Two Days After Forever - A Reader on the Choreography of Time. Christodoulos Panayiotou

Cypriot artist Christodoulos Panaylotou uses archaeology as a discipline to explorethe mechanisms governing the relationship between tradition and modernity.Physical artifacts cover the pavilion, from ancient mosaics and shoes made of fakeleather handbags to a mountain of shredded Cyprus dollars. Published to accompanythe installation at the Cyprus Pavilion, 56th Venice Biennale, this reader adopts avariety of modes of address critical writing, poetry, open-ended letters, sketches,provocations, new and existing texts as theater for considering the How does one choreograph a history that is constantly being reimagined? Is therean anthropology of movement? Cyprus becomes the site of multiple imaginaries withnew routes of escape, exploring materiality as performance and quiet gesturesas subversive counterpoints to homogenous nationalistic narratives. Contributorsinclude Elke Wittrock, Mirjam Brusius, Malak Helmy, Yannis Hamilakis, Uzma Z. Rizviamong others.