Dystopia:
Il Paradiso
The first part of the Dystopia trilogy, with original performance, direction, music, costume, photography and design credits.
Open project →Watch on YouTube ↗Culture · Art · Disability · Cyprus
Culture.
Art.
Inclusion.
NEOFYTOS is a cultural organization working at the intersection of contemporary art, disability culture, research and access. We make space for disabled people as creators, thinkers, performers, researchers and audiences.
DISABILITY CULTURE✦CONTEMPORARY ART✦THEATRE✦RESEARCH✦ACCESSIBILITY✦INCLUSION
The organization
Culture changes
when access changes.
“Culture of Disability” is cultural expression and action derived from people with disabilities, inspired by them and/or addressed to them.
Neofytos was created as an organization of culture dedicated to challenging confinement and exclusion through cultural creation, education, research, collaboration and disability awareness.
Its work brings together artistic practice, lived experience, scientific knowledge and practical accessibility — refusing the idea that disability should be kept at the margins of culture.
Read the story of Neofytos →Featured / DIS
DIS
Festival
Larnaka · Cyprus · 2024 → Europe
A festival where disability culture is not an afterthought.
DIS was born in Larnaka as a European cultural initiative and brings together artistic participation, performances, workshops, education, discussion and accessibility. The archive preserves its open calls, collaborators, programme and development.
Enter DIS Festival →Selected work
Projects with
a point of view.
Dystopia:
Dystopia:
Inferno
A work exploring disability, care, dependence, confinement and the relationship between disabled body and social environment.
Open project →Watch on YouTube ↗(διαμαρτυρία)
– δυστοπική εκδοχή
An original work by Marianna Pafiti, presented as a dystopian version of protest and lived experience.
Open project →Watch on YouTube ↗Το Ταξίδι
A lived-experience lecture by Marianna Pafiti, connecting testimony, memory, disability and personal journey.
Open project →Watch on YouTube ↗DIS Art Exhibition
Σύγχρονη εικαστική έκφραση της αναπηρίας με βάση το κοινωνικό μοντέλο και στόχο την αμφισβήτηση παγιωμένων αντιλήψεων.
Στοιχεία Έκθεσης
Θέμα: Η αναπηρία (ορατή ή αόρατη, σωματική ή ψυχική) και η εικαστική της έκφραση με στόχο την ευαισθητοποίηση του κοινού.
Επιμέλεια: Λούκας Ιωάννου και Ρεβέκκα Τάκη.
Φορείς / Στήριξη: Χρηματοδοτήθηκε από το Υφυπουργείο Πολιτισμού (Τμήμα Νεότερου & Σύγχρονου Πολιτισμού) της Κύπρου και υλοποιήθηκε με την υποστήριξη του Ε.ΚΑ.Τ.Ε. ↗
Διάρκεια: 3 Δεκεμβρίου έως 17 Δεκεμβρίου 2023.
The complete archive
Nothing
left behind.
The new Neofytos site treats the archive as a living cultural resource: founding texts, theatre, exhibitions, research, inclusion events, open calls and historical material remain discoverable.
Open complete archive →Knowledge / research
A cultural organization
that thinks.
Accessibility is the medium
Everyone gets
their way in.
WCAG 2.2 AA is the production baseline, strengthened by human review and disability-led testing. Accessibility belongs in the content, code, media, navigation and interaction — not in a last-minute widget.
Accessibility commitment →Low visionScalable text, strong contrast, readable layouts and no colour-only meaning.
Blind usersSemantic HTML, headings, landmarks, labels, alt text and screen-reader-friendly controls.
Deaf / hard of hearingCaptions, transcripts and visual alternatives for audio and video.
Motor accessKeyboard operation, visible focus, generous targets and no drag-only interaction.
Cognitive accessPredictable navigation, clear language, consistent help and reduced motion.
PhotosensitivityNo unnecessary flashing and a genuine reduced-motion experience.
Join the work
Make room
for everyone.
Artists. Researchers. Disabled people. Cultural organizations. Educators. Volunteers. Partners. The invitation remains open.
Get involved →Visual exhibition · 2022
Commentary on
Dystopia Inferno
Neofytos archive
Disability, confinement, death.
A visual exhibition by Loucas Ioannou, inspired by the dystopia of disability and death.
Read the project →Visual installation · 2024
Eutopia
Neofytos archive
An installation by Katina Kosta.
Presented at Kastelliotissa in June 2024.
Upcoming
Projects & events.
DIS · Together We Are Better
Part 2
Coming Soon
The next chapter of the DIS — Together We Are Better Art & Culture Disability Festival is coming soon.
Group exhibition · 2019
“Dis”
Archive
Ομαδική Εικαστική Έκθεση 2019
Οργάνωση Πολιτισμού (Αναπηρίας) «Νεόφυτος» σε συνεργασία με το Ε.ΚΑ.Τ.Ε.
View project →Identity
The Name.
The Goals.
The Name
Neofytos
The organization is named in memory of Neophytos Antoniou. The name connects the experience of confinement with the idea of the neophyte: new, newly born, a new beginning.
Goals
Disability culture, combating confinement, education, cooperation, research and disability awareness.
Read the full framework →Theatre reading · 2022
Ιστορίες Αναπηρίας
Group exhibition · 2023
“Dis”
Archive
DIS Art Exhibition
Contemporary art engaging with disability through the social model and challenging established perceptions.
Theme: Disability (visible or invisible, physical or psychological) and its visual expression, with the aim of raising public awareness.
View exhibition → Instagram ↗