Veronika Antoniou
Nicosia (Cyprus)
Veronika is the co-founder and managing director of Urban Gorillas, a Nicosia-based NGO focused on building healthy and creative cities. She’s also a licensed architect, and urban planner. Her work spans many aspects, and includes the practice of architecture, socially-engaged art practices and research on sustainable city development. Her academic work was funded by the Japanese Ministry of Education and the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
Veronika has curated numerous exhibitions; amongst the most significant were the curation of Urban Gorillas work at the MaXXI Museum in 2017 and the co-curation of the Cyprus Pavilion for the Venice Biennale of Architecture in 2018.
Veronika currently lives in Tokyo, with constant work exchanges with Cyprus.
Participated in:
Following Kaimakli footsteps
During the festival, a pop-up cinema space was set up in an abandoned shop in the neighborhood to sh
Posted on December 05, 2023
Stories of Women Activism
A video documentary was presented, capturing moments from workshops organized by Urban Gorillas and
Posted on December 05, 2023
LOOP, Urban Visions and Pame Kaimakli festivals 2023
This document contains a summary of the activities carried out during the fourth and final year of t
Posted on November 30, 2023
Strategies for embedding creative and artistic productions in sociocultural environments (2021-23)
This document describes different practice-led approaches from each festival with regard to the prod
Posted on November 30, 2023
Local placemaking activities 2022-23
This report summarizes the local placemaking activities carried out by partners during the fourth an
Posted on November 30, 2023
Vertical gardens installation in Synergasias Street
On July 8th the neighbours and the visitors of the festival attended the inauguration of the Vertica
Posted on November 29, 2022
Adopt a Plant
In April 2022, the residents of Kaimakli were invited to adopt 100 plants and trees, which wer
Posted on November 29, 2022
ASeedlingPlace* Digital Repository
Urban Gorillas have launched, a Digital Planting Repository called ASeedlingPlace*! ASeedlingPlac
Posted on December 03, 2021
ASeedlingPlace* Digital Repository
Urban Gorillas have launched, a Digital Planting Repository called ASeedlingPlace*! ASeedlingPlac
Posted on November 24, 2021
Venice Biennale
ASeedlingPlace in the Venice Biennale, is inspired by an installation of thea structure Kaimakli Gar
Posted on October 19, 2021
Greening the city workshops
In the framework of the Urban Entrepreneurship summer workshop organised by Urban Gorillas and the C
Posted on October 19, 2021
A Confined Place
The work done in “A Confined Place” was exhibited at the School of Architecture La Salle
Posted on July 14, 2021
Final Event: Urban Entrepreneurship Workshop
The final event took place at the rooftop terrace of the municipal building of Nicosia on July 9 202
Posted on July 09, 2021
The new world of hyperlocal food, Benjamin Greene
On July 6 2021, Benjamin Greene from Imaginary Farms, gave an online lecture open to the public with
Posted on July 06, 2021
Guided Walk
Urban Gorillas and Students of the Summer course: Urban Entrepreneurship - Opportunities in times of
Posted on July 03, 2021
ASeedlingPlace exhibited at the Venice Biennale of Architecture
On May 21st, at the opening of the 17th International Architecture Exhibition - la Biennale di Venez
Posted on May 21, 2021
Kollyva
A Delicious Place is a placemaking activity composed of a series of actions that were hosted at the
Posted on April 01, 2021
Community Dinners
Within the framework of A Delicious Place activity and the celebration of different notions of food,
Posted on April 01, 2021
Artistic interventions in times of lockdown with hybrid media
The purpose of this open call -opened from April 15 until May 31, 2020- was to create an online repo
Posted on April 01, 2021
A Delicious Place Pop-up Cinema
On the closing night of the Pame Kaimakli Festival, “A Delicious Place” pop-up cinema, s
Posted on March 29, 2021
Trattarisma
A Delicious Place is a placemaking activity composed of a series of actions that were hosted at the
Posted on March 29, 2021
Urban Playground, Toyo University, Japan
Urban Playground was a design thinking workshop led by Urban Gorillas for the CreaToyo event of Toyo
Posted on February 05, 2021
LOOP, Urban Visions and Pame Kaimakli festivals 2020
This document contains a summary of the activities carried out during the first year of the project
Posted on January 31, 2021
Vertical Garden
A Delicious Place is a placemaking activity composed of a series of actions that were hosted at the
Posted on November 19, 2020
Kaimakli Gardens
A Delicious Place is a placemaking activity composed of a series of actions that were hosted at the
Posted on November 18, 2020
Pop-up Cinema
A Delicious Place is a placemaking activity composed of a series of actions that were hosted at the
Posted on November 18, 2020
Workshops with We Circle Collective
A Delicious Place is a placemaking activity composed of a series of actions that were host
Posted on November 17, 2020
Kaimakli Gardens
Kaimakli Gardens was one of the A-Delicious Place actions that took place during the timeframe of th
Posted on September 14, 2020
A Delicious Place
From the 4th thru 13th of September 2020, Urban Gorillas is carrying out “A Deliciou
Posted on September 04, 2020