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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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RE-IMAGINE CITY SPACES- A Community’s Guide to Activating Public Spaces

urbangorillas — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 10:58:55 +0000

This handbook is designed to serve as a comprehensive guide to the activation of public spaces in Cyprus. It draws on the findings of an extensive community survey and presents practical examples of spatial interventions, with a particular focus on the “Agora” -a transformative spatial installation at the heart of the MAPS (Mobile Agora for …

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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 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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(UN)COMMON PATCHWORK

urbangorillas — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 11:49:32 +0000

Let’s make OUR (UN)COMMON PATCHWORK together ! In collaboration with ABR we are setting up a sewing workshop station at the Afrobanana Festival on Thursday 4 July – Saturday 6 July. We’re going to be making a shading device made of fabric to install at the first reception centre for asylum seekers at Pournara. We’re …

Rooftop Re-imagined

urbangorillas — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Join us for “Rooftop Reimagined,” a unique serious game designed to bring together the insights of citizens, policy stakeholders and policy makers to explore the potential of rooftop spaces the local Cypriot context. Engage in dynamic discussions through an interactivedilemma serious game in which you will interact through both your mobile devices and each other. …

Rooftop Stories: Reimagining sustainable Urban Living

urbangorillas — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 09:14:11 +0000

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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ECRN Partner Meet-up in Nicosia

urbangorillas — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 07:18:56 +0000

The ECRN consortium partner meeting took place in Nicosia in October 2023 and the Urban Gorillas hosted the passionate team of Rooftop enthusiasts for 3 rich days of fruitful discussions about the legacy of the network. We at Urban Gorillas are beyond thrilled to have hosted the 7th ECRN meeting, discussing the transformative potential of utilizing …

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Being the cat on the edge of the roof

urbangorillas — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 09:01:00 +0000

Nurtane Karagil has transformed the rooftop of SPEL with an installation reminiscent of her own cosy Famagusta rooftop, where her beloved cats love to roam. The installation, entitled “CAT ON THE EDGE OF THE ROOF”, gave the observer an opportunity to contemplate how we can emulate the grace and confidence of cats when navigating life’s …

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BEING THE CAT ON THE EDGE OF THE ROOF- NURTANE KARAGIL

urbangorillas — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 08:52:20 +0000

Nurtane Karagil invites us to the SPEL’s roof, the CLOUD, to react to our thoughts and challenges much like a cat perched on the precipice of a rooftop. Nurtane Karagil is a visual artist using a wide range of artistic mediums such as painting, illustration, sculpture, video and photography. Her art conceptualises the power of …

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