Nicosia
HubWide Angle Perspective(s)
Topics
Community development /Environment / Freedom of expression / Civic rights / Discrimination / Conflict resolution / Migration / Public space
Disciplines
Visual arts / Peacebuilding / Digital media / Community art / Film & cinema / Research / Co-working workplace
Phase 1
The Wide Angle Perspective(s) Hub hosted six conversations in Nicosia, Cyprus. The discussion themes addressed the ‘crisis of democracy’ by promoting civic dialogue around key social challenges. These discussions were held with 2-3 invited guests that represent the academic and/or policy maker perspective alongside the artist and/or philosopher perspective. The multidisciplinary approaches to / perspectives on common challenges aimed to bring together a more diverse audience, create space for new voices to be heard and connect the two worlds of academia/policy and arts/culture. The conversations were open to the public, who were welcome to join in with comments or questions. The evolution of the conversations was documented by our collaborating artist, Zoe Polycarpou, whose artworks were exhibited at the end of the project.
Nicosia
Visual Voices
The mission of Visual Voices is to strengthen the capacity of young artists (18-35 years old) affected by violent conflict.
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Nicosia
Visual Voices
visual-voices.org
The mission of Visual Voices is to strengthen the capacity of young artists (18-35 years old) affected by violent conflict, while building non-commercial platforms of expression for them to share their voice and advocate for peace through contemporary visual art. The activities of Visual Voices include thematic residencies, exhibitions and community projects. In doing so, it aims to combine traditional arts-based peacebuilding activities with substantive peace advocacy campaigns. For this reason, Visual Voices defines itself as working at the intersection between strategic social art and peacebuilding.
Nicosia
Yfantourgeio TheWorkplace
Walk into Yfantourgeio TheWorkplace and you’ll immediately notice that it feels different from any other place you have visited before.
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Nicosia
Yfantourgeio TheWorkplace
yfantourgeio.com
Walk into Yfantourgeio TheWorkplace and you’ll immediately notice that it feels different from any other place you have visited before. Surrounded by 4,000+ books together with the smell of fresh coffee in the air and a mix of deep focus at private desks and engaging conversations at large shared tables. This is the culture of the coworking space. TheWorkplace offers a suite of office-like amenities such as hot-desks, private meeting room, snacks, coffee and more. Most importantly it offers a community. The occupants typically are freelancers, entrepreneurs, start-ups, students and teams who want to take advantage of the flexible space.
Nicosia
Symfiliosi*
Symfiliosi / Uzlaşma is a non-profit, non-partisan NGO.
*Participated only in Phase 1
*Participated only in Phase 1
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Nicosia
Symfiliosi*
symfiliosi.org/
Symfiliosi / Uzlaşma** is a non-profit, non-partisan NGO. The mission is to engage Cypriot society on either side of the “green line” in a hopefully fruitful dialogue on reconciliation between the two larger communities of Cyprus with the aim of promoting a culture of reconciliation, peace, democracy and cooperation. It has interest and involvement in anti-racism, anti-discrimination, safeguarding the rights of women, children, migrants, minorities and other vulnerable groups, and in promoting peace and social justice. Activities include seminars, workshops, conferences, publications and research and especially the study of racism, discrimination, gender and sexual identity, violence, trafficking, war trauma and reconciliation. *Participated only in Phase 1
**Reconcialiation
Phase 2
Composting for Peace
in collaboration with Belgrade and Mersin hubs
Composting for Peace is a joint project held by three hubs from different countries, as Belgrade, Mersin and Nicosia Hubs from Serbia, Turkey and Cyprus, consecutively. The mutual attempt in this project is to develop a mutual understanding between different disciplines and learn from each other with the scope of peacebuilding via artistic and cultural activities. All the three hubs have different perspectives on peacebuilding and its enablers; and the joint project is designated to inspect, explore and disseminate the answers that are being looked for to merge art, culture, ecology and the interlinking topics between these disciplines.The joint project aims to develop mechanisms that help to generate learnings for the future of the ideas and intentions behind VAHA, which can be summarized as establishing new zones that could help arts, culture and civil society to grow in disadvantageous places and zones. Composting for Peace aims for creating opportunities, while rendering its base as a sustainable and prolonging utility for further activities.
Library
Perspective(s) #4: Golden Passports and General Corruption of Democracy
Perspective(s) #5: Growing Distrust and Villainization of NPO/NGO/Civil Society
