The exhibition MATCH: Art and Nature Meet at Gardens of the Future presents works by artists Christina Zamboulaki and Caterina Miralles, created during an artistic residency in Nicosia in November 2025. Through sound, movement and water, the two artists invite visitors on a multi‑sensory exploration of landscape, reimagining it as a living and constantly evolving field of experience.
The new visual art proposal opens to the public on Saturday, 25 April 2026, from 5pm to 10pm, at Gardens of the Future, 5 Elpinikis Street, 1015, Nicosia.
The exhibition is the outcome of an artistic residency within the European programme Creative Europe MATCH (Mediterranean as the Climate Hotspot) and investigates alternative, non‑extractive approaches to understanding place and the natural environment. The project connects two distinct Cypriot landscapes: the collective ecosystem of Gardens of the Future and the area surrounding the Skouriotissa mine, a site with a strong history of extraction.
Through audiovisual installations, mapping tools, sound recordings and water collection structures, the artists propose practices of care and attentiveness towards the land, redefining the relationship between humans and landscape. As a permanent contribution to the gardens, they created a lasting installation of water collection and filtration structures, offering both a functional and symbolic gesture of care that will continue to support the garden’s ecosystem over time.
The project also extends into the back garden through installations that enhance the resilience of living systems while actively expanding the garden space, inviting visitors into a new, accessible landscape shaped through collaboration, research and a shared commitment to sustainable futures.
About the works
Christina Zamboulaki presents an on‑site investigation examining how water moves through the space once it enters the garden, and how it is unevenly distributed and managed within overlapping plant and human systems. Simple filtration elements and plant‑water relationships structure these movements, with different species acting as distinct behaviours of absorption, storage, resistance and redistribution. The research is accompanied by a cyanotype zine, created using sunlight and plant material from the garden, offering a fragmented, non‑linear reading of water relations within the space.
Caterina Miralles presents Margins of Definition, a research‑based audiovisual installation that examines how land is shaped and controlled through mapping, borders and extractive logic. Using Cyprus as a case study, her work moves between large‑scale infrastructural transformations and intimate recordings of soil and micro‑ecologies. A permanent water‑collection structure made from reused materials remains installed in the garden, offering a locally embedded, non‑extractive way of inhabiting land beyond rigid systems of control.
A guided tour with the artists will take place on Sunday, 26 April, from 11am to 1pm. The exhibition runs until 28 May 2026 and is open every Thursday by appointment. Admission is free.
The final MATCH exhibition is organised by D6:EU, an independent, non‑profit organisation based in Cyprus that operates as a cultural platform supporting artistic opportunities and collaborations, in partnership with the European programme MATCH (Mediterranean as the Climate Hotspot).
Project partners include Mapa das Ideias (Portugal), D6:EU (Cyprus), the National Technical University of Athens (Greece), BJCEM – Biennale des Jeunes Créateurs de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée (Belgium), and La Friche la Belle de Mai (France). The local partner in Nicosia is Gardens of the Future. The project is co‑funded by the Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture and Creative Europe – Culture and Creativity.
Information
MATCH: Art and Nature Meet at Gardens of the Future
Opening: 25 April 2026, 5pm–10pm
Guided tour: 26 April 2026, 11am–1pm
Duration: 25 April – 28 May 2026 (every Thursday, 10am–5pm by appointment at virginia@d6.eu)
Venue: Gardens of the Future, 5 Elpinikis Street, 1015, Nicosia
Admission: Free
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1362152902614925