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

by urbangorillasNews, Our Work April 7, 2022June 7, 2022No Comments

We are happy to announce the start of a new Erasmus+ project: Creative placemaking – the path to active European Citizenship The project aims to raise awareness of the need for civic participation in the conversion and use of public spaces for youth activities focusing on tangible and intangible cultural heritage . During the first …

“Activating the Publicscape. The case of Urban Gorillas”

by urbangorillasNews, Research & Publications November 30, 2019June 1, 2022No Comments

“Activating the Publicscape. The case of Urban Gorillas” is a journal article under the “Art and Activism in Public Space” issue of The Journal of Public Space. It describes the story of Urban Gorillas following the aftermath of the 2013 socio-economic crisis in Cyprus, where the notion of publicness was deeply shaken. Urban Gorillas has …

Into Street Art: a research project

by urbangorillasResearch & Publications November 23, 2017June 9, 2022No Comments

Street art is not for eternity and for the museum but reacts to the now-ness of the given moment and a given constellation in the urban life of a specific city. Street art has mostly a poetic-political import. If we concede that street art advances our aesthetic sensibility, then we can argue that street art …

Map Your City Pulse – ONEK festival ’17

by urbangorillasResearch & Publications November 23, 2017June 2, 2022No Comments

Driven by transforming unused public spaces and with an interest in exploring city planning and how citizens interact with it, we took part in ONEK‘s It’s Up to You(th) festival 2017. This passing September 16th, we put on our thinking hats and took our urban tools to Akropolis park in Nicosia. Converting an area of …

Women NGOs active in peace-building presentation: A Georgian-Abkhazian study visit

by urbangorillasNews, Uncategorized November 23, 2017June 2, 2022No Comments

Our office welcomed twenty women from Georgia and Abkhazia on Saturday November 4th 2017, as part of their study visit in the island to meeting women in pioneering positions and NGOs active in bi-communal actions. Kindly approached we prepared a morning of getting to know Kaimakli (our work neighbourhood) and a short presentation of our …

Participation in Cultural Diplomacy Platform

by urbangorillasWorkshops July 13, 2017June 9, 2022No Comments

In June 2017, Urban Gorillas members were invited to participate in the Cultural Diplomacy Platform (CDP) in Greece connecting institutions and individuals to actively engage in international cultural relations, to assist in policy dialogues and to strengthen communities. By carrying out activities enhancing the EU’s cultural engagement with third countries and their citizens, the platfrom supports EU institutions in the implementation of …

The Island: Co-curating the Garibaldi Journal

by urbangorillasNews, Research & Publications May 11, 2017June 2, 2022Comments are Disabled

As part of the Independent project, a research project focusing on the identification and promotion of independent spaces and thinking, MAXXI museum publishes the online journal, Garibaldi, that investigates a range of perspectives, different themes and geographical contexts. The third issue focuses on the notion of the island. Topos of independence, the Island is investigated as in its terrestrial …

ACT&ART workshop in Vršac, Serbia

by urbangorillasNews, Workshops April 10, 2017September 8, 2022No Comments

19th Feb – 26th Feb A series of workshops looking at alternative and creative ways to approach the subject of human rights took place in the last week of February 2017. Organized by Serbian NGO Balkan Urban Movement, the training invited young participants aged 18-35, representing NGOs and youth groups from 12 different countries to come together. …

The Independent project – MAXXI Museum, Rome

by urbangorillasExhibitions February 13, 2017June 2, 2022No Comments

Within the context of Maxxi museum’s The Independent project, Urban Gorillas and co. are presenting Urban Spectacle, a series of public interventions exploring basic human activities in urban spaces, starting out from the relationship that is established between observer, player and spatial context and attempting to spark a new dialogue between them. The project is designed to encourage …

The Independent project – MAXXI Museum, Rome

by urbangorillasΜη κατηγοριοποιημένο February 13, 2017June 2, 2022One Comment