Interactive perfomance #tomboλα and Walking Theatre workshops by Yasemin

#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 …

Theatre performance ‘The Last of the Days’ and a series of experiential theatre workshops by Eidekanou Theatre

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 …

ECRN Artist Rooftop Residency – Maidie Van Den Bos: Nicosia’s gardens against rage “One ecology uniting community”

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, …

ECRN Artist Rooftop Residency – Iacovos Loizou: Participatory painting inspired by the roofscape

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 …

Peace Lab: Kite making workshops

The Peace Lab: Kite Making Workshops were hosted at the Pame Kaimakli Festival 2022 and took place at the Cultural Centre ‘Oi Myloi’ from July 5th to July 8th 2022. The workshops were realised in collaboration with the Japanese Art Collective OBI, the kite making artisan Michiyoshi Yamamiya from Niigata* Japan, a city world famous …

Nicosia Focus Groups

Urban Gorillas organised and moderated three focus groups for the U-SOLVE program in collaboration with the programs partners – The Cyprus Institute and the University of Cyprus.  The U-SOLVE program is a European Mediterranean basin program focused on supporting innovative entrepreneurship, while addressing sustainable development challenges, and job creation in emerging social and environmental markets. …

Co-design workshop with 5th grade students!

Οn June 3rd 2022, members of the Urban Gorillas team run a short co-design workshop with 30 animated, 5th grade students! The scope of the workshop was to explore, along with the students potential elements which could convert their school yard into a more ‘vibrant’, ‘colourful’, ‘freer’, ‘happier’, and ‘greener’ place! As a final result …

Summer course: Urban Entrepreneurship – Opportunities in times of uncertainty

Within the framework of the Summer course: Urban Entrepreneurship – Opportunities in times of uncertainty, organised by the Centre for Entrepreneurship – C4E, University of Cyprus and the Urban Gorillas and powered by PwC Cyprus – 1st and 2nd year students of different disciplines from the University of Cyprus came together in order to tackle …

Urban Playground: Urban Gorillas x Creatoyo

Urban Playground was a design thinking workshop led by Urban Gorillas for the CreaToyo event of Toyo University. Urban PlayGround has addressed the issue of Social engagement at times of Social distancing through the use of Play. The idea of Play was used to create a framework around the topic of community building at times …

Trattarisma

Trattarisma is the third of the video documentaries produced for the A Delicious Place* activity and presented in Pame Kaimakli 2020. It followed the stories revealed through the theatre workshops with retirees from the neighborhood led by Natalia Panayiotou of the Jasmine collective. The Jasmine (Γιασεμίν) group designs its activities in order to give space …