Umm Kulthum faints on stage - The Cyprus Pavilion

Faint on stage? Umm Kulthum never did. It was the people who swooned when she sang. What if, overcome by the power of her song, the singer herself had passed out? What would have ensued during the sudden silence? Umm Kulthum faints on stage is the title Polys Peslikas coined for one of the paintings in his exhibition "The future of colour" at the Cyprus Pavilion during the 57th Venice Biennale in 2017. In this book, the title opens the stage for words to silently resound in the place of the work: stories and thoughts invited by Peslikas's paintings.