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ENA Foundation | Grants for Change 2025 | PLAYSCAPE

Proud to announce the launch of new project with the support of ENA Foundation: PLAYSCAPE...

Commoning in a Hyperdiverse Neighbourhood: Insights From a Community Festival in Nicosia

We are thrilled to share that Urban Gorillas work and the Pame Kaimakli Festival are...

EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Awards 2026

NOMINEE| EUmies Awards Architecture & Emerging 2026 We’re thrilled to share that Urban Gorillas has...

MC² – Mobile Creative Capsule

Είμαστε εξαιρετικά ενθουσιασμένοι να σας ανακοινώσουμε ότι η ομάδα των Urban Gorillas κέρδισε το EIT...

PAME KAIMAKLI 2025 “OIKEIOTOPIA” Full Program and Map of Activities

We’re so excited to see you all at Pame Kaimakli Festival 2025 – “Oikeiotopia”! Let’s...

PAME KAIMAKLI 2025 “OIKEIOTOPIA”

Με μεγάλη χαρά και ενθουσιασμό σας παρουσιάσουμε το φετινό edition του Φεστιβάλ μας με τίτλο...

Kaimakli Gathering 2025

Μαζευόμαστε στο Καφενείο της Αγίας Βαρβάρας για να συζητήσουμε και να εμπλακούμε στο φετινό Φεστιβάλ...

Θερινό Εργαστήρι 2025 – Designing Mobile Cultural Activators

Θερινό Εργαστήρι 2025 – Designing Mobile Cultural Activators Ημερομηνίες: 1 Σεπτεμβρίου – 10 Σεπτεμβρίου Τοποθεσίες...

‘MAZi – Collective Dinner in Larnaka’ as part of Larnaka 2030

Συλλογική δημιουργική δράση «Το Τραπεζομάντηλο των Ιστοριών – Ένα Πατσγουορκ Γειτονιάς» με τις Μαρία Παππά...

Pame Kaimakli 2025- Open Call

ΕΚΔΗΛΩΣΗ ΕΝΔΙΑΦΕΡΟΝΤΟΣ Ψάχνουμε για προτάσεις έργων που αναπλάθουν και συνδέουν μνήμες ανθρώπων και τοποθεσιών εμπνευσμένες...

Larnaka 2030 – European Capital of Culture

Με μεγάλη χαρά ανακοινώνουμε τη συνεργασία μας με την ΜΚΟ Urban Gorillas, μια ομάδα που...

The Mouflon Project

The Mouflon Project, supported by Urban Gorillas, invites you to a series of inspiring activities!...

Kaimakli Gathering

Συνάντηση στο Καϊμακλί, 10.04.2025 Πέμπτη, ώρα 18:00Σας προσκαλούμε να συζητήσουμε και να ξανα-οραματιστούμε το Καιμακλί...

Vertical Gardens

Ελάτε να φυτέψουμε μαζί τους Κατακόρυφους Κήπους! Με χαρά σας προσκαλούμε σε μία κοινοτική δράση...

(UN)COMMON PATCHWORK

Let’s make OUR (UN)COMMON PATCHWORK together ! In collaboration with ABR we are setting up...

Rooftop Re-imagined

Join us for “Rooftop Reimagined,” a unique serious game designed to bring together the insights...

Kaimakli Potluck ‘Urban Glenti’/ Feast

* Sunday 07.07.2024 at 7:00pm Potluck Kaimakli ‘Urban Glenti’/ Feast  Open to all! The Urban Gorillas...

PS4HER* REIMAGINE YOUR CITY

* PS4Her* REIMAGINE YOUR CITYSUMMER WORKSHOP FOR TEENAGE GIRLS! Are you a teenage girl aged...

Kaimakli Gathering

Kaimakli gathering 05.06.2024 Wednesday afternoon 6:00 You are invited to join us at the Kafeneio...

Rooftop Stories: Reimagining sustainable Urban Living

The Urban Gorillas invite the public to interact with the spatial installation “Agora”, which is...

ECRN Partner Meet-up in Nicosia

The ECRN consortium partner meeting took  place in Nicosia in October 2023 and the Urban...

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

Nurtane Karagil invites us to the SPEL’s roof, the CLOUD, to react to our thoughts...

ΠΑΜΕ ΚΑΙΜΑΚΛΙ 2023 | PROGRAM |

Είμαστε ιδιαίτερα ευτυχείς να ανακοινώσουμε το πρόγραμμα για το Πάμε Καϊμακλί 2023 -Ιστορίες άλλωςΦως !...

Rooftop Landmark in Nicosia- Painting across the divide

The Urban Gorillas team invites young and active citizens from Cyprus to take part in...

Engeki Quest: Secret Treasures in Cities

Presentation and talk by Orangcosong at SPEL Rooftop | SESSIONS| Join us 21st of July...

“Hitsudankai – From now/here, Silence” at Afro Banana Festival

Agora, ingeniously designed by Urban Gorillas, is a mobile structure that champions public engagement by...

Kaimakli on Wheels

Wheel you Kaimakli? Join us for a cycling journey that aims to explore the neighborhood...

OPEN CALL | Pame Kaimakli 2023 Festival |

Open Call: Call for Participants | Pame Kaimakli 2023 Festival | | 23/09/2023 | ———————Ιστορίες...

Partner meeting for the ECRN -European Creative Rooftop Network-

The spring 2023 partner meeting of the ECRN consortium was hosted by our partners Chemnitz...

