The University of Nicosia Research Foundation and the Lakatamia Municipality cordially invite you to the exhibition and parallel events programme “Sickle & Code”. The event is part of the project Phygital and implemented by Thkio Ppalies.

Sickle & Code is an international exhibition, part of Phygital, a programme conceptualised for Cyprus by Dr. Chrystalleni Loizidou within the scope of investigating contemporary movements towards a knowledge-sharing economy that reconsiders capitalist definitions of credit, labour and production. Phygital is currently implemented in Tzoumerka (Greece), Tirana (Albania) and Nicosia (Cyprus), involving the development of makerspaces with a focus on free and open source software driven by local communities.

More specifically, in Sickle & Code, Cypriot and international artists present works that reflect, confront and re-evaluate current models of producing under the conjunction of global digital commons of knowledge.

The exhibition is accompanied by several parallel events that include makeathons, workshops, tours for schools and art schools, presentations, talks, performances and screenings. For updates and information on these events please visit: https://thkioppalies.org/Projects.

Location: Museum of History and Cultural Heritage of Lakatamia

Opening: 24 October 2019, 18:00 by the mayor of Lakatamia Dr Photoula Hadjipapa.

Performance during the opening by Elena Savvidou

Artist Talks by Angelos Plessas and Bahar Noorizadeh, 23 October 2019, 19:00 Unesco Amphitheater, University of Nicosia.

Exhibition duration | 26 October 2019 – 15 February 2020

Participating artists: Maria Andreou, Raissa Angeli, Adonis Archontides, Helen Black & Yiannis Colakides, Zach Blas, Jenny Dunn, Nihaal Faizal, Veronika Georgiou, Olga Micińska, Bahar Noorizadeh, Angelo Plessas, Tabita Rezaire, Elena Savvidou, Emiddio Vasquez

Phygital prototype team leaders: Ehsan Abdi, Odysseas Economides, Thrasos Nerantzis, Maria Toumazou, Kostas Tsangarides