Don’t forget to water the plants

A performance-installation conceptualised, written and choreographed by Annie Khoury will take place at Goethe-Institut on Thursday and Friday evenings. Performed by Khoury herself and Panagiotis Tofi, Don’t Forget to Water the Plants is ready to welcome audiences.

Mentored by the well-known Cypriot dancer, artist and choreographer Fotis Nikolaou, the performance comes together to bring abstract concepts into real life. Describing the performance-installation, the organisers say: “Two bodies, like a gardening experiment, are enclosed in a transparent structure. The audience watches them as they grow, fade and re-emerge, attempting to communicate and establish mutual ground. Following a bidirectional path towards earth’s depths and towards the light, sometimes a word is revealed, a silence and warm air. Grounds forming, touches deforming and thoughts levitating around like unknown objects, ready to fall and hit our heads. The site transforms into fertile flatlands, firing ranges, to heavy earth, that still blossoms.

“Surrounding and taking care of it with their attention,” they conclude, “the audience inevitably converts the site to their own, common garden. Senses, memories and instincts become the fertilizer for an experience deeply personal, yet widely universal. Don’t Forget to Water the Plants is, after all, a reminder to breathe. And take care –take care of something together.”

Don’t Forget to Water the Plants

Performance-installation. September 15 and 17. Goethe-Institut, Nicosia. 8.30pm. €10. Tel: 99-018828