Photos by Anna Stylianidou and Julia Andreou
Quid pro quo
Realization: 8 August 2011 at 18:00
Location: Ledra Palace check-point, Nicosia
Duration: 10 minutes
View excerpts from the live action: https://vimeo.com/71984505
Description of Action:
I am carrying my mother on my back while walking with bare feet
slowly towards Ledra
Palace crossing point in an endeavor to cross the border of Nicosia from the South part
to the North part. This action suggests an action of exchange, a favor for a favor for my
mother and all the mothers who were carrying their children during the exile in order to
protect their family. My mother was exiled together with her family from the North to the
South part of Cyprus in 1974. With this action I am transporting my mother back to the
North side, back home as a payback. There is a negotiation between mother and child,
where the parent that used to be the carrier of the young child receives the favor 37
years later. The child, now as a grown up, realizes her mother's wish and takes her back
to where she belongs. The child becomes the motivator, because of the mother's
endless wish.
~Excerpts from the written thesis
Palace crossing point in an endeavor to cross the border of Nicosia from the South part
to the North part. This action suggests an action of exchange, a favor for a favor for my
mother and all the mothers who were carrying their children during the exile in order to
protect their family. My mother was exiled together with her family from the North to the
South part of Cyprus in 1974. With this action I am transporting my mother back to the
North side, back home as a payback. There is a negotiation between mother and child,
where the parent that used to be the carrier of the young child receives the favor 37
years later. The child, now as a grown up, realizes her mother's wish and takes her back
to where she belongs. The child becomes the motivator, because of the mother's
endless wish.
~Excerpts from the written thesis
View excerpts from the live action: https://vimeo.com/71984505
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