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FlowCCA is a transnational artistic and civic programme connecting Europe and the Mediterranean through creation, research, and community-based exchange. Conceived as a moving residency and a platform for collective storytelling, FlowCCA brings together artists, researchers, and local communities to explore how narratives, memories, and identities circulate across borders. Starting in Marseille and extending to multiple Tunisian cities, FlowCCA responds to a shared Mediterranean reality shaped by mobility and cultural entanglement. Rather than treating borders as fixed lines, the project approaches them as lived spaces of passage, encounter, and transformation.
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At the heart of FlowCCA is a multi-phase residency that develops across territories and contexts:
Online preparatory phase focused on capacity-building and critical tools.
Residency in Marseille, engaging local youth, migrant communities, artists, and knowledge-holders,
Sea crossing from Marseille to Tunis, conceived as a floating laboratory for documentation and exchange.
Residency in Tunisia, developed in close collaboration with local partners and communities.
This structure allows participants to work across geographies while remaining rooted in local realities.
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FlowCCA is distinguished by its intersectional methodology, combining:
community-based artistic practice,
participatory and qualitative research methods from the social sciences,
and cross-border cultural dialogue.
Artistic creation is supported by critical research tools: storytelling, oral history, photography, sound, archives, and memory work. Participants are encouraged to work with communities rather than on them, prioritising consent, shared authorship, and ethical engagement.
Workshops and laboratories draw on experiential and intergenerational pedagogies, including oral traditions, hands-on practices, collective reflection, and peer-to-peer learning. Artists, researchers, organisers, and participants are considered co-learners within the process.
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FlowCCA focuses on three core thematic axes:
Plural identities and hybrid cultural trajectories,
Collective histories of migration,
The construction of narratives and counter-narratives.
Through artistic production and documentation, the project generates living archives: podcasts, photo essays, visual and sound works, public discussions, and digital resources that give visibility to underrepresented voices and experiences.
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FlowCCA is designed as a public-facing project. Exhibitions, open studios, workshops, talks, and an online summit create spaces where artists, communities, and audiences meet. These moments promote dialogue, challenge dominant representations, and reinforce the role of culture as a tool for social connection and constructive reflection.
The project also aims to:
support artists’ visibility and professional development,
strengthen local and transnational cultural networks,
and provide open-access tools and methodologies that can be reused and adapted in other contexts.
Organising Team
Researcher in sociology and political science, she has worked with several European universities, research centres and international organisations such as Pentheon-Sorbonne, Hugo Observatory, King’s College, French Research Centre of the Arabian Peninsula, IOM.
Her research focuses on cultural policies, art and politics, identity expression, and mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion. Alongside her academic work, she has worked as a curator, project designer, and cultural organiser, working at the intersection of art, research, and public engagement.
At COMEX-ARC, she oversees research methodology, partnerships, and overall project coordination.
Founder & Project Coordinator
Névyne Zeineldin (PhD)
Eman Maarek
Researcher and training facilitator in development and cultural programmes across the Middle East. She has worked as a programme officer with international organisations (UNDP, EU, British Council), and has participated in academic research programs throughout the years.
Her work centres on community development, youth empowerment, and participatory approaches.
At COMEX-ARC, she leads community engagement strategies, capacity-building activities, and ensures that projects remain rooted in local realities and inclusive practices.
Co-Founder & Community Lead
Lamis Haggag
Multidisciplinary artist living and working between Egypt and Canada.
Her work has been exhibited widely across the world and has received numerous grants and awards from major institutions (Canada Council for the Arts, Goethe Institute among others).
She is also part of a duo working on the long-term art project Cooking Sunshine.
As Art Director of COMEX-ARC, Lamis oversees the artistic coherence and visual direction of the collective’s projects.
She shapes curatorial orientations, supports artists’ creative development, and ensures strong links between artistic experimentation and ethical representation.
Artistic Director & Multidisciplinary Artist
Shady Khalil
Administrative professional, project manager, and performing artist with extensive experience in NGO management, budgeting, and logistics. He has collaborated with organisations such as UNICEF, Save the Children, and the African Union, designing and supporting youth-focused programmes across the MENA region.
Trained in performing arts, he bridges administrative expertise with artistic practice as tools for social change.
At COMEX-ARC, he plays a role as a mentor and curatorial advisor, supporting artists in residency content, while overseeing financial management and internal project structuring.
Project Manager & Administration Lead
A Growing Platform
Supported by European funding for its pilot phase, FlowCCA is conceived as a scalable model.
Its ambition is to grow into a long-term Mediterranean and international platform for residencies, research-based creation, and community-led cultural exchange.
By bridging art, research, and lived experience, FlowCCA affirms culture as a space of movement, responsibility, and shared imagination, across shores, languages, and histories.