Stelios Kallinikou: Cliffs Among Dreams

In his work, Cypriot artist Stelios Kallinikou (b. 1985) explores the Akrotiri peninsula in southern Cyprus.

Kneeling Flamingo, 2026 – Fotografie eines knienden Flamingos

For more than a decade, he has photographed and filmed a region where ecological diversity and military use are closely intertwined. Akrotiri is a British Sovereign Base Area that still hosts a Royal Air Force base. It is also home to the Akrotiri Salt Lake, the island’s largest natural inland lake and a major wetland for migratory birds. Kallinikou’s photographs reveal the coexistence of wildlife and military infrastructure, showing how the base shapes the ways Akrotiri can be seen, entered, and understood. Bringing together photographs, films, and sculptural assemblages, the exhibition approaches Akrotiri as both landscape and territory. It connects contemporary geopolitical questions with themes of migration, belonging, and extinction without reducing them to a linear narrative.

The work will be presented for the first time at C/O Berlin as part of the After Nature . Ulrike Crespo Photography Prize 26, in a joint exhibition with Susanne Kriemann: Im Fieber der Sonne flattern Schmetterlinge im Bauch.

Runtime: Sat, 12/09/2026 to Wed, 20/01/2027

Takes place here:

• C/O Berlin (im Amerika-Haus)