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On October 27th at 7 pm, we invite you to a listening session at the Roman Odeon in the archaeological site of Nea Paphos.

‘My house is burned but I continue to scatter my blossoms as if nothing happened’ is a collaborative piece by Yorgos Petrou and Stelios Ilchuk that bears a layered significance. The place where Petrou hangs out as a teenager, at a time when the site was a barrier-free public space, now calling for a listening session, at once reclaims a presence through voice, and demonstrates Petrou’s politically nuanced and multi-layered approach to heritage, colonialism and memory. Ilchuk’s music affords an expanded take on reclamation and revision through beats and textures, elaborating noise and silence, that travel freely between bodies and dimensions.

The work follows the month-long residency of Petrou at Ekso, where they embark on spatial mapping, foraging sounds, images and materials from Cyprus. They visit their childhood home, tend the crops of their ancestors, enter the ruins of the room where they were born, and roam the rural and urban landscape in the Paphos district.

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The session is co-funded by the Deputy Ministry of Culture of Cyprus

big thanks to jimmy, cactus, , and everyone who attended our relaunch party! ✨

ekso has a new space! join us this saturday, july 13th, for a soft relaunch party at 4 agiou kendea, marisso court, shop 2.

DJ sets by jimmy & cactus. STARTS AT 7:00PM

our new space is a communal one, facilitating both ekso and Decade (run by the newly founded ) ✨

we can’t wait to see you there! (*we will have a few drinks but feel free to byob).

accessibility note: there is currently no ramp access, but one will be installed soon. saturday’s event will be held outdoors so everyone is welcome to join. the restroom is not wheelchair accessible.