Krista Papista is an artist and music producer born in Nicosia, based in Berlin. Papista’s work engages in developing and queering politically induced Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Balkan Pop and Euro Trash EDM. Her work has been presented in Boiler room, Pop-Kultur, Creamcake, Hyperreality & Subbacultcha, with 2023 performances developing into a European & UK Tour. Papista explores how music, performance and reinvented versions of artefacts can act as subversive counterpoints to homogeneous, nationalist narratives and the creation of one’s spiritual universe.
Krista Papista receives a scholarship of 5,000 euros in 2024 for the production and promotion of an album.