of one of your readings or literary performances (including sound poetry acts, collaborations with other artists, installations etc.)
* we no longer accept descriptions of videopoems/videotexts but only the actual proposed videopoems/videotexts
e) a website or other link which includes more info about you and your work (optional)
f) a short description of your proposal for SARDAM 2019

CATEGORIES:

WORKSHOP IDEA (maximum duration 3-4 hours) LECTURE IDEA (maximum duration 1-2 hours)
Interdisciplinary Literary Workshop? Creative Writing Workshop? Poetry Slam Workshop? Literary Performance or Performance Writing Workshop? Other kind of relevant workshop or lecture?
10-MINUTE LIVE READING or LITERARY PERFORMANCE IDEA (for participation in the group readings/acts in Limassol and Nicosia)
SITE-SPECIFIC IDEA (for readings/acts/installations in different places of the city)
OTHER (Surprise us!)

*Please describe in detail how you plan to present your work and whether you will cooperate with another writer, artist or other professional. If you are proposing a collaboration, also send a short bio, a photo and work samples or links of your collaborator(s). The festival may also propose collaborators from Cyprus for selected acts.

Send all materials to arttitudecyprus@gmail.com (SARDAM 2019 APPLICATION and your Full Name as email subject). All text attachments should be sent in both word and pdf.

An applicant may apply for either 1 or max 2 categories from the above (in the same email, please do not send multiple e-mails).

Some applicants may be offered a place for SARDAM 2020 edition.

Priority will be given to applicants who haven’t participated in the festival’s previous editions.

The applications will be evaluated by a selection committee which will be announced at a later stage and will include writers and artists from Cyprus and abroad.

The results will be announced in Spring 2019.

Good luck! 🙂

SARDAM, meaning «verbal slip» in greek, is an annual «out of the box» literature festival based in Cyprus (founded in 2013). The festival presents the work of writers, writers-performers and other artists from Cyprus and abroad, through hybrid and interdisciplinary acts/collaborations. Including slam poetry, live readings with contemporary dance, videopoetry, interactive literary installations, sound poetry, visual poetry, site-specific readings and so on, SARDAM festival is open to any kind of literary experimentation. Besides presenting evenings full of alternative literary readings/performances in different cities of Cyprus, the festival also presents exciting creative writing and performance workshops, residencies, as well as parallel events.

More info, here: http://www.sardamcy.wordpress.com
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/sardamcy/

PRESS RELEASE 2018 GR / ENG

 

*in english, below

6ο διεθνές φεστιβάλ ΣΑΡΔΑΜ: Η λογοτεχνία αλλιώς
11-14 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ 2018
ΠΑΦΟΣ – ΛΕΜΕΣΟΣ – ΛΕΥΚΩΣΙΑ

Το φεστιβάλ ΣΑΡΔΑΜ επιστρέφει για έκτη χρονιά με ακόμη περισσότερες δράσεις, φέρνοντας το κοινό πιο κοντά στη λογοτεχνία, τη λογοτεχνική περφόρμανς και τη συνύπαρξη της λογοτεχνίας και του λόγου με άλλες τέχνες!

Για τέσσερις ημέρες συγγραφείς-περφόρμερ και άλλοι καλλιτέχνες από την Κύπρο και το εξωτερικό μοιράζονται πρωτότυπους τρόπους συγγραφής, ανάγνωσης και γενικότερα παρουσίασης/επιτέλεσης της λογοτεχνίας και του λόγου μέσα από ποικιλία δρωμένων και εργαστηρίων. Κοινό τους χαρακτηριστικό ο συνδυασμός της λογοτεχνίας και του λόγου με σύγχρονα και κλασικά μέσα έκφρασης, όπως θέατρο, τεχνολογία, σύγχρονο χορό, slamming/spoken word, εικαστικές τέχνες, αρχιτεκτονική, ηχητική ποίηση (sound poetry), οπτική γραφή (visual writing) κ.ά.

Εκτός από τις καθιερωμένες ομαδικές βραδιές και τα εργαστήρια σε Λεμεσό και Λευκωσία, το φεστιβάλ συνεχίζει για τρίτη χρονιά την ενότητα ΣΑΡΔΑΜ ΣΤΙΓΜΗ, τιμώντας φέτος την κορυφαία Κύπρια πεζογράφο Ήβη Μελεάγρου (1928-), μέσα από την καλλιτεχνική ματιά του μουσικού Λευτέρη Μουμτζή. Συνεχίζεται επίσης η παράλληλη εκδήλωση ΣΑΡΔΑΜ ΣΟΛΟ/ΓΚΡΟΥΠ, η οποία παρουσιάζει μία λογοτεχνική περφόρμανς μεγαλύτερης διάρκειας από συγγραφείς-περφόρμερ του εξωτερικού την τελευταία ημέρα του φεστιβάλ. GUEST OF HONOUR του φετινού φεστιβάλ ο Ιταλός ποιητής-περφόρμερ και εμπνευστής των όρων pre-textual poetry και epigenetic poetry, Giovanni Fontana (1946-). Για πρώτη φορά φέτος θα πραγματοποιηθεί εν κινήσει εργαστήρι δημιουργικής γραφής στην Πάφο, με θέμα την ταξιδιωτική λογοτεχνία, ενώ το φετινό πρόγραμμα επιπλέον περιλαμβάνει διάλεξη από τον βραβευμένο συγγραφέα και ακαδημαϊκό Θοδωρή Ρακόπουλο.

