Nicosia, Cyprus. A showcase is set to open in downtown Nicosia, turning a garden into a green exhibition space. Presented by D6:EU, Exposition features works by artists Christina Zampoulaki and Caterina Miralles, developed during their MATCH residency in Nicosia.
Research across Cypriot landscapes
Opening on Saturday, the exhibition presents research-based artistic work exploring alternative, non-extractive ways of sensing, mapping and caring for land in the Mediterranean.
The project is based on sustained field research across two contrasting Cypriot landscapes: the community-driven ecosystem of the Gardens of the Future and the forested terrain surrounding the Skouriotissa Copper Mine. It reflects a shared commitment to rethinking relationships with the environment.
Methods and collaboration
The artists’ process combines field research, mapping technologies, water systems, food ecologies and material experimentation, proposing land as a living, dynamic system that carries memory, absorbs history and invites new forms of understanding.
Through dialogue with scientists, architects, permaculture practitioners, botanists and local communities across the island, the collaboration positions artistic research as a mode of ecological sensitivity, bringing together data and materials to form a shared narrative about inhabiting and caring for sustaining environments.
Installations and permanent contribution
As a lasting contribution to the Gardens, the artists have created a permanent installation in the form of water-collection and filtration structures, described as a functional and symbolic gesture of care intended to support the garden’s ecosystem over time.
The project also extends into the back garden with installations, expanding the space of the Gardens and inviting visitors into a newly accessible landscape shaped by collaboration, research and a commitment to sustainable futures.
Zampoulaki and Miralles works
Zampoulaki presents a site-specific investigation examining how water moves through the site after entering the garden and how it is unevenly distributed and managed through overlapping plant and human systems. Filtration elements and plant-water relations structure this movement, with different species reflecting behaviors of absorption, storage, resistance and redistribution. The research is accompanied by a cyanotype zine made with sunlight and plant material from the garden.
Miralles presents Margins of Definition, a research-based audiovisual installation examining how land is shaped and controlled through mapping, borders and extractive logics. Using Cyprus as a case study, she moves between large-scale infrastructural transformations and recordings of soil and micro-ecologies. A permanent water-collection structure constructed from reclaimed materials will remain installed in the garden.
Dates and visitor information
The exhibition runs from April 25 to May 28 at Gardens of the Future in Nicosia. A guided tour is scheduled for Sunday between 11am and 1pm, offering visitors a closer look at the artists’ projects and practices. More information is available at www.matchproject.eu.
Will you attend the guided tour this Sunday between 11am and 1pm?
