*Periplus: a Greek word of ancient origin, means sailing around. A periplus is a voyage around something, like an island or a coast line. A circumnavigation.
A periplus was also, since ancient times, the record of such a voyage.
Periplus Workshops 2025
towards a new MATERIALITY / towards a new MATEREALITY
Now two locations in rural Greece to choose from:
Reinventing placemaking in Arcadia
Revealing matter’s potential in Crete
Short-term residencies for designers, artists, architects, creatives & performing artists, working across all cultural fields.
Periplus Workshops offers selected creative and cultural students, graduates, tutors and
professionals from all over the world, the time and space to delve into a constantly open lab, where thinking through making, direct experiential access to local identity and a deeply humanising relationship with nature may develop into a new approach to immense creativity.
Gathering knowledge that may subsequently help local communities better deal with their existing and future multifaceted challenges. Powerfully reengaging them with the wealthy but frequently neglected potential of their local natural and cultural environment.
When: July-August 2025
Where: Arcadia region, Peloponnese, Greece & Chania region, Crete, Greece
Who can apply: designers, artists & creatives, architects, innovation engineers & material researchers, performing artists, culture curators
Duration of residencies:
In Arcadia : One 10 days period (1-10 July)
In Crete : Two 9 days periods (20-28 July or 30 July-7 August)
Accommodation:
In Arcadia : Shared spacious dormitories, in the hospitable Dimitsana Cultural Center, at the edge of a traditional village, with all bathrooms WC/shower.
In Crete : Shared rooms in tower type farm-house at rural village outskirts, with all bathrooms WC/shower.
Disciplines, work equipment and assistance:
Crafts / Design / Arts / Architecture / Material Innovation / Curating / Visual Arts / Media Arts / Social Innovation / Exhibition Design / Eating Experience
Studio / Workspace:
Shared indoor & outdoor studios
More info, fees and support at:
https://www.periplusworkshops.com/
Application information at:
https://www.periplusworkshops.com/bookings
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Application deadline:
2025-4-30 (for early bird only)
Residency starts:
In Arcadia : 2025-07-01
In Crete : A period 2025-07-20
B period 2025-07-30
Residency ends:
In Arcadia : 2025-07-10
In Crete : A period 2025-07-28
B period 2025-08-07
Locations:
[Arcadia region, Peloponnese] Greece
[Chania region, Crete] Greece
Link to more information:
https://www.periplusworkshops.com/
Residency Periplus Workshops 2025 introduction
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