Το αναλυτικό πρόγραμμα του 6ου φεστιβάλ ΣΑΡΔΑΜ:

ΟΜΑΔΙΚΗ ΒΡΑΔΙΑ ΛΟΓΟΤΕΧΝΙΚΩΝ ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΕΩΝ/ΠΕΡΦΟΡΜΑΝΣ (MAIN EVENT)
ΛΕΜΕΣΟΣ / ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΗ 12 Οκτωβρίου 2018 / ΘΕΑΤΡΟ ΕΝΑ (Β’ Δημοτική Αγορά) / 8:00 μ.μ.
ΛΕΥΚΩΣΙΑ / ΣΑΒΒΑΤΟ 13 Οκτωβρίου 2018 / ΘΕΑΤΡΟ ΔΕΝΤΡΟ (Ενότητος 44) / 8:00 μ.μ.
Είσοδος 5 ευρώ / Κρατήσεις: 99558358, 99556226

Στις ομαδικές βραδιές λογοτεχνικών αναγνώσεων/περφόρμανς συμμετέχουν οι πιο κάτω συγγραφείς-περφόρμερ και καλλιτέχνες:
(ΙΤΑΛΙΑ) GUEST OF HONOUR: GIOVANNI FONTANA, (ΕΛΛΑΔΑ) ΘΟΔΩΡΗΣ ΡΑΚΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ, (ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΑ) TOM BRESEMANN, JOERG PIRINGER, (ΑΥΣΤΡΑΛΙΑ / ΚΥΠΡΟΣ) ΚΟΡΑΛΗ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΑΔΗ, (ΚΥΠΡΟΣ) ΣΤΕΛΙΟΣ ΧΑΤΖΗΘΩΜΑΣ, σε συνεργασία με την εικαστικό ΚΑΤΕΡΙΝΑ ΜΟΣΧΟΥ, ΜΙΧΑΗΛ ΑΓΓΕΛΟΣ ΕΓΓΛΕΖΟΣ.
Παρουσιάζεται επίσης η Κύπρια πεζογράφος ΗΒΗ ΜΕΛΕΑΓΡΟΥ από τον μουσικό ΛΕΥΤΕΡΗ ΜΟΥΜΤΖΗ (ΕΝΟΤΗΤΑ: ΣΑΡΔΑΜ ΣΤΙΓΜΗ).
Σημ. Κατά τη διάρκεια της ομαδικής βραδιάς θα προβληθεί οπτικογραφημένο γυμνό.

+ 4 ΕΡΓΑΣΤΗΡΙΑ
11 Οκτωβρίου 2018 – ΠΑΦΟΣ – ANANAs 8bit Coffee (Αθηνάς 35Α-35Β)
• 5:00 μ.μ.-8:00 μ.μ. (ΕΛΛΑΔΑ) ΓΙΑΝΝΗΣ ΑΝΤΑΜΗΣ – Εργαστήρι δημιουργικής γραφής με θέμα την ταξιδιωτική λογοτεχνία (στατικό και εν κινήσει στην πόλη της Πάφου)
*γλώσσα επικοινωνίας: ελληνικά

13 Οκτωβρίου 2018 – ΛΕΥΚΩΣΙΑ – ΓΚΑΡΑΖ (Αμμοχώστου 16)
• 11:00 π.μ.-2:00 μ.μ. (ΕΛΛΑΔΑ) ΓΙΑΝΝΗΣ ΑΝΤΑΜΗΣ – Εργαστήρι δημιουργικής γραφής με θέμα την ταξιδιωτική λογοτεχνία (στατικό και εν κινήσει στην πόλη της Λευκωσίας)
*γλώσσα επικοινωνίας: ελληνικά

14 Οκτωβρίου 2018 – ΛΕΜΕΣΟΣ – ΧΟΑΝΗ (Ελευθερίας 133)
• 12:00 μ.μ.-3:00 μ.μ. (ΚΥΠΡΟΣ) ΛΟΪΖΟΣ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟΣ – Εργαστήρι «Το Σκριπτόριο των ακατανόητων πληροφοριών» (Εργαστήρι για το βιβλίο ως έργο τέχνης)
*γλώσσα επικοινωνίας: ελληνικά / αγγλικά
• 3:30 μ.μ.-6:30 μ.μ. (ΕΛΛΑΔΑ) ΓΙΑΝΝΗΣ ΣΑΡΗΓΙΑΝΝΙΔΗΣ – Εργαστήρι FLARF & CONCEPTUAL POETRY
*γλώσσα επικοινωνίας: ελληνικά / αγγλικά

