"MILKY WAY" A Conceptual Photography Exhibition by Hannah Boiko

Hannah Boiko presents a conceptual photography exhibition titled, “MILKY WAY” at 6x6 Centre for Photography. The exhibition opens officially on Friday, 17th November at 7p.m. and will remain open until the 24th November.

Opening Hours:
Saturday 18/11, 10:00 - 14:00

Sunday 19/11, 16:00 - 19:-00

Mon - Fri, 20 - 24/11, 09:00 - 13:00 & 16:00 - 19:00

About the Exhibition:
Human is a separate microcosm in the universe. All of our souls create a very beautiful and holistic pattern. We were called here, but we are just guests. Everything that comes through us, does not belong to us. When we boldly take risks, jump into unknown space, explore new territories and follow our hearts, it leads us to where we are meant to be. When we keep our inner light and fire, we can give beauty, inspiration, faith and show the right direction to others. Like a lighthouse or a star. We are alive to the extent that we bring others to life. 

Photography for Hannah is the language. She speaks to the world about those important processes and phenomena that fill our lives, which encourage her to ask existential questions and look for her own answers. Any kind of art is a way to express our feelings about what we see in this world, a way to expose feelings and thoughts of other people. There is a collective consciousness where all the truth about us is stored. And it reminds Hannah of the Milky Way. 

About Hannah Boiko:

Hannah Boiko is the bearer of an old wise soul. She is a gardener who takes care of her own spiritual garden with a great devotion, reverence and love for more than 10 years.  

Hannah is a self-taught visionary artist, painter, poet, philosopher, Kabbalist, creative photographer and performer from Moscow with a deep karmic connection with Cyprus. Her mission as an artist and a hypersensitive person is to convey valuable information to people, create mirrored spaces through artistic forms, where people could be touched by something clear, living, meaningful, significant, to see the beauty of the universe, to feel and find a part of themselves in it

ARTIST TALK "The relevance of analogue in a digital world" by photographer Mo Khatib - Limassol Photography Festival

As part of the Limassol Photography Festival events, photographer Mo Khatib will be giving a talk titled, "The relevance of analogue in a digital world" on Sunday, 29 October 18:30 - 19:00 at 6x6 Centre for Photography. The talk will be delivered in English. By reservation only - please reserve your spot by calling +357 25 35 48 10.

“MEANINGFUL STORIES: Documentary and street photography" by photographer Max Zhiltsov - Limassol Photography Festival

As part of the Limassol Photography Festival events, photographer Max Zhiltsov will be giving a talk titled, "Meaningful Stories: Documentary and street photography" on Sunday, 29 October 18:00 - 18:30 at 6x6 Centre for Photography. The talk will be delivered in English. By reservation only - please reserve your spot by calling +357 25 35 48 10.

ARTIST TALK "Capturing emotions" by photographer Antigoni Solomonidou Droussiotou - Limassol Photography Festival

As part of the Limassol Photography Festival events, photographer Antigone Solomonidou Droussiotou will be giving a lecture titled, "Capturing emotions" on Sunday, 22 October 17:30 – 18:00 at 6x6 Centre for Photography. The presentation will be delivered in Greek. By reservation only - please reserve your spot by calling +357 25 35 48 10.

"Greece is Ordinary II: Triptychs” Photography Exhibition, 20 - 29 October 2023, Limassol Photography Festival

BPRArts Cultural Management presents the 1st Limassol Photography Festival, which opens on the 20th October and will last until 12 November 2023, at various locations in the city of Limassol. The Festival is being held with the financial support of the Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture.

The Limassol Photography Festival aspires to be established as an important annual event that will significantly contribute to the presentation, development and evolution of photography. Its primary aim is to promote photographic creativity as an outstanding form of visual expression, both on the national and international levels.

As part of the modern photographic landscape, the Limassol Photography Festival aims to function as a means of recording contemporary social life in the various visual styles and perspectives of the photographers/creative artists, which project, suggest and sometimes enrich the photographic vocabulary.

The theme chosen for 2023 is “Place or Landscape.” The artists participating in the open air exhibition at the Molos Seaside Park of Limassol, namely Antigone Solomonidou Droussiotou, Nicholas Constantinou, George Pantazis, Mo Khatib and Max Zhiltsov, infiltrate the city and through their pictures convey its daily life and local identity. The experiences and techniques of the artists converse with the current image of Limassol and interact with it. The composition of diverse semiological elements in their photographs gives rise to the question whether this is a Place that has become a Landscape or a Landscape that has become a Place.

