NEXUS at
Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin (DE)
11.09.2024 -26.10.2024
Davide Allieri, Allen-Golder Carpenter, Taína Cruz, Theodoulos Polyviou
Curated by Sigrid Hermann
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Theodoulos Polyviou’s sculptures on view in the gallery constitute formal responses resulting from his speculative research project ‘Transmundane Economies (2022 - ongoing).’ The site-responsive video installation ‘A Palace in Exile (2024),’ a central piece from this series, is simultaneously premiering at Julia Stoschek Foundation in Berlin. While in the latter, CGI and digital technologies are his main tool, his sculptures repurpose construction and architectural elements directly associated with the actual Neo-Byzantine Archbishop’s Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus and its history. With his works, Polyviou opens a dialogue between contemporary political concerns of nationalism. Situated within the broader context of Polyviou's exploration of the Church’s influence on Cyprus’s post-colonial identity, this work delves into the architectural and ideological structures that both unify and marginalize. The negative space of both sculptures on view at the gallery, expose the concealed sanctity of architecture, questioning how built forms can contain histories both visible and erased.
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