Stories from Space to Body, and Back - Performance Art Workshop

Stories from Space to Body, and Back invites participants to become cartographers of their own experience, mapping the emotional and narrative landscapes that exist within and between the places we call home, the streets we walk, and the spaces we dream about.

Our built environment is never neutral. Street corners resonate with stories; every threshold carries the memory of crossing over. Buildings, rooms, shops, and houses contain the remains of lives lived or dreamed—lives starting, unfolding, or ending. In Stories from Space to Body, and Back , we explore how bodies serve as archives of spatial memory and learn to share our findings orally and performatively.

Day 1 | Mapping My Imaginative Territory: Exploring how space is perceived through senses of colour, sound and smell, throughout our daily routes, and imagined places.

Day 2 | The Body as Archive: An embodied exploration and sensory investigation, using physical movements, to explore how bodies carry spatial memories.

Day 3 | Voice, Place, & Story: Focusing on the intersection of voice, text, and space, to develop original spoken word pieces that emerge from spatial investigations, and place-based observation.