The grand opening of Larnaca Biennale 2023 in Cyprus will begin with a special performance by Beth Krensky, professor in the University of Utah Department of Art & Art History. 

Larnaca Biennale is the biggest and most popular international art and culture event in Cyprus, hosting more than 25,000 visitors. It features artists from Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and more –– including Bansky, who has two works in the main exhibition.

As described by curator Yev Kravt:

“With Home Away from Home as its overarching theme, the 2023 Larnaca Biennale takes viewers on an exploratory journey through definitions of belonging, from the deep-rooted to the distant. More than just a built structure of walls, doors and furnishings, the notion of home might constitute something more abstract – a fleeting feeling, a treasured object, an evocative memory, a fixed place in time, an identity, or even a lengthy pursuit. What does it mean to feel at home, and what do we need to feel it? What happens when a home disappears? And what do the homes of the future look like? In a globalised world, where flows of human movement respond to changing socio-economic, political, and environmental concerns, questions such as these become a crucial guide for the forthcoming edition of the Larnaca Biennale.”

Beth Krensky presents her performance “Make Me a Sanctuary” on October 11, a pre-opening event that inaugurates the entire month-long exhibition. 

Krensky will meet the public at Cyprus’s Salt Lake in the evening to embark on a symbolic walk in silence. The performance invites those attending to remember their past and current homes as a homage to the 2023 Biennale theme, “Home Away from Home.” The procession will pass by the Biennale’s exhibition spaces and conclude at the Larnaca Municipal Gallery where the official opening will be held.