The lineup of Buffer Fringe Performing Arts Festival 2023 has been announced

Buffer Fringe Performing Arts Festival of the Home for Cooperation is celebrating its 10th edition this year, with an exciting line-up of local and international performances and workshops, under the theme “Turning Point”. The 2023 edition is co-curated by Ahmad Baba, a returning artist from the 2022 lineup, and Eleni Angastiniotou, representing Visual Voices, in collaboration with the Home for Cooperation team.

The festival will take place on the 5th, 6th and 7th of October in Nicosia with additional parallel activities on the 4th and the 8th of October. 

The festival will open on the 5th of October at the Home for Cooperation, where all performances and installations will be open to public and free of entrance. The tickets for the performances on the 6th and the 7th of October can be obtained online, from the website of the Home for Cooperation: https://www.home4cooperation.info/buffer-fringe-2023/

During the festival week, free workshops by participating artists wll be offered, however registrations are mandatory. The registration form can be found on each workshop’s page: https://www.home4cooperation.info/buffer-fringe-2023/

The full program of the festival is announced as follows: 

THURSDAY 5th of October, at Home for Cooperation (FREE ENTRANCE)

19:00-19:30 Opening

19:30-20:15 SALT by Volta Collective (USA)

20:30-21:00 How to Leave Your Body on the Verge of Blue? by Omar Adel (DE)

21:30-22:10 Rest of it AI by Marlen Puello (SE)

22:30-23:30 Overall Progress by Baran Sakar (CY)

ONGOING INSTALLATIONS:

. cloud.torrent by Shameru Collective (CY)

. CYENSverse by CYENS Centre of Excellence (CY)

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FRIDAY 6th of October, at Gardens of the Future

19:00-19:45 Metamorfose by Gustavo Silvestre (BR)

20:00-20:55 CASSANDRA we have a problem by Paula Carrara & Carlos Canhameiro (IT)

21:30-22:30 ANTIGONE, A HUBRIS by OMADA7 (GR)

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SATURDAY 7th of October at Rüstem Bookshop

19:30-20:20 Wall of Babel by Nefeli Kentoni (UK)

20:30-21:30 #notl by Tony Bulandra Theater (RO)

22:00-00:00 Closing Party!

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Parallel Activities

WEDNESDAY 4th of October at Rüstem Bookstore

18:00-20:00 Workshop: Character’s Toolcase by Art Vouveau

FRIDAY 6th of October at Common Room at Prozak

15:00-18:00 Workshop: Colliding Bodies by Volta Collective

SATURDAY 7th of October at Common Room at Prozak

12:00-15:00 Workshop: TAKING THE FLOOR_ Body and Voice in the Space by Paula Carrara & Carlos Canhameiro

SUNDAY 8th of October at Home for Cooperation / Ledra Palace Buffer Zone

19:00-19:45 Floating: A Work in Progress by Art Vouveau

Buffer Fringe Performing Arts Festival benefits from a financial support offered by the Embassy of USA in Cyprus, the KYPRIA grant and a grant under the Active Citizens Fund through the EEA and Norway Grants 2020-2024, financed by Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.