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PAPAY
GYRO NIGHTS ART FESTIVAL is an international
contemporary art festival (mainly experimental film and video art in connection
with visual art, performance, music and architecture) holding place in unique
settings of extreme remoteness of the island Papa Westray (aka Papay, or
Papey in Meiri), and in the time of extreme winter weather conditions. The
idea of the festival has originated from the ancient Papay tradition of
The Night of The Gyros (or Gygr, Gryla, Grylur,
Grøleks, Skeklers as its know in other Nordic countries), which till
the beginning of 20s century was celebrated on the island in the first full
moon of February. Against as reconstructing what is gone and almost forgotten,
the Festival is a reflection on the folktale, the island's landscape and
heritage, as well as interpretation of tradition and ritual, through new
developments in art, music and architecture. The Festival is a Research
lab and the place for a discussion about interaction between new media and
ideas in relation to tradition and ritual. During the Festival the Island
will be transformed into the art space and artworks will be screened and
exhibited in old farm buildings, boat house, workshops, ruins and open landscape.
PAPAY
GYRO NIGHTS 2012.
FEBRUARY 6 - 13
PAPAY
GYRO NIGHTS 2011. FEBRUARY 14 - 21 |
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