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Deadline extended! Help us reach 3000 signatories. We will deliver the petition to Downing Street tomorrow (13 October)

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Edit: Extended until the end of Monday!

Last chance to sign the petition! Open to UK and EU residents. We will deliver it to the UK government on October 13.

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Save the date | 12 November 2026 ✨

Join us in Turin for the international conference “Decolonizing Heritage: Artistic Practices, Conflicts, and Transformations”, the final conference of Contested Desires, Constructive Dialogues (CDCD) project.

📅 12 November 2026 | 9:30–16:00
📍 Gallerie d’Italia, Turin

Bringing together artists, researchers, cultural practitioners and representatives of cultural institutions, the conference will explore decolonial practices, the role of artists and local communities, and the relationships between cultural institutions and their audiences. Together, we will also reflect on the legacy of CDCD and its future perspectives.

🌐 Join us in person or online!

🔗 Registration is open – link in bio.

Stay tuned for more details about the conference programme!

Contested Desires: Constructive Dialogues is funded by the creative.eu programme of the @european.union and is implemented in partnership with:
@eccom_it @d6_eu_, @xarkis__ , @labonnebcn @herengracht401, @muhnac @MuseuNacional @museodellecivilta @proprogressione @bjcem_aisbl @museoegizio @creativecourt._ @la_fabrique_art_studio

Associated Partners: @d6culture @larnaka2030 @cyprusuniversitytechnology @fondazionesbac @casa_arabe

In collaboration with: @nubuke_foundation @museodelamemoria RMCG - @uniofleicester

#contesteddesiresconstructivedialogues #decolonizeculture #finalconference #turin

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I had the pleasure of presenting ‘Gaggle’ in the village of Kalavasos, Cyprus.
Realised in collaboration with @paul_stan_nataraj & Mohamed B. Slama, who created the electrifying and special sound for the performance, and @amaiamolinet , who led a ritualistic procession from my performance to Paul’s.
The installation draws attention to the labour involved in producing, handling and moving materials on a large scale. Sugar becomes a metaphor for labour and mass production, connecting to the Kalavasos mines and the wider history of Cyprus, where sugar was once a major export to Europe.
Through the audience participation, filling, carrying and arranging the tea cups, the work brought the everyday into the industrial space of the Olive Mill.
A very special thank you to the people of Kalavasos who lent their tea cups and became part of the work. 🤍

More special thanks to @d6culture & @contesteddesires for the opportunity. 🩵

📸 1-7 @andy.g_photography
📸 8-10 @uniconvisuals
📸 11 @stephenmyle

XF2026 took place as part of @Contested Desires: Constructive Dialogues. #CDCD is co-funded by the @creative.eu programme of the @european.union and is implemented in partnership with:
@eccom_it @d6_eu_, @xarkis__ , @labonnebcn @herengracht401, @muhnac @MuseuNacional @museodellecivilta @proprogressione @bjcem_aisbl @museoegizio @creativecourt._ La Fabrique Art Studio

Associated Partners: @d6culture @larnaka2030 @cyprusuniversitytechnology @fondazionesbac @casa_arabe

In collaboration with: @nubuke_foundation @museodelamemoria RMCG - @uniofleicester

Xarkis Residency is also supported by the Deputy Ministry of Culture & the Community Council of Kalavasos @koinotikosymbouliokalabasou

© Xarkis

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ASSEMBLE Partners: Spotlight on @larnaka2030

Larnaka 2030 was established in 2022 by the Municipality of Larnaca to lead the city's bid for European Capital of Culture 2030, a title Larnaka has now won, joining Leuven (Belgium) and Nikšić (Montenegro) as European Capitals of Culture in 2030. Its mission is to enable long-term sustainable cultural development for Larnaka, empowering local artists and cultural workers and promoting equality and access to culture for diverse communities.

Larnaka has long been a historic safe haven for displaced populations from Palestine and Syria to Armenia, and more recently Ukraine and Sub-Saharan Africa. Today, a considerable proportion of the population of the city's registered voters have a lived experience or heritage of refugee status. ASSEMBLE continues this story.

Within the ASSEMBLE Artist-Curator Fellowship, Larnaka 2030 will host the first Curators' Lab in Larnaca in June 2026, as the city prepares for its year as European Capital of Culture and co-host the Cyprus-based Artist-Curator in Residence alongside @d6_eu_, providing space, access to communities and resources, and audience development support.

