A intimate and extended observation of plant and animal life on my Athens balcony. Each entity has an individual journey and identity, intermingled with the biodiversity of this 30 square meter space. Daily observations and epiphanies guide a gentle documentation of wonder and appreciation.…

Mouries Collective is a fluid and interdisciplinary group of female artists, researchers and  therapists based in Athens, Greece. Originally gathered due to our common interests in healing and  divination practices, we recently focused on developing connections with trees, plants and the  diverse beings with…

Radical care – protest and social change through fashion WAYS OF CARING – PRACTICING SOLIDARITY organized by ArtEZ University of the Arts, in collaboration with State of Fashion Supported by Gemeente Arnhem. A participatory online workshop by House of Refashion CONFERENCE PROGRAM The House of…

Khora Community Center Athens, Greece 2019 – onging The Beehive is a welcoming and supportive maker space with a focus on art and creative expression as a means to well-being and mental health. After forced displacement refugees face many obstacles to thriving and integration,…

Textile Stories BEIN 2021 Textile Bienalle Kranj, Slovenia July-August 2021 Installation text: Over three weeks social practice artist Maria Juliana Byck investigated the embedded social, cultural and emotional implications of textiles in Kranj. Holding a wealth of inter-generational wisdom, textiles contain a complex network…

HOUSE OF REFASHIONCircular Fashion Place-based Interventions This creative reuse project features new designs made of 100% recycled clothing. The goal is to raise awareness of the environmental and social issues related to the over-consumption of low quality clothing, to inspire more sustainable fashion choices,…

Art Pluriverse: A Community Science Series Intangible Cultural Heritage | Art | Open Knowledge Biennale of Western Balkans 1st edition: Textile Month December 2020 “Art Pluriverse” is an annual community science series initiated by the Biennale of Western Balkans in connection with the History…

This series documents the emergency Covid-19 response coordinated by volunteers in Athens, Greece. With diverse backgrounds, skills and experiences, their goal was to to support refugees and displaced people in need of essential services during the first lockdown. These mini documentaries highlight the work…

Working collectively these zines combine research, texts, exercises and images gathered for workshops, public space interventions and presentations.…

Athens Subsumption traces the commodification and financialization of our daily life by bringing the universal and particular into relation. We are building a generative, socially integrated practice to observe and respond to new geographies emerging locally from the backdrop of globalization. Where space is…

#PROJECTSEMEDAKI Collective Fashion Show  Victoria Square Project Athens, Greece 2019 and Yellow Days Festival, Athens School of Fine Arts 2019   #ProjectSemedaki is the result of discovering large quantities of unwanted or unused handmade textiles in Greece. Most are forgotten, thrown away or stored…

CREATIVE REUSE LAB Social Practice Victoria Square Project Athens, Greece 2018-2019 Creative Reuse Lab, organized and curated by Maria Juliana Byck, took place over nine months, during the course of which weekly sustainable arts skillshares were held. The Lab was a convergence between arts,…

Paros Poetry Translation Symposium Video Poems Isternia, Tinos, Greece 2018 words helen dimos ghazal mosadeq elizabeth willis marty hiatt katia gousia sudden darling & ari banias william rowe larry kearney Toilet of the Voice images and sound maria juliana byck Please dont make me…

Greeting the Sun TRT: 04:30 Documentary Short Athens, Greece 2018 The launch of the Metaxouriou Carnival season of 2018.  Joyous pandemonium on the streets of Athens. Greeting the Sun documents 8 hours of revelry; from dawn until the late afternoon the city is ours…

Elouda: Solidarity to Locality video portrait Sithonia, Chalkidiki, Greece, 2017 A short video made while in an artist residency in Pyrgadikia – Agios Nikolaos, Sithonia, Chalkidiki, Greece. Surrounded by lush olive groves a few steps from Elaionas beach Artist and Performer Maria Softis stewards…

Artists’ Cooperative Documenta 14, Public Program February – May 2017 Economic and social relations can be fair, equal, and collaborative, transferring ownership back to the collective through cooperation. The Cooperativist Society was a platform to facilitate fair economic relationships between documenta 14 artists, visitors,…

Video Projects New York, NY 2005-2016 Unfolding the Whole, Installation 2010, New York, NY Lenswipe, 2010, New York, NY Levity, 2010, New York, NY Dream, 2010, New York, NY Immersion, Video Installation, 2009 New York, NY Sky Road, 2009, New York, NY Serene Fury,…

Video Projects Santa Rosa, CA 2017 Paradise Ridge family winery is committed to land stewardship, sustainability, and to inspiring community while sharing the bounty of Paradise — wine, beauty, art and LOVE. This series of short videos introduces some of the people that make…

Stewardship Series Documentary Shorts County Durham, England 2014 and Cataluña, Spain 2015 A series of interviews investigating the concept of stewardship from a wealthy hedge fund manager taking over vast holdings of property previously bequeathed by royalty to the church, to a community coming together to revitalize…