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July 23, 2026

Missing Frequencies

Missing Frequencies is a new multisensory video installation by artist Nafsika Hadjichristou, presented by ABR – Alternative Brains Rule. We look forward to welcoming you to the opening on Tuesday, July 28, at 19:30 at In Toto.

A charcoal drawing of a human figure appears against a rough, stone-textured background. Instead of a head, the figure has a large, realistic human ear. Black text writes: “Missing Frequencies,” followed by “Experimental Video Installation,” and the artist’s name, “Nafsika Hadjichristou.” Information about the opening event on Tuesday, 28 July, at IN TOTO then appears. A row of organisational logos is displayed along the bottom.

About the installation

Bringing together moving image, photography, animation, collage, experimental sound and haptic technologies, the work invites audiences into a fragmented, intimate and bodily experience of partial hearing. Rather than explaining hearing loss from the outside, it brings sound, image, texture and vibration into dialogue, inviting audiences to feel, question and imagine how perception shifts from body to body.

Developed through a process of foraging, the video installation gathers fragments of moving image, textures, visual rhythms, distorted sounds and moments of mishearing into a composition that resists a single narrative. Instead of offering a conventional narrative, Missing Frequencies unfolds through partial information, interruptions, bodily sensations and sensory translation.

What happens when sound can also be felt, seen and imagined?

Moving image, experimental sound, captions, collage, texture and haptic elements activate multiple senses at once. Sound is not only heard, but also seen and felt while, vibrations offer another way rhythm, distortion and intensity can be encountered through the body.

The installation was developed through P.A.I.R.’s Collaborative Working Group, bringing together the artist, accessibility practitioners, creative professionals and collaborators whose perspectives helped shape both the work and the audience experience.

Accessibility

Accessibility is part of the work’s artistic language from its earliest stages. Audio description, captions, haptic interpretation of sound and tactile experience are woven into the composition rather than added afterwards. The work can be experienced standing or seated, with or without audio description, and through a haptic cushion that translates elements of the soundtrack into vibration.

Specifically, the following are included:

  • Step-free access throughout

  • Accessible toilet

  • Audio description

  • Haptic interpretation of sound

  • Cypriot Sign Language hosts during the opening

Credits

Artist
Nafsika Hadjichristou

Sound Design
Antonis Antoniou

Haptics
Yiannis Souhis

Collaborative Working Group
Demetra Nikodemou
Roz
Eve Petrakidou
Marina Ierides
Nina Poulouzasvili
Melina Theodorou
Martha Georgiou
Constantinos Kyprianou

Video Documentation
Antonis Pouliasis

Photography
Michalis Demetriades

Useful information

Tuesday, 28 July 2026 | 19:30 (Opening)
29–30 July | 20:00–22:00 (Exhibition)
In Toto | Kanari 8A, Agioi Omologites, 1080 Lefkosia

Missing Frequencies was developed within P.A.I.R. – Paving Accessible and Inclusive Realities, co-funded by the European Union through the Creative Europe Programme an implemented by ABR – Alternative Brains Rule (Cyprus), liminal (Greece) and the Estonian Agrenska Foundation (Estonia). The project explores accessibility as an integral part of artistic creation.

Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.