Urban Lament (kyklàda press) theory and a series of essays

and a series of essays by reknowned contributors

raises questions related to the ability of art and artists to have a transformative role as regards the apparent irreversibility of the events that impact our present

and culture across the Levant

This is where personal idiosyncrasies are expressed

Urban Lament (kyklàda press) theory and a series of essaysLamentation practices can empower the potentiality to defy patriarchal orders ruling everyday life. Always a collective process, lamentation inscribes loss and vulnerability by tending bridges towards the world of the dead and the more than human. Gestures such as singing or breathing, gathering, and performances that exceed rationality can inspire a renewed approach to life and death, rural and urban. After all, amidst ongoing processes of