Περιορισμένος αριθμός θέσεων / Δηλώσεις συμμετοχής-πληροφορίες: 99558358, 99556226 μέχρι 7 Οκτωβρίου / Κόστος συμμετοχής: 20 ευρώ ανά εργαστήρι (το ένα εργαστήρι δωρεάν σε όσους επιθυμούν να παρακολουθήσουν τουλάχιστον τρία από τα εργαστήρια)

Περιγραφές των εργαστηρίων εδώ: https://sardamcy.wordpress.com/workshops/

+ ΣΑΡΔΑΜ ΠΑΡΑΛΛΗΛΕΣ ΕΚΔΗΛΩΣΕΙΣ
13 Οκτωβρίου 2018 – ΛΕΥΚΩΣΙΑ – ΓΚΑΡΑΖ (Αμμοχώστου 16) / 5:00 μ.μ.
Ζωντανή περφόρμανς και εγκατάσταση από τον SAM ALBATROS (ΕΛΛΑΔΑ), σε συνεργασία με τον Κύπριο εικαστικό/αρχιτέκτονα Αργύρη Αγγελή, με τίτλο «Αδερφή»
*μετά τη ζωντανή περφόρμανς η εγκατάσταση θα παραμείνει ανοικτή για το κοινό μέχρι τις 10 μ.μ.
Είσοδος ελεύθερη

14 Οκτωβρίου 2018 – ΛΕΜΕΣΟΣ – ΠΑΛΙΟ ΞΥΔΑΔΙΚΟ (Γενεθλίου Μιτέλλα 34) / 8:00 μ.μ.
ΜΕΡΟΣ Α’: ΔΙΑΛΕΞΗ «Ποίηση, Επιστήμη και Τεχνολογία» / ΘΟΔΩΡΗΣ ΡΑΚΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ (ΕΛΛΑΔΑ)
ΜΕΡΟΣ Β’: ΣΑΡΔΑΜ ΓΚΡΟΥΠ – Λογοτεχνική περφόρμανς “TwoParts Poetry Project” / Μαρουσώ Αθανασίου και Ηλέκτρα Λαζάρ (ΕΛΛΑΔΑ)
Είσοδος ελεύθερη / Κρατήσεις: 99558358, 99556226

Περαιτέρω λεπτομέρειες εδώ: https://sardamcy.wordpress.com/parallel-events/
Διοργανωτές φεστιβάλ: Μαρία Α. Ιωάννου, Εύη Παναγιώτου (ομάδα aRttitude)

Το ΣΑΡΔΑΜ στηρίζουν: Πολιτιστικές Υπηρεσίες Υπουργείου Παιδείας και Πολιτισμού, Δήμος Λεμεσού, Βιβλιοτρόπιο, Βιβλιοπωλεία Κ. Π. Κυριάκου, Boubouki Cottage, PLATO Educational Services, Inprima, Exertus Services, Sound and Beyond Audiovisual Services, Εφημερίδα ΛΕΜΕΣΟΣ, Κανάλι 6.

Περισσότερες πληροφορίες: http://www.sardamcy.wordpress.com
6th alternative literary festival SARDAM
11-14 OCTOBER 2018
PAPHOS – LIMASSOL – NICOSIA

SARDAM festival returns in its sixth edition, including even more events and bringing the audience closer to literature, closer to literary performance and closer to the combination of literature with other arts!

Writers-performers and other artists from Cyprus and abroad will be sharing original experiences of writing, reading, as well as innovative presentations/performances of literature, through a variety of events and workshops. Common ground will be the combination of literature and spoken word with traditional and modern means of expression like theatre, technology, contemporary dance, slamming, visual arts, architecture, sound poetry, visual poetry and so on.

Besides the group events and workshops in Limassol and Nicosia, which have been taking place every year, the festival continues the action SARDAM TRIBUTE, which this year pays tribute to the renowned Cypriot prose writer Ivi Meleagrou (1928-), through the artistic lens of the musician Lefteris Moumtzis. SARDAM SOLO/GROUP as a parallel event during the last day of the festival will continue this year as well, presenting a longer literary performance by international writers-performers. This year’s GUEST OF HONOUR will be the Italian poet-performer and inspirer of the terms “pre-textual poetry” and “epigenetic poetry” Giovanni Fontana (1946-). Moreover, for the first time, this year, a creative writing workshop will also take place in Paphos (Travel Literature workshop). This year’s programme also includes a lecture by the awarded writer and academic Thodoris Rakopoulos.