In a second photographic exhibition titled “Greece is Ordinary II: Triptychs”, which is presented at the 6x6 Centre for Photography, the participating Greek photographers Marilia Photopoulou, Costas Kapsianis and Marinos Tsangarakis, although setting out from different starting points with their own particular objectives each, all indulge in a sarcastic yet highly critical commentary on various aspects of modern Greek culture, its underlying causes and their material traces. The particular work may be described as an alternative visual anthropology of modern Greek culture.

The Festival opens on 20 October 2023, at 19:00 at 6x6 Centre for Photography in the context of Limassol Art Walks.

Visiting Hours:

20- 22 October:

Friday 20/10, 17:00-22:00

Saturday 21/10, 11:00-20:00

Sunday 22/10, 11:00-18:00

23 to 27 October:

Weekdays 09:00-14:00 and 16:00-19:00

Closed on Saturday 28 October

Sunday 29/10 16:00-19:00

Festival 2023 Programme

20/10 – 12/11/2023

- Open air Exhibition at the Molos Limassol Seaside Park (Caffè Nero) titled “Place or Landscape”, curated by Stefanos Kouratzis. The five contemporary photographers taking part are: Antigone Solomonidou Droussiotou, George Pantazis, Max Zhiltsov, Mo Khatib, and Nicholas Constantinou.

20/10 – 29/10/2023

- Taking part in the second photographic exhibition titled “Greece is Ordinary II: Triptychs”, at the 6x6 Centre for Photography, are three Greek photographers: Costas Kapsianis, Marinos Tsangarakis and Marilia Photopoulou. Although setting out from different starting points with their own particular objectives each, they all explore various aspects of modern Greek society, its underlying causes and their material traces. Ultimately, this exhibition may be seen as an alternative visual anthropology of modern Greek culture.

22 and 29/10/2023

- At the Molos Limassol Seaside Park (Caffé Nero), the photographer German Moiseev, will be taking pictures with a 20th century large format analogue camera, and provide a demonstration of the analogue printing process.

Open to the public 15:00-18:00.

21,22 and 29 October

- In the context of the Limassol Photography Festival, discussions and presentations are scheduled to take place on the above dates by the participating photographers Antigone Solomonidou Droussiotou, Max Zhiltsov and Mo Khatib. In the same context, Stefanos Kouratzis, will run a street photography workshop while photographer German Moiseev will demonstrate analogue picture taking and direct analogue printing of large format photographs.

Detailed Programme

- 21 October, 09:00 – 12:00, Street photography workshop with Stefanos Kouratzis. The 6x6 Centre for Photography has been designated as the meeting and starting point of the workshop and the finish at the Limassol Molos. The workshop, depending on the participants, will be in Greek and/or English.

- 22 October 17:30 – 18:00, work presentation and discussion with photographer Antigone Solomonidou Droussiotou at the 6x6 Centre for Photography. The presentation will be in Greek.

- 29 October 18:00 – 18:30, work presentation and discussion with photographer Max Zhiltsov at the 6X6 Centre for Photography. The presentation will be in English.

- 29 October 18:30 – 19:00, work presentation and discussion with photographer Mo Khatib at the 6X6 Centre for Photography. The presentation will be in English.

Entrance free of charge

Main Sponsor: Deputy Ministry of Culture

Supporters: Hellenic Bank

UOL (University of Limassol)

MEDIA Sponsor: Phileleftheros

Information is available at the website

www.Liphofe.com

and

www.centreforphotography6x6.com

https://limassolartwalks.com/

Founder/Production: BPRArts Cultural Management - Catherine Louis Nikita

Art Director: Stefanos Kouratzis

Curator of the Exhibition “Greece is ordinary II: Triptychs”: Constantinos Argianas.

"SQUARED MOMENTS" Photography Exhibition by Marios Stylianou, 11 - 16 October 2023

Marios Stylianou presents his solo photography exhibition titled, «Squared Moments», at 6x6 Centre for Photography, in Limassol. The exhibition will open on Wednesday, 11 October 2023, at 7p.m. and will remain open until Monday, 16 October, with free entrance.

About the exhibition:

«The pandemic and staying at home were the basic impulse for my return to photography. Suddenly, those endless hours at home started to get interesting as I daily observed the sunlight, from sunrise to sundown, and the moonrise, which oftentimes appeared before dusk.

