Ad hoc Orchestra

Αrtist: Evelyn Anastasiou
At: Pylon Art & Culture
1A Athinon street, 3041, Limassol, Cyprus

Duration:
14th March – 12th April 2025

Presenting new and archival bodies of work, the artist draws inspiration from disparate musical traditions, creating a space made up of auditory and visual elements in which new modes of association are born through the assemblage of seemingly incompatible worlds.

From the revolutionary energy of today's punk scenes to the harmonious collaboration of the members of a symphonic orchestra, to the exaggerated, almost delirious, joy of post-war film musicals.

The interconnection of disparate, and at first glance incongruous worlds, as realized within the exhibition space, is achieved through the visual, sound and three-dimensional works.

It is an attempt to disturb the invocation of predetermined interpretive schemes, while opening up the prospect of new modes of reaction.

Through the juxtaposition of images, orchestral sounds and the repurposing of paraphernalia, Evelyn’s practice aims to transform the exhibition space into an arena, a scene of protest and free expression, where through the rupture of the established state of affairs, new perspectives of communication and peaceful coexistence can be born.

Biography:
Evelyn Anastasiou was born in Limassol, Cyprus, in 1981.

She completed her studies at the Superior Fine Art School of Montpellier, France, in 2005, graduating with distinction.

In 2009, she represented Cyprus at the Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean, held in Skopje, where she was honored with the Res Artis Worldwide Network of Artist Residencies Award.

Following this achievement, she held her first solo exhibition at the Frans Masereel Centrum in Belgium (2010) and has since participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions, both locally and internationally, including solo exhibitions such as Young Livers at Omikron Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus (2011), A Well-Tempered Clavier at Eins Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus (2019), The Birdcatcher’s Song at the Visual Artists and Art Theorists Association – Phytorio, Nicosia, Cyprus (2020), and Rejected Sounds of The Magic Flute, organized by the Department of Fine Arts, Cyprus University of Technology (CUT), at the Municipal University Library, Limassol, Cyprus (2021).

Anastasiou has undertaken artist residencies at Edinburgh Printmakers in Scotland (2024), Frans Masereel Centrum in Kasterlee, Belgium (2023), Camac Center d'Art – Fondation Ténot in Marnay-sur-Seine, France (2014), and Schloss Laudon – Kultur Kontakt Austria in Vienna, Austria (2011).

Her artistic research spans printmaking, photography, and performance, utilizing a diverse range of materials.

Drawing inspiration from the historical and visual aspects of music, she explores the symbolic resonance of musical echoes. She currently lives and works in Limassol, Cyprus.

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