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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 as a Research lab and the place
for a discussion about interaction between new media, ideas in relation
to tradition and ritual. |
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