ℹ ASSEMBLE is an international cultural project exploring the climate emergency at the intersection of involuntary migration, displacement, conflict and ecological decline. Funded by the European Union,

Funded by the European Union, ASSEMBLE is realised through a partnership between @d6_eu_ (CY), @congress.of.cultural.activists (UA), @movartists (ES) and the international mobility network @otm.network, with associated partners @larnaka2030 (CY), @d6culture (UK) and @atriskartists (FR).
#AssembleEurope #CulturalPartners #Larnaka2030 #ECoC2030

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‘waiting wars’ chapter IV for @xarkis__ @contesteddesires in Cyprus, Sept 2026

conception and performance/ Maria Luigia Gioffre
movement dramaturg / Polina Fenko
sound design/ Maria Luigia Gioffre, Fabio Orsi

Contested Desires is co-funded by the Creative EU and implemented in partnership with:

D6:EU, ECCOM, Foundation La Bonne, Museo Egizio, Centre de Cultura de Dones Francesca Bonnemaison, Xarkis, Stichting Herengracht 401, MUNHAC, Creative Court, Museo delle Civiltà, Pro Progressione, BJCEM aisbl - Biennale internationale des jeunes créateurs de l’Europe et de la Mediterranée, D6: Culture in Transit, Cyprus University of Technology, Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos, Herengracht 401, Pro Progressione, Kunstfort vij Fhuizen

Associated Partners: D6 Larnaka 2030 - European Capital of Culture CUT Casa Árabe

In collaboration with: Nubuke Foundation, DDHH RMCG - University of Leicester

Xarkis is also supported by the Deputy Ministry of Culture & the Community Council of Kalavasos.

📸 Andreas Gregoras @andy.g_photography

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The full Xarkis Festival programme is here!
11-13th of September 📍Kalavasos 🌠

Contested Desires: Constructive Dialogues @contesteddesires is co-funded by the @creative.eu programme of the @european.union and is implemented in partnership with:

@eccom_it @d6_eu_, @xarkis__ , @labonnebcn @herengracht401 @muhnac @museunacional @museodellecivilta @proprogressione @bjcem_aisbl @museoegizio @creativecourt._ @la_fabrique_art_studio

Associated Partners: @d6culture @larnaka2030 @cyprusuniversitytechnology @fondazionesbac @casa_arabe

In collaboration with: @nubuke_foundation @museodelamemoria RMCG - @uniofleicester

Xarkis Residency is also supported by the Deputy Ministry of Culture & the Community Council of Kalavasos.

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8 host deadlines for AA2A are approaching within the next 6-7 days...
12th, 14th and 16th September.

Go to aa2a.org for details
Link in bio

*** Apply Now ***

#aa2a #aa2aresidency #artistsresidency

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Producer Andrea Carter from D6: Culture in Transit works directly with ASSEMBLE Fellow Roya Ghassemi - an interdisciplinary artist and environmental design engineer whose practice traces ecological harm and displacement across different geographies.

ASSEMBLE is an international cultural project exploring the climate emergency at the intersection of involuntary migration, displacement, conflict and ecological decline.

ASSEMBLE is funded by the European Union. In the UK, the project is supported by @aceagrams .

ASSEMBLE brings together a dynamic partnership between @d6_eu_ (Cyprus), @congress.of.cultural.activists (Ukraine), @movartists (Spain), the international mobility network @otm.network , @d6culture , @atriskartists (France) and @larnaka2030 (Cyprus).

#AssembleEurope #ArtistFellowship #ArtistOpportunity

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Singing to the shadow of the olive tree – Paul Nataraj - Sept 12 / 20:10 - 21:00

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Paul Nataraj’s work considers the relationship between materiality, memory and sound, focusing on migration, diaspora and postcolonial identity. Working with sound, text, speech, found sound, field recordings, poetry and modified media, he captures the scalar, spatial and temporal shifts that constitute the complex trajectories of postcolonial identities. His sound works have been broadcast by BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction and NTS, among others, and he has contributed to numerous publications including The Routledge Companion to Sound Studies.

In Lisbon, Paul created ‘The Good Hope Solidarity Score’, a rudimentary musical translation of Vasco da Gama’s journey from Portugal to Goa, which he invited others to interpret and paired with a rice-seed installation. For his residency at Xarkis, with Amaia Molinet and Ziza, Paul will invite residents to work with this melody to create a sung intervention and a choreography drawing on his research on the politics of plants and nutrition.

