IN GIRUM IMUS NOCTE ET CONSUMIMUR IGNI – latin for "We whirl in the night and are consumed by fire" — is a triptych exhibition taking place across three unique venues in the historic heart of Nicosia, Cyprus.

Grounded in the city's charged geography and cultural complexity, the exhibition brings together contemporary art, sound technology, design, and archaeology. It creates an experience that unfolds after dark, inviting visitors on a nocturnal journey through sound, memory, symbolism, and disappearance. Each part stands alone, and together they form a composite portrait of a city in tension, shaped by history, division, and cultural layering.

Curated by Christos Kyriakides, the exhibition features works from The Office Collection and invites audiences to navigate the spaces between memory and motion, symbolism and silence across three conceptually distinct yet interlinked chapters.

THE SLOW DISAPPEARANCE OF MEANING AND TRUTH

Across from The Office Gallery and near the Green Line, Scottish artist Robert Montgomery’s luminous text installation anchors this space, which was once a funeral wreath workshop before 1974, with a poetic yet provocative message. Its glowing presence, reminiscent of Las Vegas signage, is positioned just twenty meters from a National Guard post and faces the divided street of Kleanthi Christofides directly.

Within sight of Nicosia’s contested skyline, including the twin minarets of the Selimiye Mosque, the work speaks to the erosion of meaning and truth in a city marked by permanent division and visual dissonance. It acts as both a warning sign and a question mark at the edge of a fractured reality.

ΕΥΡΗΜΑΤΑ / Γ\ ΑΦΚΑ

Taking its name from the Greek word for "findings," this restrained and atmospheric installation occupies a cold, nearly empty room — part archive, part hideout. Featuring sixteen selected works, the space engages in quiet conversation rather than spectacle.
Highlights include a dark cross by Christos Bokoros, a chair with hidden items by Nazgol Ansarinia, and a fragmented shotgun by Cornelia Parker. A sense of secrecy pervades the space, referencing the concept of "jávka" (Russian for "safe house"). The exhibition leaves viewers to fill in the gaps, pointing rather than explaining and asking instead of answering.

BACK TO THE FUTURE

In a futuristic "chapel of sound," visitors will encounter rare and iconic portable audio devices from the '80s and '90s. Among them are the AIWA HS-PO2 MkII Walkman, famously used by Marty McFly in Back to the Future (1985), and the legendary Nakamichi DRAGON cassette deck, which is revered by audiophiles worldwide.

This display, presented from The Office Collection, highlights a design-centric era of personal listening through high-end Walkmans, boomboxes, discmans, and cassette players. Some of the devices can be tried on-site, allowing visitors to reconnect with the physicality of analog sound.

All of the works presented are part of The Office Collection, many of which are being exhibited in Cyprus for the first time. The three venues are open to visitors by appointment only.