12th Sardam Festival

12th International Interdisciplinary Literature Festival SARDAM

Writers-performers and other artists from Cyprus and abroad share original ways of writing, reading and performing literature, through performances, workshops and parallel events. The common link is the combination of literature and discourse with contemporary and/or classical means of expression, such as theatre, technology, sound/music, spoken word, sound poetry, visual arts, and so on. Just like last year, the main event of group performances will be divided into two evenings, showcasing different participants each day, on 27 & 28/09, at 8pm, at Synergio in Limassol. Parallel events/installations will take place at the Old Vinegar Factory in Limassol, on 26/09 and 27/09. Two workshops will also be open to the public for participation, one at the Old Vinegar Factory (26/09 afternoon) and one at Synergio (28/09 morning).

The 12th SARDAM will present two dynamic collaborations with literary groups from Greece, Mauve Medouses and the interdisciplinary festival for Gender and Literature of Athens, as well as the well-known artistic group and literary magazine Farmako [frmk]. This year's guest of honour will be the unique Swiss musician, poet and songwriter Michael Fehr who, without 95% of his eyesight, tours as a poet-performer in various parts of the world. The talented songwriter from Greece, Sophie Lies, will close the second night of performances. Notable returns to the festival, and for the first time in a live performance, are Anthony Anaxagorou (Cyprus / UK), Katia Ditzler (Germany) and Cia Rinne (Sweden / Germany). They will be joined by Zachary Schoenhut (Belgium / USA), who is appearing at the festival for the first time in collaboration with Dimitris Chimonas. From Cyprus, the festival will showcase Nama Dama, Marios Pavlou, Panagiotis Mina in collaboration with Tasos Lamnisos (x.ypno) and Maria Constanti in collaboration with Marc Samper Vidal. This year, special emphasis is given, among other things, on the combination of literature/words with sound and music.

The detailed programme of the 12th SARDAM:

Thursday, 26 September, 2024 @Old Vinegar Factory (Genethliou Mitella 34, 3036, Limassol)

5:30pm - 8:30pm Poetry and performance workshop by the award-winning poet and performer Anthony Anaxagorou (Cyprus / UK) *language: English

8:30pm - 10:30pm Interactive performance of poetry by the group Farmako [frmk] (Greece) “Poetry for a good life” (Katerina Iliopoulou, Yiannis Isidorou, Panayiotis Ioannides) ** (the installation can be visited anytime) **

Friday, 27 September 2024

5:30pm - 7:30pm @Old Vinegar Factory (Genethliou Mitella 34, 3036, Limassol) VR & Video installation - Katia Ditzler (Germany) “Media Art Arcade” (the installation can be visited anytime)

Group Evening, 8pm @Polychoros Synergio (Eleftherias 91A, Limassol) Participants: Cia Rinne (Sweden / Germany) Anthony Anaxagorou (Cyprus / UK) Panayiotis Mina in collaboration with Tasos Lamnisos (x.ypno) (Cyprus) Nama Dama (Cyprus) Maria Constanti in collaboration with Marc Samper Vidal (Cyprus) Closing: Michael Fehr (Switzerland / Guest of Honour 2024)

Saturday, 28 September 2024 @Polychoros Synergeio (91A Eleftherias Street, Limassol)

10:30am - 1:30pm Writing Lyrics workshop by the musician, poet and songwriter Michael Fehr (Switzerland) “Songwriting as poetic storytelling” *language of instruction: English

Group Evening, 8pm Participants: Katia Ditzler (Germany) Cia Rinne (Sweden / Germany) Zachary Schoenhut (Belgium / USA) in cooperation with Dimitris Chimonas (Cyprus) Marios Pavlou (Cyprus) Nama Dama (Cyprus) Mauve Medouses group (Greece) Closing: Sophie Lies (Greece)

Admission per group evening: 5 euro Reservations: 99558358

Experimental set before and after the group evenings: dj harama

Registration for workshops - information: 99558358 Participation fee per workshop: 20 euro

~~ Open Call Committee for 2024 and 2025 festival editions: Dara Milovanovic, Loizos Olympios and Marilena Zackheos. ~~

Organized by: aRttitude

Supported by: Deputy Ministry of Culture, Cultural Services / Goethe Institute / Limassol Book Fair / Vivliotropio / K.P. Kyriakou Bookshop / Plato Educational Services / Sound and Beyond Audiovisual Services

Poster design: Stefanos Pavlou

// More information: www.sardamfestival.com //