urban gorillas

Beyond Nicosia's boundaries with Alessandro Negrini

Beyond Nicosia's boundaries with Alessandro Negrini

Urban Gorillas, an ngo that focuses on re-generating public spaces with their urban interventions and actions, held a week-long event in October with guest Italian director Alessandro Negrini, taking filming and community out onto the streets. After a chat with the director and a week spent roaming around Nicosia, I documented the project tracing Nicosia’s boundaries.

Food for thought, food for art, food for interaction.

 Food for thought, food for art, food for interaction.

Consuming food is a primitive human habit usually done indoors within someone's home. Have you wondered what happens when you strip the usual factors away from this customary act? The Urban Gorillas have and they put it to the test. Upon the study of urban, public spaces, the Nicosia-based organization set out to experiment with the re-construction of such spaces, encouraging individuals to engage and re-invent their urban surroundings.