Living with others
https://www.neme.org/blog/lwo-press
On Saturday 16th September, 2023, at 6:30pm, it is our pleasure to invite you to the NeMe Arts Centre, Limassol to the seminar consisting of presentations for the project Living with others which is documenting two respective fishing areas of Famagusta district, Cyprus: Liopetri and Famagusta city.
The main focus guiding this long term investigative and interdisciplinary project, lasting from February to September 2023, has been on the impacts of tourism’s related development affecting local citizens. This includes examining practices being developed in coastal areas that were impacted severely by polluted and warming Mediterranean waters as well as the documentation of collaborations that contribute to a more sustainable, diverse and inclusive vision of the sea and coastal towns.
Dr Ellada Evangelou, Dr Aysu Arsoy, and artists, Nurtane Karagil and Iliada Charalambous, will present the outcomes of their personal led research resulting from their own localised association with people, collecting stories and history, and personal observations on the topics of blue economy challenges, sea, and coastal ecology.
Language of presentations: English
Everybody is welcome but it will help if you confirm your attendance on our facebook page.
A sea change innovates and integrates high quality European critical, interdisciplinary, and participatory artistic practices that deal with issues of blue economy into the lives of coastal communities in a more direct and purposeful manner, going beyond the profit agenda and tourist oriented cultural activities, and emphasising at the same time sustainable living, critical approach and social inclusion. It focuses on creative and innovative interventions in cultural and natural ecologies related to the sea, engaging an array of different cultural agents and citizens in a common effort to catalyse positive change and make real difference in the lives of involved European coastal communities. The project concentrates on the Mediterranean region, uniting four European partners based in Mediterranean countries highly dependent on the blue economy sector: Quo Artis Foundation (ES), MOMus-ECA (GR), NeMe (CY), and lead partner KONTEJNER (HR). As a consortium dedicated to the creation and promotion of socially and environmentally beneficial contemporary cultural practices, project partners in this initiative address the local and European blue economy urgencies in the areas most affected by them – on the coastline and along the seas.
