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

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