#00 | On the Cypriot Conflict and Bastardhood.
#00 | On the Cypriot Conflict and Bastardhood.
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With: Maya Maria Ophilia
Practice: Welcome to the Palmanova
Context: Cyprus
Date: 19.01.2024
Duration: 2h07m
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Conversation Summary
Conversation Summary
In this episode, in conversation with Maya (my sister!), we discuss the cypriot conflict, our situated experiences of it, and the ways it frames our research and practice interests.
Why is it important for us to rethink identity and imagine revolutions? And what could speculating support us to do?
Maya through her artistic practice calls for a revolution of the bastards, those located in between and simultaneously on both sides of a conflict, or those that simply do not identify within its lines.
This initially was planned as a test episode, for both technical issues (that went pretty badly) and structure. As the conversation was very interesting I decided to include it in this series. Please forgive the sound/ image issues!
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The person
The person
Maya Maria Ophilia is an emerging artist and researcher from Nicosia, Cyprus. Maya’s current project explores the concept of mental freedom, mediating polarities and ideologies from both Western and Eastern contexts. Focusing on the divided city of Leukosia/Lefkoşa, she employs urban recording techniques and psychogeographic methodologies. Through this approach, she aims to radically reimagine her city by examining its past (previously shared and now lost heritage), present realities, and possible and "impossible" futures. In her search for an ethnic and cultural identity, she finds herself on the verge of "bastardhood," where ethnic identity transcends borders and embraces a unified front.
With her city simulation game, Maya aims to further research and develop ways to navigate "bastard" hybrid identities. She seeks to create an inherently decolonial and educational methodology for non-violent resistance in hostile environments, as well as a human rights-based approach to education regarding the Cypriot dispute.
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