My technical past with photography motivated me to experiment daily. Nature and specifically, a dried tall tree in the neighbor’s yard which became the home for hundreds of birds, became an obsession. Waking up at dawn… an empty tree… the wait… the visitors arrive and fly away freely. No “staying at home” for them. Nature offered multiple wonderful moments that I tried to capture photographically and frame them in a square. »

The photographs are available in a limited edition of two reprints.

Αbout the photographer:

Marios Stylianou was born in 1962 in Cyprus in the now-occupied city of Famagusta. Son of the renowned photographer, Nicos Stylianou, Marios grew up in a photographic environment, inspired on a daily basis by the art of Photography. As a result, he studied Photography and Cinema in the “University of Applied Sciences” in Cologne - Germany and completed his studies with a thesis on the creation of TV commercials.

He worked for 3 years as a commercial photographer together with his brother Vassos Stylianou, owner of 6x6 Centre for Photography, and in 1988 he founded MS Viewpoint, a production/post production company in Nicosia.

Throughout his career as a Producer, Director and Cinematographer of Commercials, he also taught Photography and Video Production in Europa College, Cyprus College and Intercollege. From 2012- 2021, he taught “The Production of TV Commercials” and “Digital Cinematography” at the University of Nicosia.

In 2016, he was appointed a co- Artistic Director at the Cyprus Film Days International Film Festival where he served for 7 years.

His love and passion for stills photography has led him back to the field again, spending more and more time with the companion of his photographic equipment. He enjoys experimenting with various photographic techniques, capturing the playful sources of light in nature, both above and below the water surface. Some of his latest photos have been selected and re-posted on the Panasonic Lumix official Instagram pages.

GURU SHOTS: The world's greatest photography game exhibits in Cyprus! 22 - 24 Sept. 2023

6x6 Centre for Photography is proud to be hosting for the third consecutive year the GuruShots exhibition in Cyprus, which is to launch on Friday 22nd September 2023 (7 - 9p.m.) and will remain open until Sunday, 24th September 2023. GuruShots is the world’s greatest photography game that connects, inspires and educates photo enthusiasts around the world. Entrance to the exhibition is free of charge.

Two exhibitions (both print and digital) will be running parallel at 6x6:

“Your Favorite Shot” which received 75 Million Votes, included 72K Photos from 43 Countries - with 706 members exhibited.

"Art of Black & White" which received 61 Million Votes, included 44 thousand photos from 41 countries - with 550 members exhibited.

Opening Hours: Friday 19:00 - 21:00, Weekend: 10:00 - 18:00

FREE entrance

About GuruShots:

GuruShots is built to give people a place to show and nurture their talent. Taking photos is an amazing way to express yourself. GuruShots wants it to be fun and meaningful so they turned the sharing of photos into an exciting game packed with plenty of opportunities to show off your talent. Moreover, feedback is also at the core of GuruShots. Through GuruShots, you can receive feedback on your photos and the opportunity to exhibit your work in galleries and magazines around the world.

On average, GuruShots receives 6 billion votes per month, organises 50+ new challenges and offers more than 800 thousand dollars in prizes, while it exhibits in cities across the world on a weekly basis!

"All the Beauty and the Bloodshed" Documentary Screening - 5 August, 2023

6x6 Centre for Photography partners up with the 18th Lemesos International Documentary Festival for another edition and presents the screening of the documentary feature film “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”, by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras.
Saturday, 5 August, 20:30

Lanitis Carob Mill (Ceronia Hall), by the Medieval Castle of Limassol

Synopsis: Directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is an epic, emotional and interconnected story about internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography, and rare footage of her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the opioid overdose crisis.

Awards

OSCAR Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, Nominee — USA, 2023

Golden Lion Award — Venice Film Festival, Italy, 2022

Best Documentary Award, Nominee — BAFTA Awards, UK, 2023

Best Documentary Award: Independent Spirit Award — Film Independent Spirit Awards, USA, 2023

Best Documentary: Bronze Horse Award — Stockholm Film Festival, Sweden, 2022

Best Documentary: Golden Athena Award — Athens Film Festival, Greece, 2022

Duration: 117’

Subtitles: Greek, English
Trailer: https://youtu.be/YD5pYQiT1D4
Tickets: €5

Only 18+ will be admitted.