Another side project that is not part of the curriculum but important to my development as an artist. I have been invited to be part of an event in Dalston this Thursday the 19th of January. The event explores the relevance of care in our communities and artistic practice, imagined as an evening of group learning, discussion, and experiencing of the works of the artists involved. For the first time I’ll be fascilitating a workshop. It is a listening workshop, and develops on my previous research in geographies, place and listening as research practice.
The workshop will consist of a short presentation and discussion on listening practices, tuning in to imperceptibilites and navigation as a form of place making. Then in smaller groups, we will walk outside, following prompts on an activity sheet as a base for listening and noticing. The sheet is below. After this activity we will return to the venue and discuss what came up.
I am nervous and excited to fascillitate the workshop. I imagined myself learning how to fascillitate group activities in the future sometimes, but this has ended up right in front of me! Like a hot stone in cool water, practice for social change cools me down, so I am very grateful for this opportunity.
To follow how this can relate materially to my preparation for the exhibition, I plan on writing a sound walk activity for the gallery space. It might follow certain prompts as in the one above, depending on how the workshop will go.