Cyprus High Commissioner visits UOW

Aug 25, 2006

The High Commissioner for the Republic of Cyprus, Mr Achilleas Antoniades, visited the University of Wollongong's Faculty of Creative Arts on 23 August.

Before touring the Faculty he met the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Gerard Sutton, and the Acting Head of the School of Art and Design, Professor Diana Wood Conroy.

Next week, the Faculty of Creative Arts will be installing a new exhibition in the FCA Gallery which is a direct result of a faculty research team visit to Cyprus in April/May of this year.

The exhibition will be titled: 'Sonic Architecture: mapping the ancient theatre in image and sound'.

This exhibition is a work in progress, exploring sonic and haptic textures documented by UOW participants in the recent University of Sydney excavation of the Paphos Theatre, Cyprus.

University of Wollongong Council member, Mr Kerry Kyriakoudes, participated in the High Commissioner's visit. Mr Kyriakoudes was Secretary of the Cyprian Community of Wollongong from 1980-99 and President of the Federation of Cyprus Communities and Organisations of Australia and New Zealand from 1997-2003.