The residency of OrangCosong in Nicosia, Cyprus from 4th-25th July was a significant collaboration and cultural exchange visible in the city’s dynamic cultural landscape. Over the course of three weeks, the principal members of the Japanese artistic collective, Chikara Fujiwara and Minori Sumiyoshiyama, engaged daily with the local community through a series of interactive workshops, …
Open Call: Call for Participants | Pame Kaimakli 2023 Festival | | 23/09/2023 | ———————Ιστορίες άλλωςΦώς ———————— {ENG Urban Gorillas invite artists and creative individuals to participate in the Πάμε Καϊμακλί / Let’s Go Kaimakli Festival to take place on the 23rd of September 2023. This year’s festival is celebrating ten years of Pame Kaimakli …
The LOCUS* intervention project in Cyprus involved a partial transformation of the schoolyard at the 3rd Primary School of Palouriotissa. The project commenced with an initial step of conducting a survey involving the students, with the aim of discerning their needs and ideas. Subsequently, a series of workshops was conducted with 33 first-year students from the …
• Each participant decides and defines a unique character that will use the city. • A second participant proposes a Haiku poem for the character. • A third participant creates a sketch based on the character and haiku. • A team of 3-4 participants writes a manifesto in relation to one or more characters. • The …
“Letters to the City” is an interactive installation that encourages citizens to share their visions for the future of cities in Cyprus. The installation acts as a shared platform for ideas and engagement. It invites visitors to engage in creating a collective urban vision by generating ideas, thoughts and possibilities. By compiling the results, Urban …
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The spring 2023 partner meeting of the ECRN consortium was hosted by our partners Chemnitz, the European Capital of Culture 2025! We worked on the art dimension of the project, the festival exchanges, our benchmarking study and the future of ECRN. Team Chemnitz showed us their amazing city with locations such as Wirkbau, Oberdeck Chemnitz …
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Peace Lab aimed, by defying the separation, at ‘constructing’ peacemaking activities and by creating new imaginaries for Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot communities. A series of artistic and creative activities that aimed to connect the two communities took place. One of the Peace Lab’s project activities was the making and flying of kites with groups of people …
A series of workshops on collaborative design for schoolyards were held in conjunction with the 5th grade of the 3rd Primary School of Palouriotissa and the Department of Architecture at the University of Cyprus. The workshops resulted in a series of innovative, colourful and creative proposals. Following a comprehensive survey conducted by our partner Despo …
On November 18t & 19th 2022, we took part at the Urban Awareness Exhibition which was organised by the Afternoon Project Nicosia. The event was held at the Spilies Exhibition Centre, Acropolis park in Nicosia. During the event we exhibited our project ‘Letters to the city’, an interactive installation which aims to collect citizens’ visions …
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An inspiring and productive day was organised this week in Famagusta! On Sunday, November 6th 2022, we flew again our kites in Famagusta during the concluding event of our ‘Peace Lab’ project which was funded by the Japan World Exposition 1970 Commemorative Fund (JEC). The event took place in Famagusta with the support of the …
