COMBINED, International Group Exhibition, 2025, Old Electricity Board (Palia Ilektriki) in Paphos, curated by Vassiliki Vayenou and Stratis Pantazis, under the auspices of the Embassy of Austria in Cyprus and the support of the Municipality of Paphos, hosted by non-profit organization M.A.M.A (Making Art, Meeting Art) Contemporary
Date Issued
October 18, 2025
Author(s)
Abstract
The non-profit organization M.A.M.A (Making Art, Meeting Art) Contemporary is hosting
the group exhibition COMBINED, which was presented with variations in Athens and then in
Volkersdorf in Austria, at the Old Electricity Board (Palia Ilektriki) in Paphos, under the
auspices of the Embassy of Austria in Cyprus and the support of the Municipality of Paphos.
The exhibition derives its ideas and aims from the different meanings of the specific word,
such as to add together, to come together, to unite in order to have an effect, while it activates
every form of combinatorial reasoning, even that of a scheme. The implications of the word’s
connotations are closely related, metaphorically and literally, to the worldwide political
instability and crisis of the present years. In this light, the artworks of the participating artists
expose the ways in which the financial and political crisis mechanisms divert our attention
away from the devastating, irreversible effects of environmental destruction, as well as the
operational modes of capitalism. In addition, multiculturalism, the systematic support of
actions related to both visible and invisible divisions, intolerance, misinformation and the
violation of human rights are examined.
Curators: Vassiliki Vayenou and Stratis Pantazis
Participating artists: Blanka Amezkua (Latinx/USA), Dimitris Georgakopoulos (Greece),
Marco Goldenstein (Germany), Tamara Erde (Germany and France), Sula Zimmerberger
(Austria), Collectif MASI (Madlen Anipsitaki & Simon Riedler, France and Greece), Elli
Kontou (Cyprus and Greece), Marianna Constanti (Cyprus), Theodor Liho (Bulgaria),
Claudia-Maria Luenig (German, based in Austria), Eleni Lyra (Greece), Cornelia
Mittendorfer (Austria), Uwe Bressnik (Austria), Karen Ostrom (Canadian, based in the USA),
Elena Panayotova (Bulgaria), Yiannis Pappas (Germany), Vicky Pericleous (Cyprus), Karin
Maria Pfeifer (Austria), Andreas Savva (Cyprus and Greece), Makis Faros (Greece), Efi
Fouriki (Greece), Yioula Hadjigeorgiou (Cyprus and Greece), Maria Hanl (Austria)
Venue: Old Electricity Board (Palia Ilektriki), Vladimirou Herakleous 8, Paphos 8010
Opening: Saturday 18 October 2025, 18:30
Time: 17:30- 20:30 (everyday)
Durarion: 18 – 25 October 2025
Contact information: M.A.M.A Contemporary 97843583/ 96582680
The Screening of the films/ documentaries will be announced on Facebook:
Percephone, the red carpet, by COLLECTIF MASI
Moonlight Jerusalem, by Tamara Erde
the group exhibition COMBINED, which was presented with variations in Athens and then in
Volkersdorf in Austria, at the Old Electricity Board (Palia Ilektriki) in Paphos, under the
auspices of the Embassy of Austria in Cyprus and the support of the Municipality of Paphos.
The exhibition derives its ideas and aims from the different meanings of the specific word,
such as to add together, to come together, to unite in order to have an effect, while it activates
every form of combinatorial reasoning, even that of a scheme. The implications of the word’s
connotations are closely related, metaphorically and literally, to the worldwide political
instability and crisis of the present years. In this light, the artworks of the participating artists
expose the ways in which the financial and political crisis mechanisms divert our attention
away from the devastating, irreversible effects of environmental destruction, as well as the
operational modes of capitalism. In addition, multiculturalism, the systematic support of
actions related to both visible and invisible divisions, intolerance, misinformation and the
violation of human rights are examined.
Curators: Vassiliki Vayenou and Stratis Pantazis
Participating artists: Blanka Amezkua (Latinx/USA), Dimitris Georgakopoulos (Greece),
Marco Goldenstein (Germany), Tamara Erde (Germany and France), Sula Zimmerberger
(Austria), Collectif MASI (Madlen Anipsitaki & Simon Riedler, France and Greece), Elli
Kontou (Cyprus and Greece), Marianna Constanti (Cyprus), Theodor Liho (Bulgaria),
Claudia-Maria Luenig (German, based in Austria), Eleni Lyra (Greece), Cornelia
Mittendorfer (Austria), Uwe Bressnik (Austria), Karen Ostrom (Canadian, based in the USA),
Elena Panayotova (Bulgaria), Yiannis Pappas (Germany), Vicky Pericleous (Cyprus), Karin
Maria Pfeifer (Austria), Andreas Savva (Cyprus and Greece), Makis Faros (Greece), Efi
Fouriki (Greece), Yioula Hadjigeorgiou (Cyprus and Greece), Maria Hanl (Austria)
Venue: Old Electricity Board (Palia Ilektriki), Vladimirou Herakleous 8, Paphos 8010
Opening: Saturday 18 October 2025, 18:30
Time: 17:30- 20:30 (everyday)
Durarion: 18 – 25 October 2025
Contact information: M.A.M.A Contemporary 97843583/ 96582680
The Screening of the films/ documentaries will be announced on Facebook:
Percephone, the red carpet, by COLLECTIF MASI
Moonlight Jerusalem, by Tamara Erde
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