Detailed programme of SARDAM’s 6th edition:

MAIN EVENT OF LITERARY READINGS/PERFORMANCES
12 OCTOBER 2018 / THEATRO ENA (B Municipal Market) / LIMASSOL / 8:00pm
13 OCTOBER 2018 / THEATRO DENTRO (44 Enotitos street) / NICOSIA / 8:00pm
Entrance fee: 5 Euro / Reservations: 99558358, 99556226

The main event in Limassol and Nicosia includes the following writers-performers and artists:
(ITALY) GUEST OF HONOUR: GIOVANNI FONTANA, (GREECE) THODORIS RAKOPOULOS, (GERMANY) TOM BRESEMANN, JOERG PIRINGER, (AUSTRALIA/CYPRUS) KORALY DIMITRIADIS, (CYPRUS) STELIOS HADJITHOMAS, in cooperation with the visual artist KATERINA MOSCHOU, MICHAEL ANGELOS ENGLEZOS.
During the main event, the Cypriot prose writer IVI MELEAGROU will be presented by the musician LEFTERIS MOUMTZIS (SARDAM TRIBUTE).
* The group event includes a video which contains nudity.

+ 4 WORKSHOPS
11 October 2018 – PAPHOS – ANANAs 8bit Coffee (35Α-35Β Athinas street)
• 5:00pm-8:00pm (GREECE) YIANNIS ADAMIS – Travel Literature creative writing workshop (static and on the move, in the city of Paphos)
*language: greek

13 October 2018 – NICOSIA – GARAGE (16 Ammochostou street)
• 11:00am -2:00pm (GREECE) YIANNIS ADAMIS – Travel Literature creative writing workshop (static and on the move, in the city of Nicosia)
*language: greek

14 October 2018 – LIMASSOL – HOANI (133 Eleftherias street)
• 12:00pm-3:00pm (CYPRUS) LOIZOS OLYMPIOS – Book Arts workshop “The Scriptorium of Incomprehensible Information”
*language: greek / english
• 3:30pm-6:30pm (GREECE) YIANNIS SARIGIANNIDIS – FLARF & CONCEPTUAL POETRY workshop
*language: greek / English

Participation fee: 20 euro per workshop (one workshop free for those wishing to attend three or more workshops). Limited number of participants. Reservations until 7th October: 99558358, 99556226

Workshop descriptions, here: https://sardamcy.wordpress.com/workshops/
+ SARDAM PARALLEL EVENTS
13 Οctober 2018 – NICOSIA – GARAGE (16 Ammochostou street) / 5:00pm
Live performance and installation by SAM ALBATROS (GREECE), in cooperation with the Cypriot visual artist and architect Argyris Angeli, entitled “Aderfi”
*after the live performance, the installation will remain open to the public until 10pm

Free entrance

14 Οctober 2018 – LIMASSOL – PALIO XYDADIKO (34 Genethliou Mitella street) / 8:00pm
PART 1: LECTURE “Poetry, Science and Technology” / THODORIS RAKOPOULOS (GREECE)
PART 2: SARDAM GROUP – Literary performance entitled “TwoParts Poetry Project” / Marouso Athanasiou and Electra Lazar (GREECE)

Free entrance / Reservations: 99558358, 99556226

More info: https://sardamcy.wordpress.com/parallel-events/

SARDAM is organized by: Maria A. Ioannou, Evi Panayiotou (group aRttitude)

Supporters: Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus, Limassol Council, Vivliotropio, K.P. Kyriacou Bookshops, Boubouki Cottage, PLATO Educational Services, Inprima, Exertus Services, Sound and Beyond Audiovisual Services, newspaper LEMESOS, Kanali 6

More info: http://www.sardamcy.wordpress.com

 

 

2018 SARDAM team announced! 6th SARDAM 11-14 October!
GREECE:
THODORIS RAKOPOULOS, YIANNIS ADAMIS, TWO PARTS (MAROUSO ATHANASIOU, ELECTRA LAZAR), SAM ALBATROS (in cooperation with the Cypriot artist/architect ARGYRIS ANGELI)
GERMANY:
TOM BRESEMANN, JORG PIRINGER
ITALY:
GIOVANNI FONTANA (SARDAM 2018 GUEST OF HONOUR)
USA:
DAEDALUS CHAOS
CYPRUS:
STELIOS HADJITHOMAS (in cooperation with the visual artist KATERINA MOSCHOU), MICHAEL ANGELOS ENGLEZOS
+SARDAM TRIBUTE to the Cypriot prose writer IVI MELEAGROU (1928) – musician/band to be announced soon
More info about full programme, workshops, parallel events and further accompanying writers/artists at a later stage! Stay tuned!