A workshop was organised within the temporary spatial structure “Agora” that was located on the rooftop of the National State Gallery’s SPEL building. The workshop was open to the public and invited residents to reimagine the space as an urban garden while creatively expressing themselves on the themes of sustainability, social innovation, and artistic innovation. The …
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This workshop series was a dynamic collaboration between Urban Gorillas and The Architecture Research Centre of Nicosia University. Under the approach of ‘living classes’ of the Arch 101 – Introduction to Architectural Design, first-year architecture students participated in enriching workshops at the State Gallery of Contemporary Art- SPEL in Nicosia, as part of the SESSIONS …
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, …
The topics of inclusion, sustainability and awareness are entangled in a playful process where the urban context becomes a backdrop to perform and highlight issues of exclusion in the city. The URBAN EMPATH/ workshop immerses participants in a series of processes which creatively explore notions of empathy through the performative arts, design, video, drawing, creative …
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 …
#tomboλα – Interactive Performance by the Theatre Group ‘Yasemin’ Within the framework of the festival, the ‘Yasemin’ group invited the residents of Kaimakli, those who love Kaimakli or those who want to discover it, to participate in the interactive performance #tomboλα which was held at the coffee shop ‘I plateia’ that is located in the …
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Theatre performance ‘The last of the days’ Within the framework of the festival, the ‘Eidekanou Theatre group’ presented the documentary performance ‘The last of the days’ (in greek; ‘Οι τελευταίες των ημερών’). The documentary performance “The Last of the Days” revolves around the biographies of the two actors’ grandmothers in an attempt to revive parts …
Artist Maidie van den Bos was selected to take part in one of the 18 rooftop residencies of the European Creative Rooftop Network. For this artistic exchange between Nicosia and Rotterdam, Maidie was asked to develop a Rooftop Art Project in Nicosia under the themes of “geopolitics” and “rooftop sensation”. During her residency in Nicosia, …
Iacovos Loizou: Participatory painting inspired by the urban roofscape Iacovos Loizou was selected to take part in one of the 18 rooftop residencies of the European Creative Rooftop Network. For this artistic exchange between Nicosia and Rotterdam, Iacovos was asked to develop a Rooftop Art Project in Rotterdam under the themes of “geopolitics”, “emigration” and …
