Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) Faculty of Communication, Department of Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design is hosting the international ‘Unusual Message’ art project. The exhibition includes works of about 70 artists, who are also academicians, from 12 different countries’ universities. The ‘Unusual Message’ Exhibition was launched on December 18th 2018, Tuesday (11:00) at the Department of Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design Exhibition Hall. EMU Rector Prof. Dr. Necdet Osam, Famagusta Mayor İsmail Arter, Tatlısu (Akanthou) Mayor and EMU Board of Trustees Member Hayri Orçan, Vice Rectors, Faculty Deans, Department Chairs, academicians, students and art-lovers attended the opening.
“We Whole-Heartedly Supported the Project”
During the opening speech, EMU Department of Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design Chair and Exhibition Coordinator Assoc. Prof. Dr. Senih Çavuşoğlu thanked Exhibition Curator Prof. Martin R. Baeyens for his contribution and also the artists from 12 different countries who participated with their pieces.
Prof. Baeyens also delivered a speech at the ceremony and expressed his happiness about being in Cyprus. He thanked all the contributing universities and artists.
Also speaking at the opening ceremony, EMU Rector Prof. Dr. Necdet Osam said: “This exhibition is a very fascinating and interesting experience for us. We whole-heartedly supported this project. I thank all who provided their support”. After the ribbon cutting, the exhibition was launched for a crowded group of visitors.
Exhibition to Travel Different Parts of the World
In scope of the project, 10 objects were chosen and sent to universities. Artist/designer academicians from each institution came together in groups of six and chose an object to work on and their pieces. The artists shaped the pieces with new ideas; they gave them new fantastical and surreal meanings and stories.
International ‘Unusual Message’ Exhibition will meet different audiences as a printed catalogue by EMU. In world’s different continents and countries, the ‘Unusual Message’ art project will meet art lovers from all corners of the world in consecutive events during the 2018 – 2019 Academic Year.
Another aim of the ‘Unusual Message’ art project, curated by Belgian artist Prof. Martin R. Baeyens and coordinated by EMU Department of Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design Chair Assoc. Prof. Dr. Senih Çavuşoğlu, is to bring together institutions and artists from different cultures to form a wide network for arts and design. By doing so, it aims to create an atmosphere of a wide international cooperation for student/faculty member exchanges and joint art projects.
The participants of the ‘Unusual Message’ art project are as follows: United States of America, Bosnia-Herzegovina, China, France, Iran, Cyprus, Korea, Kosovo, Mexico, Poland, Romania and Turkey.