Meraki residency 2
26 September - 6 October  2025

Program

Friday 26/09

Mapping: Meraki’s role as a Satellite Space (internal working group)

Meraki Short Movie Night 'Meraki residenza 2025 
progetti amici - progetti del territorio e oltre’ 


Saturday 27/09

Mapping: Meraki’s role as a Satellite Space (internal working group)

Meeting the Moroccan Flottilla members at Pozallo port
Lunch at Caro Melo (Scicli)
https://www.caromelo.it/


Sunday 28 September

Mapping: Meraki’s role as a Satellite Space (internal working group)

From 10:00 am ‘Merkatu’ monthly farmers market in Testa Dell’Acqua promoted by Meraki
Start 14:00 Performance by Victor Diawara/Afrodelic + Giulietta Passera/Sweetlife Society

From 17:00 AfterMerkatu at Meraki with soundtrack by Marwan Hawash (Palestine)

Dinner: Giulia’s magic pot


Monday 29 September

Mapping: Meraki’s role as a Satellite Space (internal working group)

Reclaiming Monday - Enjoy the day and chill
Exploring the area, Beach day, informal discussions, whatever we feel like

Dinner: cooking together or restaurants area


Tuesday 30 September: Introductions

Meraki tour - presentation of project by kristine/bertold/mark

21:00 @ Meraki indoor theatre:
Short presentation by all participants
5 minutes each about current project - concluding with key question

Dinner: BBQ at clubhouse

Wednesday 1 October: How can we reclaim space, community and solidarity?
(Leads: Liese, Marwan, Sami)

Time: 10:00–14:00 (with breaks) @ Meraki indoor theatre:

Welcome to the future.
A future where cultural resistance grows through solidarity rooted in land and sea. Where spaces and communities across Sicily, Amman, Beirut, Palestine, Tunisia, Berlin and beyond connect as a living network of care. Where decolonial practices, the arts, and knowledge exchange become infrastructures for justice, truth and survival.

We are not there yet.
Capitalism, authoritarianism, genocide and ecocide shape our present. We scroll through our phones, sharing posts of genocide, but too often we stop there. Performative activism replaces real solidarity. Communities are fragmented, burnout spreads, funding cuts deepen the crisis. Those most under pressure—queer, diasporic, refugee and displaced communities—are the first to lose access to space, while institutions retreat.

This workshop is a call to act. Together we will learn from community-led practices across the Mediterranean, unearth the toxins that block solidarity, and seed tangible steps toward reclaiming space, community and cultural resistance.

With contributions from the Palestinian Heirloom Seed Library, Sea Shepherd, In Place of War / EarthSonic, Turba Cultural Resistance and more.

14:00  Light lunch by Giulia

Afternoon:
Intro to funding: Horizon by prof. Rowe dell'Università di Auckland e Nord University in Norvegia, UNESCO palestine experience

Free dinner in Noto, Siracusa or somewhere

Thursday 2 October: Residencies
(Leads: Lena/Mark)

Meeting 9:30 @ Meraki

Workgroup rural residencies & mediterranean network

- Needs
- Challenges
- Mobiity
- Education
- Future plans
- Case studies / inspiration
- Best practices exchange

13:30 Lunch: Salad & grilled fresh Tuna @ Meraki

Participatory workshop / breakout groups
- Roadmap / timeline / deliverables

19:30 Dinner: local home restaurant (20 euro pp incl. drinks)
Cucina Tipica da Eva e Zio Pippo
https://share.google/970L7XLLwWqWr19IL

(Evening: italian film night at Meraki)

Friday 3 October : Funding
(Leads: Dario, Lena, Hans, Martin)

Start 9:30

Presentations (15 min)
- General considerations: Lena Ingwersen / Music Cities Network (Germany)
- Erasmus + (Dario Ferrante)
- Creative europe: Hans J. Strop / Nord University (Norway)
- Crowdfunding: Case study of Goulash Disko (Croatia)
- TBC perform europe, europeansolidaritycorps : settevoci (Sicilia)
- Redistributional and solidarity-based funding models : Liese Kingma / Space of Urgency (Netherlands)
- AI tools : Martin Bremner  (UK)

Lunch cooking together: Mediterranean flavours

Workshop / breakout groups :
- AI tools practical use
- Outlining possible funding calls
- Drafting projects for residency networks

20:30 : Pizza in the village pizzeria ‘Moby Dick’
https://share.google/VVYrC69UgesqOHX5h

Saturday 4 October (Practical)

10:00
Conclusion funding presentation of friday
Adding application deadlines to timeline + defining workgroups

Prototyping land-based infrastructures and artistic practices.

12:00
Practical: DIY building techniques
- Tiny houses
- Compost & raised veggie patch
- TBC experiences from building up greenfields at glastonbury
- Dry wall workshop

From 19:00
Exhibition ‘World of Eve’
Dj set with Marwan Hawash (Palestine)

Nigerian Dinner bi Blessing

21:00
Introduction Earthsonic project by Martin Bremner (In Place of War trustee)
Presentation BICEP movie 'Takkuuk'

Sunday 5 October: Conclusions (Lead & Notes: all together)

Conclusions
Drafting next steps: joint programming, redistribution frameworks, and shared funding directions.

10:00
percussion workshop (on reservation - run externally at meraki)

From 12:00 Jam session & DJ sets Lej + Yves Goulash + friends

Nigerian brunch by Blessing

Monday 6 October

Reclaiming Monday - Enjoy the day and chill
decompression

6/10 - 10/010
permaculture workshops at michels place?

7/10 first supermoon of the year

Meraki residency 2024