Programmes : Residencies

Régine Debatty and Carmen Salas

Sea Blindness residency

From 13 October to 5 November 2023, Carmen Salas and Régine Debatty had a research residency at NeMe as part of the Sea Blindness project.

 Iliada Charalambous, Nurtane Karagil, and Aycan Garip

Living with others second residency

Between 15-25 August 2023, young artists from the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities, Iliada Charalambous, Nurtane Karagil, and Aycan Garip had a residency at NeMe, to edit their experimental video specifically created for the Living with others project, The One Sea We See.

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Liquid continent residency: Theca. The Function of the Invisible

Theca is an installation and bio art research process initiated in 2022. In May, 2023 Peluso continued to develop Theca during the residency organized by KONTEJNER in collaboration with the Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences (MedILS) in Split, within the A Sea Change European project.

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Toxicity residency: Mutual Aid Orchestra

Mutual Aid Orchestra is a research project based on the bio-acoustic interaction between humans and animals initiated in 2023. In May, 2023 artist Marko Marković and researcher and scientist Josipa Vujević started developing the Mutual Aid Orchestra project during the residency organized by KONTEJNER in collaboration with the Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences (MedILS) in Split, within the A Sea Change European project.

Marc Garrett

Marc Garrett residency

Dr Marc Garrett, writer, artist, curator, and co-founder of Furtherfield, UK has had a research residency under the Living with others at NeMe between 13th April until 1st May 2023. The residency included meeting and interviewing various peoples who are affected by developments in coastal communities as well as artists and academics in the Limassol district. His visits included Liopetri, Famagusta which is central to the investigations of the project.

Ruth Catlow

Ruth Catlow residency

Ruth Catlow had a short residency at NeMe from the 13th-16th April 2023. The residency involved discussions with NeMe regarding the collaborative structure of the Living with Others project. During her residency, she delivered a lecture at the Eastern Mediterranean University in Famagusta. Whilst in Famagusta Ruth met with artist Nurtane Karagil and discussed her approach and collaboration with Iliada Charalambous for Living with Others.