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Mobile Gardens

urbangorillas — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:10:00 +0000

Mobile Gardens is a youth-led initiative that reclaims public space and reimagines everyday urban life through mobile green infrastructures. The project engages young people, students, and marginalized groups in the construction, and care of plant-filled structures, empowering them to become active agents of ecological and social change. Through hands-on participation, the initiative cultivates climate awareness, …

Pame Kaimakli Festival 2025: OIKEIOTOPIA

urbangorillas — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 11:16:00 +0000

GR:Ένας ακόμη χρόνος του φεστιβάλ Πάμε Καϊμακλί που γιορτάζει την οικειότητα ανάμεσα σε ανθρώπους, χώρους και κοινότητα, μέσα από αυτή την έκδοση της “Οικειοτοπίας”.Θερμές ευχαριστίες σε όλες και όλους τους καλλιτέχνες, την ομάδα μας, τους γείτονες και τον κόσμο που συμμετείχε και έδωσε ζωή στο φεστιβάλ. Ένα μεγάλο ευχαριστώ επίσης σε όλους τους υποστηρικτές και …

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Mobile Creative Capsule (MCC) Pame Kaimakli

urbangorillas — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:57:00 +0000

The Mobile Creative Capsules were activated during the Pame Kaimakli Festival 2025, “Oikeiotopia”, which took place in Kaimakli. As part of the festival programme, the Capsules hosted the project “Stories from Your Kitchen Drawer”, curated by People of Cyprus. The project took the form of a participatory sound and spatial installation, transforming the familiar setting …

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Mobile Creative Capsule (MCC)- Inauguration

urbangorillas — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 09:57:00 +0000

The first testing of the Mobile Creative Capsule (MCC) took place on Friday, September 26, 2025, at Ayia Varvara Church Square in Kaimakli. The event, known as the Kaimakli Gathering, is organized by the NGO Urban Gorillas and brings together residents and friends of Kaimakli, as well as artists and participants of the Pame Kaimakli …

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LARNACA 2030 “ΜΑΖi”

urbangorillas — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 22:54:00 +0000

“ΜΑΖi” was a participatory cultural action organised within the framework of Larnaka 2030, bringing people together around a shared table as a space of encounter, exchange, and celebration. The action took place in Kamares, at a pedestrian pathway temporarily reclaimed as a public gathering space. Through participatory activities, performances, and food, the pathway was transformed …

Vertical Gardens

urbangorillas — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 22:25:00 +0000

Το πρασίνισμα των Κάθετων Κήπων ολοκληρώθηκε με επιτυχία με τη βοήθεια των εκπληκτικών μαθητών του Δημοτικού Σχολείου Β’ Καϊμακλίου και του Λυκείου Παλλουριώτισσας, καθώς και εθελοντών! Ευχαριστούμε όλους όσους παρευρέθηκαν και πρόσφεραν τις γλάστρες και τα φυτά τους! Θα μοιραζόμαστε μαζί σας φωτογραφίες από την ανάπτυξη και εξέλιξη των Κάθετων Κήπων. Με την υποστήριξη του …

Pame Kaimakli Festival 2024: RE*OPEN

urbangorillas — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 11:16:00 +0000

The vibrant and culturally rich Pame Kaimakli Festival is back for its 2024 edition. The annual celebration brings together the community of Kaimakli and connects local and international participants through art, culture and social engagement. The festival will take place on 20, 21, and 22 September. In the run-up to this, a series of pre-festival …

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(UN)common Patchwork Installation at Pournara Camp

urbangorillas — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 08:41:51 +0000

Yesterday was a special day as we installed the first phase of the (UN)common patchwork at the children’s playground of the first reception centre for asylum seekers at Pournara. The project was the wonderful result of a three-day ongoing production process that took place at the installation of Agora of the Urban Gorillas the AfroBanana …

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Kaimakli Potluck ‘Urban Glenti’/ Feast

urbangorillas — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 09:41:03 +0000

What a lovely, warm, welcoming evening we had building bonds with our lovely community, sharing food and watching our neighborhood stories created by People of Cyprus and theatro korniza in Πάμε Καϊμακλί / Let’s Go Kaimakli ! Celebrating unity and diversity together was truly heartwarming. Thank you all for coming and making it unforgettable. And …

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(UN) common Patchwork at Agora in Afro Banana Festival 2024

urbangorillas — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 09:59:59 +0000

It was a total blast: This incredible action happened at AfroBanana Festival. We brought 150 kilos of fabric donated by Sipone Textiles, George Kyrou, Georgia Moditi and Monica Hadjivasileiou where a production space was created within our Agora Structure where a huge patchwork was created in an ongoing process throughout the three days of the …

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