The EMPACT final conference was held between June 26th – 28th, 2024at the Cyprus University of Technology at Lemesos, as part of the Fifth International Conference on Semiotics of Culture and Visual Communication The Cyprus Semiotics Circle and the Semiotics and Visual … Read More

Welcoming the summer with IN SITU Newsletter #4!
IN SITU Newsletter #4 is out! In this edition… What will happen soon… IN SITU Summer School “Place-based creative solutions for cultivating caring and sustainable communities”, 20-24 September 2024, Croatia. IN SITU Conference “Horizons of Sustainability: The power of creative … Read More

EMPACT project: Opening of the exhibition ‘Eyes in the Stone” in Maribor
The Maribor Art Gallery, a partner in the EMPACT project together with NATFIZ, opened on May 17th, 2024 an innovative exhibition “Eyes in the Stone” within the framework of the 9th Triennial of Art and Environment “EKO 9”. NATFIZ was represented … Read More

Training Curriculum on Empathy and Sustainability Pathways for the Arts
The Cyprus University of Technology, in close collaboration with the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts “Kr. Sarafov”, Bulgaria proudly presents the Training Curriculum on Empathy and Sustainability Pathways for Arts edited by Efi Kyprianidou and Yiannis Christidis. The Curriculum elaboration is part … Read More

ЕMPACT-NATFA Project: Socially Engaged Art Intervention: “The Nature Outside and Inside Me’
Socially Engaged Art Intervention: “The Nature Outside and Inside Me’ By the National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts “Kr.Sarafov”, in collaboration with Dance & Art Company “SOFISTIK-JIVO” and “Unseen Theatre” Author and Project Lead: Prof. Velimir Velev Artistic directors … Read More

Artistic Residencies EMPACT-NATFA: “Water: Memory and Movement”
Artists Andrea Davanzati (sculptor, Italy), Giulia Pellegrini (painter, Italy), and Dimitris Savva (musician, Cyprus) presented on 31 August 2023 the development of their creative projects, influenced by their encounter with the “spirit and memory” of Sozopol and the sea. Andrea will have a public presentation of his … Read More

Circular Economy, Green Technologies and Empathy in Artistic Practices
Organised by the National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts “Kr. Sarafov” (NATFA) under the EMPACT project, the seminar Circular Economy, Green Technologies and Empathy in Artistic Practices (9-11 June 2023), was a very informative, engaging, creative, and insightful event. … Read More

Empathy, Environment and Sustainable Development: What’s the Role of Arts and Artists?
The National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts “Kr’Sarafov” (NATFA) is proud to conclude the successful seminar “Empathy, Environment and Sustainable Development: What’s the Role of Arts and Artists?”, held on 21-22-23 April 2023. It was a truly insightful, informative … Read More

Artists and business: a shared responsibility for an ecologically sustainable future
The interactive online Landmark Seminar “Artists, Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility: How businesses and the arts collaborate for an environmentally sustainable future” focused on theoretical discourses and practices in Bulgaria, Greece and other countries, related to CSR, environmental sustainability and … Read More

EMPACT project kick off: Empathy & Sustainability: The art of thinking like a mountain
EMPACT project adopts an innovative approach by addressing the role of empathy in advocating for the climate crisis at the speed needed through artistic cooperation and the creation of novel art projects and suggests that exploring the empathy-sustainability relationship through … Read More