Πεլ is an independent art project, initiated in April 2022 by the artists Pantelis Nicolaou, Elena Adamou, and Liana Ghukasyan.
Πεլ project aims to make arts’ benefits accessible to everyone by bringing color to places that lack it. The team is interested in visiting detention centers, nursing homes, campuses for refugees, and schools with special education units to organize creative activities and create more pleasant environments through art. It is scientifically proven that every form of art can help combat mental and physical illnesses. Imagery, colors, nature, and painting change people's feelings and have a positive effect on their mental and psychosomatic conditions. Indulging in artistic creation is a method with therapeutic properties. Positive results are particularly evident in closed structures with people facing physical or mental illnesses.
The team seeks to beautify and add color to a particular space through creative activities and visual interventions with the ultimate goal of improving the mood of its patients or inhabitants, staff members, and visitors. The focus is mainly on painting murals with their help and, in this way, creating a collective experience for all to remember.
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ACTION 001 | VOLUNTEERING FOR THE CYPRUS RED CROSS
Location: Menogia Detention Center (Section C), located in the district of Larnaca in Cyprus. The action took place from August 22 to August 25, 2022. With the support of Cyprus Police and the Department of Human Rights. More than 60 people were involved in the creation of the mural. Action documented by the Cypriot artist and videomaker Yiannis Avraamides.
Photos Courtesy of Yiannis Avraamides and Elena Adamou
ACTION 002 | SUPPORTED BY PELETICO GROUP OF COMPANIES LTD
Location: Ayios Antonios Nursing Home, located in the district of Nicosia in Cyprus. The action took place from August 26 to August 29, 2022. With the support of Peletico Group of Companies Ltd and Ayios Antonios's staff. Action documented by the Italian journalist and photo reporter Anna Consilia Alemanno and the Cypriot artist and videomaker Yiannis Avraamides.
Photos Courtesy of Anna Consilia Alemanno and Elena Adamou
ACTION 003 | 'Painting Our School Together' SUPPORTED BY #REBUILD EU PROJECT
Location: Special Education Unit at Ayios Georgios Public Kindergarten, located in the district of Larnaca in Cyprus. The action took place on January 22 & 29, 2023. Our project was part of the EU program Rebuild, supported by CARDET NGO. After being selected by the public and the jury, we represented Cyprus in the closing event of the program in Brussels, presenting our action at the EU Parliament.
Action documented by the Cypriot artist and videomaker Yiannis Avraamides.
Photos Courtesy of Cardet NGO, Yiannis Avraamides and Elena Adamou
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