An exhibition developed during the MATCH residency in Nicosia will open on April 25 at Gardens of the Future, bringing together research-based work on land, water and ecology in the Mediterranean.
Titled Exposition, the exhibition features work by artists Christina Zampoulaki and Caterina Miralles and will run until May 28, with access on Thursdays by appointment. Admission is free.
According to organisers D6:EU, the exhibition explores alternative, non-extractive ways of sensing, mapping and caring for land, drawing on field research carried out across two contrasting Cypriot landscapes: the community-based ecosystem of Gardens of the Future and the forested area around the Skouriotissa copper mine.
The organisers said the project combines fieldwork, mapping technologies, water systems, food ecologies and material experimentation, treating land not as a resource to be consumed but as a living system shaped by memory and history.
The work was developed through exchanges with scientists, architects, permaculture practitioners, botanists and local communities from across the island.
As part of the project, the artists created a permanent installation at the garden in the form of water-collection and filtration structures, which organisers said would remain as a functional and symbolic contribution to the site.
The exhibition also extends into the back garden through installations intended to open up a newly accessible landscape shaped by collaboration, research and sustainability.
Zampoulaki’s contribution examines how water moves through the site after entering the garden and how it is distributed through overlapping plant and human systems. Her research is accompanied by a cyanotype zine made with sunlight and plant material from the garden.
Miralles presents Margins of Definition, an audiovisual installation examining how land is shaped and controlled through mapping, borders and extractive systems, using Cyprus as a case study. Her work moves between large-scale infrastructure and close recordings of soil and micro-ecologies.
A permanent water-collection structure made from reclaimed materials also forms part of Miralles’ contribution and remains installed in the garden.
The opening will take place on Saturday, April 25, from 5pm to 10pm, while a guided tour with the artists will follow on Sunday, April 26, from 11am to 1pm.
The exhibition forms part of MATCH, short for Mediterranean as the Climate Hotspot, a Creative Europe co-funded project focused on the climate emergency in the Mediterranean through culture-led and community-based action.
The project brings together community gardens and artistic residencies across five Mediterranean cities and is supported by a wider programme aimed at cross-sector cooperation, peer learning and policy dialogue.
Project partners are Mapa das Ideias, D6:EU, the School of Architecture of the National Technical University of Athens, BJCEM and Friche la Belle de Mai. The local partner in Nicosia is Gardens of the Future.
MATCH is co-funded by the Cyprus deputy ministry of culture and Creative Europe.
