Collective Future – Coffee Drinking and Fortune Telling Event

Collective Future 

by Fatma Nur Özoğul and Violeta Ivanova

By offering a speculative glimpse into the future of Cypriot society, Collective Future aims to stimulate discussion about regional and global developments.

Inspired by the local coffee-reading tradition, the project invites participants from all communities to come together and share a cup of coffee. Their combined coffee grounds will serve as the basis for an unconventional interpretation of the shared future. The event is hosted at The Home Cafe by Home for Cooperation.

Video documentation of the project, along with installations and artworks speculating on possible local and global futures, will be showcased in a three-week exhibition at Goethe-Institut Nicosia.

Additionally, Collective Future will organize a character design workshop for children aged 7-12. Using coffee grounds as an artistic medium for drawing, the young participants will explore the theme of “Imaginary Notions”.

Event schedule:

• Coffee Drinking and Fortune Telling Event: 17 April 2024, 18:30- 20:30h at The Home Cafe by Home for Cooperation.
• Character design workshop for children (7-12 years): 20 April 2024, 10:00 -12.30h at Home for Cooperation – registrations: contact@home4cooperation.info
• Opening of the Collective Future Exhibition: 23 April 2024, 19h-21h at Goethe-Institut Nicosia.

Duration of the exhibition: 24 April – 11 May.