7th international interdisciplinary literature festival SARDAM
03-06 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
+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, 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
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