For the 2nd consecutive year the Youth Makerspace Larnaka’s MAKERsHOUSE residency program, aims to create a platform of creation and entrepreneurship by supporting research and development through modern technological practices.
Youth Makerspace Larnaka organises workshops on how to use the technological equipment which is available at the premises on a regular basis. Workshops are offered by professional trainers for beginners and advanced users. The aim of the workshops is to inform and train people on how new technology can contribute to the creation of innovative ideas. Moreover, it is a great chance for participants to network with like-minded people and trainers, while the Youth Makerspace Larnaka community grows even more.
In November, the following workshops are organised by the Youth Makerspace Larnaka:
In order to attend, please fill in the google form in the following link. You will then receive an email with the Google Meet participation code.
Application form:
https://forms.gle/2nuQdbUdiRd669jd7
Important information:
For more information, please call 24201777.
An innovative application called “Larnaka Storytelling Statues” was launched today. Through this app locals and visitors can listen to the story of significant personalities and symbols of the past. This interactive app is a joint initiative of Larnaka Tourism Board and Youth Board Cyprus, and is supported by the Deputy Ministry of Tourism and Larnaka Municipality.
At the first phase of the project, a passer-by can find Quick Response Codes on five statues around the city. Once the QR Code is scanned on a mobile phone with internet access, the visitor will receive an incoming phone call from the statue who will tell their exciting story and will describe their connection to Larnaka.
Through this unique experience, the visitor may listen to Zeno of Kition sharing his philosophy, Michail Kashallos describing how he started painting at the age of 70, Apollonios of Kition whose story is not that well known, though he was one of the most renowned physicians of ancient times. Among the Storytelling Statues is Kimon, the great Athenian General whose legendary story is directly connected to Larnaka. The Lion of Venice statue is also there to tell us about the strong historic links between Larnaka and Venice.
At the presentation of the first phase it was announced that this project will be implemented on additional sites of the city and the region. Hence, the second phase of the project will feature sculptures and statues at main attractions of the city, such as Saint Lazarus Church, Pierides Museum, Kyriazis Medical Museum and the Medieval Fort of Larnaka, the Armenians Memorial Sculpture, Makarios statue, the statue of Peace at the Municipal Garden and of sister Sophie Chambon. Later on, a sculpture at Larnaka Airport will be added, in cooperation with Hermes company.
Take a walk around the city and listen to the statues telling their story or stay where you are and go to this link to listen to them.
Access is only allowed via smart phones and tablets.
Watch YouTube video here
What is Arduino? What are its functions and capacities? How can you create, configure and program an Arduino board?
Arduino is an open-source electronics platform that enables users to create innovative devices based on an easy-to-use hardware and software. Arduino Shields are easy-to-plug peripherals (sensors, displays, motor controllers, etc.) that allow users to design and build specialised devices for certain uses. Traffic lights are a common example of Arduino programming, combined with various other material such as LED lights of different colours.
Youth Maker Space Larnaka organises two online workshops.
Arduino for beginners
To attend the workshops, please fill in and send the application form by Thursday 23/7. You will then receive Google Meet participation code by email.
Participation form: https://bit.ly/2CgzUpI
Important information on the workshops:
For more information, please call 24201777.
The Youth Board of Cyprus and Larnaka Municipality are pleased to announce the renewal of their cooperation on Youth Makerspace Larnaka, the innovative, pioneer project that will continue its operation. The agreement renewal was signed by the President of the Youth Board of Cyprus Prodromos K. Alambritis and Larnaka Mayor Andreas Vyras during their meeting at Larnaka City Hall on the 9th of July 2020. Youth Makerspace project was launched two years ago and since then it has managed to establish itself as a landmark of technology, creativity and STEAM learning philosophy.
Youth Makerspace Larnaka is an initiative of the Youth Board of Cyprus, housed at an emblematic building of Larnaka Municipality. Larnaka Municipality realises the significance of the project and its positive impact not only on Larnaka youth but also on young people on the island. Hence it keeps hosting Youth Makerspace Larnaka.
Youth Makerspace Larnaka aims at enhancing youth entrepreneurship, offering young people of Larnaka region and beyond access to high-end technological equipment that will enable them to develop their business ideas and prototypes and put them in practice. In its two years of operation, more than 2000 young people have visited the venue and attended workshops, seminars and other events and activities, through which they achieved skills development and empowerment.
The Youth Board of Cyprus and Larnaka Municipality would like to see Youth Makerspace growing as an incubator of ideas, offering space, tools, equipment and support to young people, enabling them to develop their business ideas in fields such as technology, architecture, arts, etc.
For more information on Youth Makerspace Larnaka, you can call 24201777.
For a second consecutive year, Youth Makerspace Larnaka announces an open call for proposals by individuals and groups of creators in the fields of art, design, multimedia, graphic arts, interactive technology, creative engineering, education and entrepreneurship.
Makerhouse 2020 Project aims at offering a platform for creation and entrepreneurship, enhancing research and development through modern technologies. Twelve selected individuals or groups of creators will have the opportunity to use the space, equipment and services of Youth Makerspace Larnaka for a month each.