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Το έργο του Paul Nataraj εξετάζει τη σχέση ανάμεσα στην υλικότητα, τη μνήμη και τον ήχο, με έμφαση στη μετανάστευση, τη διασπορά και τη μεταποικιακή ταυτότητα. Δουλεύοντας με τον ήχο, το κείμενο, τον λόγο, τον found sound, τις ηχογραφήσεις πεδίου, την ποίηση και τα τροποποιημένα μέσα, αποτυπώνει τις κλιμακωτές, χωρικές και χρονικές μετατοπίσεις που συγκροτούν τις σύνθετες τροχιές των μεταποικιακών ταυτοτήτων. Τα ηχητικά του έργα έχουν μεταδοθεί, μεταξύ άλλων, από τα Late Junction του BBC Radio 3 και το NTS, ενώ έχει συνεισφέρει σε διάφορες εκδόσεις όπως το The Routledge Companion to Sound Studies.

Στη Λισαβόνα, ο Paul δημιούργησε το “The Good Hope Solidarity Score”, μια στοιχειώδη μουσική μετάφραση του ταξιδιού του Vasco da Gama από την Πορτογαλία στη Γκόα, την οποία κάλεσε άλλους να ερμηνεύσουν και συνόδευσε με μια εγκατάσταση από σπόρους ρυζιού. Για τη φιλοξενία του στο Ξαρκής, ο Paul θα καλέσει τους κατοίκους να δουλέψουν με αυτή τη μελωδία, ώστε να δημιουργήσουν μια τραγουδιστική παρέμβαση και μια χορογραφία που αντλεί από την έρευνά του για την πολιτική των φυτών και της διατροφής.

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D6: Culture in Transit (@d6culture ) is a UK-based visual arts organisation of sanctuary. Rooted in the North of England while reaching out internationally, for over 30 years they have worked with artists and collaborators to create exceptional work and drive social change through creativity and solidarity.

Producer Andrea Carter presented D6's work at the first ASSEMBLE Curatorial Lab in Larnaca, sharing examples from across their programme of artist-led inquiry, research and advocacy.

D6: Culture in Transit works directly with ASSEMBLE Fellow Roya Ghassemi - an interdisciplinary artist and environmental design engineer whose practice traces ecological harm and displacement across different geographies.

ASSEMBLE is an international cultural project exploring the climate emergency at the intersection of involuntary migration, displacement, conflict and ecological decline.

ASSEMBLE is funded by the European Union. In the UK, the project is supported by @aceagrams.

ASSEMBLE brings together a dynamic partnership between @d6_eu_ (Cyprus), @congress.of.cultural.activists (Ukraine), @movartists (Spain), the international mobility network @otm.network, @d6culture (UK), @atriskartists (France) and @larnaka2030 (Cyprus).

#AssembleEurope #ArtistFellowship #ArtistOpportunity

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💭🔔 The £1,000 Imagination Infrastructure Seed Commissions are open for applications. 💭🔔

Together with our creative community, we've been spending time imagining different futures, asking bold questions, sharing experiences and exploring what might become possible when creativity is placed alongside community organising, collective action and local leadership ✊

Apply by 3rd August, 12 noon 🔔

🤔 Whilst events like this can be powerful catalysts, we are interested in what happens next...

💭 How do ideas move beyond conversations?

💭 How do moments of inspiration become practical experiments?

💭 How do artists and communities begin to test alternative ways of working, organising and creating change?

💸 To support this next stage, we are offering x5 £1,000 seed commissions that will enable individuals, groups and organisations to develop and test ideas emerging from the themes and conversations explored through the event.

🔗 READ MORE/APPLY > LINK IN BIO

🔍 These commissions are intentionally small.

🧪 They are intended to create space for experimentation and learning. We are interested in supporting people to trial an experiment in Imagination Practice. Imagination isn’t just about dreaming of different futures but can also about creating the conditions to explore them. Through these commissions we want to support practical acts of imagination that help people rehearse, test and experience alternatives in the present, here in County Durham.

#CoDurhamCoCreated #NoMoreNowt #Change #SocialChange #ArtistOpportunity #CreateYourPlace

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