We are inviting you to join our upcoming ‘Peace Lab’ event which will be organised with the support of UNFICYP – United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus and the artist Nurtane Karagil The event will take place on November 6th 2022 in Famagusta. Transportation will be offered from our organisation and will be free of …
The Urban Gorillas team is in Finland within the framework of the Erasmus project ‘Creative placemaking – the path to active European Citizenship’. With us is the local Finnish partner Suomen Kulttuuriperintökasvatusken Seura (Finish Association of Cultural Heritage) and the coordinating team is KA-MATRIX from Croatia. Together we are planning to build a common participatory …
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‘Travel Dairies’ is a new project which will consist of a series of narratives: urban and rural landscapes which will take place in Kaimakli. The first travel diary event is scheduled for next Sunday, September 11, where the Christoforou/Hatzichristou family, following their trip to Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador, will share with the attendees thoughts and …
We are excited to announce the results of the Rooftop Residency open call. Starting from the end of the month of June we will host two amazing artists, in Nicosia, within the framework of the European co- funded Program ECRN MEET THE ARTISTS: Artist Shiro Masuyama 増山士郎 Shiro’s artistic practice ranges from performance to sculpture, …
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Pame Kaimakli connects with Japan with the Peace Lab! We are super excited to announce the launch of our new project ‘Peace Lab: In search of Harmony between Man and Topos΄. The project consists of a series of cultural and artistic actions to promote peace and to dissolve physical and mental borders of the division …
July 8th – 12th, 2022 & Selected days for workshops in June Πάμε Καϊμακλί / Let’s Go Kaimakli is a neighbourhood festival launched in 2013 by the residents of the Kaimakli district and since 2015 in collaboration with Urban Gorillas. From a series of ad-hoc informal events taking place in the private houses of the …
We are happy to announce the start of a new Erasmus+ project: Creative placemaking – the path to active European Citizenship The project aims to raise awareness of the need for civic participation in the conversion and use of public spaces for youth activities focusing on tangible and intangible cultural heritage . During the first …
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Urban Gorillas announces Urban Playground”, this years thematic of Pame Kaimakli festival which is a celebration of play, discovery and human interactions in public spaces. As the current global pandemic persists to transform the way we live, this years’ thematic highlights the importance of public spaces to enable human connections as well as the need …
In densely populated areas in Europe, thousands of square kilometres of potential (public) space lie under-utilised and unrecognised as a great urban resource. This realisation joins organisations from nine different cities in a collective effort to unlock the potential of the European ‘roofscape’ (i.e. the combined area of flat rooftops in cities). The European Creative …