The Residency Project will allow the improvement of the creative interaction between creators and organisations/institutions that support their innovative ideas. Each creator will have their own mentor who will provide guidance on the implementation of the proposed idea.
The Residency will be completed with a public exhibition of the project which will have been developed through Makerhouse project. The ultimate goal of this programme is to enable a meaningful dialogue between the local community and creators, who are encouraged to act, organise with others and promote their ideas. The Programme will run throughout 2020.
Application Submission Deadline: 31st March 2020.
The age limit for applicants is 18-40 years old.
For more information on Makerhouse Residency Programme you may call +357 24201777 or email [email protected]
Dear Makers, WE ARE BACK! Youth Makerspace Larnaka is back on track ready to welcome you at our premises. Dash Robot is in charge of applying all protective measures and safety protocols of the Ministry of Health for protection and prevention against COVID-19, and he takes his responsibility very seriously.
As of June 18 we are open to the public in accordance to the following guidelines:
Youth Makerspace Larnaka organised training workshops on how to use the technological equipment available at the premises, such as 3D printer, lase cutter and Arduino. These workshops were held between September and December 2019 with great success. The workshops were offered by professional trainers for beginners and advanced users.
The aim of the workshops was to inform and train people on how new technology can contribute to the creation of innovative ideas. Moreover, it was a great chance for participants to network with like-minded people and trainers, while the Youth Makerspace Larnaka community grows even more.
An audio-visual experience which focuses on major human experiences: birth, life, death, different aspects of self and internal battles and changes that transform our self. A creation of a new, anthropomorphic self. A form that may be recognisable or not, a form of metamorphosis of mind and soul. The internal battles are expressed in a body-transformation game.
Concept/creation: Nayia Demetriou
Sound design: Giorgos Marinou
Technical support: Adamos Demetriou | Synergia Media
Mentor: Antonis Stylianou
Is every crisis we go through transferred on our body? The body turns into a “battle field” of confusion, insecurity and mental distress. Where does the physical aspect of the body stop and where does our self gain importance? Life is a process of constant transformation. We may detect all the changes on our personality, on our mood, but mostly on our face and body. One can find beauty in our self and its ability to turn into something new through its objectification. A deep desire to “recreate” the self. Unlike what is commonly believed, our body is not what we have. Whether we like it or not, it is what we are. An open negotiation between matter and soul, the “raw material” in which our body can be deconstructed: flesh, form and colour. A complex, versatile object which serves as a vessel of soul, and allows each self the chance for personal interpretation.
The presentation is part of MAKERsHOUSE 19 Residency Programme by Youth Makerspace Larnaka.
YPOMONI
Merging his research on God Adonis (a god related to the seasonality of nature, life and death) whose name he bears and the use of videogames as visual art, Adonis Archontides uses technological equipment such as a 3D scanner and printer, erasing the borderlines between tangible and virtual, factual and fictional, real and unreal
The presentation is part of MAKERsHOUSE 19 Residency Programme by Youth Makerspace Larnaka.
Youth Makerspace Larnaka organised an open day event, opening its doors to the general public. Visitors had the opportunity to view and use the available technological equipment. The innovative technological equipment which is offered by Youth Makerspace Larnaka is essential for development in the fields of entrepreneurship, innovation, arts, design, multimedia and graphic arts, interactive technology, creative engineering and education.
During the Open Day event interactive workshops and seminars were offered by leading academics and experts in the field of technology.
The Open Day Event aimed at raising awareness on how new technology can contribute to the creation of innovative business ideas. Moreover, it was a great opportunity for attendants to network with like-minded people and trainers, while the Youth Makerspace Larnaka community grows even more.
The Open Day Event was held on 13 July 2019 from 16:00 until 21:00 at Youth Makerspace Larnaka in cooperation with ΑCM-W Celebration of Women in Maker Cultures.
The new initiative of Xarkis, titled “Prozymin”, refers to the sourdough cultivation which is the basis of fresh dough for bread making. Over the years, bread has gained special significance in the consciousness of people, being the number one staple food of the population of Cyprus and other countries of this region.
In Cypriots’ daily life, the word “prozymin” had acquired a metaphorical meaning: it was used when people wanted to declare the real essence, the base, the core, the “yeast”, in order for something new to begin.
Hence, our new initiative aims at creating a “new yeast” through exploring the meaning of prozymin in the context of contemporary design proposals.
The exhibition will feature experiments, processes and outcomes from the first phase of the project. Join us to see how we used traditional handcrafts in alternative contexts and how we used upcycled materials to design and create furniture.
Participants: Valentin Musteata, Christina Skarpari, Chris Karpis.
MAKERsHOUSE Residency – January 2019
MAKERsHOUSE Residency Programme
aims at offering a platform for creation and entrepreneurship, enhancing research and development through modern technologies.
The Residency Project will allow the development of a creative interaction between creators and organisations/institutions that support their innovative ideas. Selected creators will have their own mentor who will provide guidance on the implementation of the proposed idea.
The Residency will end with a public exhibition of the project which will have been developed through Makerhouse project.
