STORE is the selected artist group for the 2025 innovative environmental programme on the island of Tilos, Greece.
The successful Tilos Artist Residency programme continues for the fourth consecutive year on the island of Tilos. For the 2025 edition PCAI continues its partnership with the British Council in the framework of the Circular Cultures (Making Matters) programme inviting British artists STORE. The artist collective will be on the island in an attempt to explore possible environmental solutions through the lens of artistic creativity and the means that art provides.
STORE is a socially-engaged association of creative practitioners. STORE STORE is the collective’s space in London and Rotterdam from which they run a program of free design and architecture courses open to state school students. These courses provide a platform for young people to develop their ideas and creativity, encouraging and supporting a more diverse group of students into creative careers. STORE’s goal is to support more young people from underrepresented backgrounds applying to creative courses, and addressing the social imbalance in art, design and architecture education. STORE will be represented by Oyin Falade, Elisa Heath, Ella Markes and Yusuf Uddin.
The Tilos residency aims to explore how the principles of upcycling, zero waste and circular economy can inspire creativity, collaboration and regenerative thinking in architecture, design crafts, materials and urban design. More specifically, during their residency, the artists will have the opportunity to research further the awarded circular economy programme implemented on the island from 2022. In collaboration with the island’s Municipality, the schools and the people of Tilos, the artists intend to create a community-based work of art that will remain on the island as the outcome of their research. Similar footprints taking the form of artworks, design items and fanzines were created by Hypercomf, The New Raw, Resolve and PoOR during their residencies and are currently on display in Just Go Zero Tilos info point.
The Tilos Artist Residency is organised in the context of Polygreen’s collaboration with the Municipality of Tilos. Just Go Zero Tilos, an innovative environmental project, powered by Polygreen, was launched in 2022 on the island aiming to develop solutions that promote circular economy and sustainability, and made Tilos the first zero-waste island in Greece.
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Image credit: Still image from Ilias Madouros’ videos for Tilos Artist Residency, ©PCAI
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