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EPISODE · Jul 20, 2025

How can we re-imagine water beyond borders?

from Out of the Blue · host Lauren & Mimi with Nicolas Mouros

In Cyprus, water has been shaped by partition and postcolonial state-building, turning it into something divided. But through collective imagination, water can also be seen as a shared commons.In his research Decommonisation of Water in Divided Cyprus and arts practice Printed Geographies, Nicolas Mouros explores how water moves across military bases, buffer zones, and dividing lines - and how these drivers strip it of its common value. He questions the idea of scarcity, showing how water is often abstracted and depoliticised.Nicolas is a conscientious objector and environmental activist from Cyprus. He studied Human Geography, focusing on the political ecology of water in divided Cyprus. He is currently pursuing a degree in Multi-disciplinary printmaking, where he experiments with the visual - affective - political and ecological.You can follow Nicolas’ work on Instagram Printed Geographies

In Cyprus, water has been shaped by partition and postcolonial state-building, turning it into something divided. But through collective imagination, water can also be seen as a shared commons.In his research Decommonisation of Water in Divided Cyprus and arts practice Printed Geographies, Nicolas Mouros explores how water moves across military bases, buffer zones, and dividing lines - and how these drivers strip it of its common value. He questions the idea of scarcity, showing how water is often abstracted and depoliticised.Nicolas is a conscientious objector and environmental activist from Cyprus. He studied Human Geography, focusing on the political ecology of water in divided Cyprus. He is currently pursuing a degree in Multi-disciplinary printmaking, where he experiments with the visual - affective - political and ecological.You can follow Nicolas’ work on Instagram Printed Geographies

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