Nikolaos Akritidis

Periodical Observations
2025
Paris, France
Cité internationale des arts

Periodical Observations is an editorial project which presents texts by artists and cultural workers in unusual spaces. This first edition was hosted in the laundry room of the Cité internationale des arts in Paris, inhabiting a room where people clean and dry clothes, with a logic of domestic work, communal infrastructure, and cycles. We hosted readings by ten artists and curators, along with the distribution of a printed edition.

Featuring the work of:
Viviane Dias, Maja Funke, Anna Gohmert, Victoire Gonzalvez, Blake Hargreaves, Estelle Labes, Thomas Lemire, Aristotelis Nikolas Mochloulis,  Beau Bree Rhee, Benjamin Rouzaud, Suzie Crespin Thirode

With the support of DRAC Île-de-France, TRAM Network, and the Cité internationale des arts.

Insistent Geographies
2024
Nicosia, Cyprus
koraï project space

Insistent Geographies was a residency and exhibition project that focused on the city of Nicosia. Over 6 weeks we engaged with the urban context through collective readings, site writing, map making, and fieldwork which provided a context for conversations about its history and ongoing transformations. The resulting exhibition reflected on themes including land, infrastructure, myth making, abandonment, and the history of architecture. 

Featuring the work of:
Elpida Fragkeskidou, Marinos Houtris, Nicolas Lambouris, and Billy Morgan

With the support of the Department of Contemporary Culture, Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture

CAVE
2023
Brussels, Belgium
Fondations 312

CAVE was an exhibition that brought together the work of 12 artists to reflect on the theme of the cave as a space of refuge for humans from the neolithic caverns to today’s transitional urban spaces.  What could be said about the caves that are built and inhabited today? The artists presenting their work in this exhibition established connections between these historical periods and engaged with caves as places of human activity, mysticism, social gatherings, geological time, and cultural heritage.

Featuring the work of:
Leo dmb, Rafael D’Aló, Barbara Salomé Felgenhauer, Esther Gatón, Gilbard, Maud Langlais, Lithic Alliance, Mariana Machado, Mardros, oddd, Amel Omar, and Caroline Rohn

Topophilia II
2022
Nicosia, Cyprus
Phaneromenis70

Topophilia II was a series of events that included workshops, discussions, walks, and art presentations about the coexistence of nature and culture in Nicosia. The activities focused on the historical evolution of the city, its urban ecology, and its potential future condition. 
Participants to the public programme workshops and collective urban walks were invited to share their perspectives regarding the actions that can be taken to improve the conditions of coexistence between people, plants, and animals in Nicosia to care for its future.

Co-curated with Antigoni Michael

Featuring the work of:
Kyriaki Costa

With the support of the Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, the Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education, the Nicosia Tourist Board, and the New European Bauhaus.

States of Apprehension
2021
Online exhibition
University College London
Chiswick House

States of Apprehension was an online presentation on the theme of emergency urbanism which was developed during the pandemic to create a caring space for interdisciplinary exchange. We invited practitioners from all backgrounds to join us for a reflection on this multifaceted subject, bringing disparate bodies of work into contact and engaging in discussions about our individual understandings of emergency. It became a space for exchange about variegated fragments of thought and practice which had a public launch event at Chiswick House. 

Co-curated with Prashansa Atreay, Mia Foley Doyle, Oliver Kirman, Alexander Salem, and Xiaowei Zou

Featuring the work of:
Jasmine Abu Hamdan, Hakeem Adam, Aisha Altenhofen, Prashansa Atreay, Jhono Bennett, Abiba Coulibaly, Carlos de la Cerda, Mia Foley Doyle, Ares Kagiafas, Manana Kobakhidze, Lia Mazzari & Ben Parry, Johara Meyer, Richard Morgan, Sadia Munye, Quince Pan, Rup Priodarshini, Chup Priovashini, Nikolett Puskas, Jessi Rodoshi, Madeline Routon, Eva Tisnikar, Emilia Weber

The digital platform was designed by BSNL Studio (Felix Ansmann & Maurice Wald) in response to the theme.

With the support of the UCL Urban Lab, Chiswick House, the MSc Urban Studies program, UCL Geography, and the Bartlett School of Architecture.