‘Peace Lab’ in Famagusta

An inspiring and productive day was organised this week in Famagusta! On Sunday, November 6th...

MAPS: Mobile ‘Agora’ for Participatory Spaces

We are super proud and delighted to be the first organisation in Cyprus to receive...

New initiative – collection of information!

As part of a new initiative, we started collecting information about visions of the citizens...

‘Peace Lab’ in Famagusta

We are inviting you to join our upcoming ‘Peace Lab’ event which will be organised...

Erasmus+ project: ‘Creative placemaking – the path to active European Citizenship’

The Urban Gorillas team is in Finland within the framework of the Erasmus project ‘Creative...

‘Travel Diaries’

‘Travel Dairies’ is a new project which will consist of a series of narratives: urban...

ECRN – Rooftop Artist Residency – Announcement of Selected Artists!

We are excited to announce the results of the Rooftop Residency open call. Starting from...

PEACE LAB: KITE MAKING WORKSHOPS

Pame Kaimakli connects with Japan with the Peace Lab! We are super excited to announce...

PAME KAIMAKLI 2022: OPEN CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

July 8th – 12th, 2022 & Selected days for workshops in June Πάμε Καϊμακλί /...

Erasmus+ project: Creative placemaking – The path to active European Citizenship

We are happy to  announce the start of a new Erasmus+ project: Creative placemaking –...

PAME KAIMAKLI FESTIVAL 2022 : URBAN PLAYGROUND

Urban Gorillas announces Urban Playground”, this years thematic of Pame Kaimakli festival which is a...

A collective European effort to maximise creative use of rooftops | Nicosia joins the network dedicated to utilising the space right above our heads

In densely populated areas in Europe, thousands of square kilometres of potential (public) space lie...

A WISH-full Place

A WISH-full Place is a spatial installation in the abandoned shopping centre City Plaza, located...

ASeedlingPlace* Digital Repository

Urban Gorillas have launched, a Digital Planting Repository called ASeedlingPlace*! ASeedlingPlace* inspires to create a...

R-EU-FTOP project / Kick-off meeting

We are happy to announce the launch of our new project which will explore cities...

Virtual Potluck

Virtual Potluck was a presentation and online workshop and run by Urban Gorillas as Part...

Urban Entrepreneurship: Opportunities in times of uncertainty

The Centre for Entrepreneurship of the University of Cyprus and Urban Gorillas with the support of PwC Cyprus present...

RIJEKA 2020 – 27 Neighborhoods

Urban Gorillas is proud to have been part of the flagship project 27 Neighborhoods which...

Urban Playground: Urban Gorillas x Creatoyo

Urban Playground was a design thinking workshop led by Urban Gorillas for the CreaToyo event...

Kaimakli Gardens

A Delicious Place is a placemaking activity composed of a series of actions that were...

A Delicious Place Pop-up Cinema

On the closing night of the Pame Kaimakli 2020 Festival, “A Delicious Place”* pop-up cinema...

Trattarisma

Trattarisma is the third of the video documentaries produced for the A Delicious Place* activity...

Kollyva

A Delicious Place is a placemaking activity composed of a series of actions that were...

Community Dinners

Within the framework of A Delicious Place activity and the celebration of different notions of...

Pop up cinema

. Pop-up cinema is one of the A-Delicious Place* actions that took place during the...

“Restaurant of Stories Revealed in a Bowl”

In the framework of the neighbourhood festival “Pame Kaimakli 2020”, Urban Gorillas is carrying out...

“Trattarisma” Theatre Workshop with EKYSY

In the framework of “Pame Kaimakli 2020” neighbourhood festival, Urban Gorillas is carrying out community...

New Creative Europe Project Launch!

Urban Gorillas is pleased to announce the launch of our new project A-Place, co-financed by...

Urban Glenti

The ‘Urban Glenti’ installation took place at the Buffer Fringe Performing Arts Festival of 2019...

Outstanding Contribution Award

Urban Gorillas has received the annual honorary award (Outstanding Contribution Award) by the University of...

The Island: Co-curating the Garibaldi Journal

As part of the Independent project, a research project focusing on the identification and promotion of...

ACT&ART workshop in Vršac, Serbia

19th Feb – 26th Feb A series of workshops looking at alternative and creative ways...

Off the Studio – Urban Spectacle Series

Off the Studio Project 15 November 2016 in old town Nicosia, as part of the Urban...

Urban Dinner – Urban Spectacle Series

On the 11th of December the Urban Dinner took place in Larnaca as a part...

Spatial Interventions at Faneromeni16

Urban Gorillas presented an interactive and thematic series of spatial interventions at the BoCCF through...

Urban Gorillas Join the Global Pecha Kucha Movement

Urban Gorillas joined the global Pecha Kucha movement on Sunday 24 May 2015 at 19:00...

Find Urban Gorillas at Φεστιβάλ ΝΕΩΝ!

Coming Soon! Create | Debate | Participate! Find Urban Gorillas at Φεστιβάλ ΝΕΩΝ | 24...

Make your opinion count with our online survey!

Did you attend any of our ΦουσκόPolis events? Complete our simple on-line questionnaire and make...

Urban Gorillas Bring ΦουσκόPolis to a Public Space Near You

Larnaca Castle 24 March – 12:00-21:00 25 March – 10:00-21:00 Limassol Castle 27 March –...