Maker Unknown - Creative Writing and Storytelling June Workshops
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Workshop Themes: Creative writing, Storytelling, Object histories, Decolonial archival practices, critical fabulation, South Asian culture.
About this event
Maker Unknown offers creative writing and storytelling workshops open to everybody (16 and over) as part of the online exhibition Maker Unknown in response to the UAL’s Camberwell collection of Non-European objects. These 90-minute workshops will be delivered online on Zoom by storyteller and writer Vayu Naidu or Bharatanatyam artist and actor Shane Shambhu and visual artist and researcher Deniz Sözen.
They are great for those wishing to creatively and critically engage with the history of objects that embody the history of the British empire, such as a textile elephant or a sari fabric from India and explore creative strategies of responding to ‘archival silences’. Together with elements of storytelling through movement, creative writing and storytelling, the workshops are a truly inspiring cultural experience, delivered by a team of experienced artists and educators. At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to share their short stories and publish them as part of our multilingual online exhibition Maker Unknown (www.makerunknown.org launching in July 2022)
Dates:
Sat 18th June: 2-3:30 pm 'Storytelling through Movement' Workshop with Shane Shambhu and Deniz Sözen
Sun 19th June 4-5:30 pm 'Creative Writing' Workshop with Vayu Naidu and Deniz Sözen
Sat 25 June 2-3:30 pm 'Creative Writing' Workshop with Vayu Naidu and Deniz Sözen
Sun 26 June 4-5:30 pm 'Storytelling through Movement' Workshop with Shane Shambhu and Deniz Sözen
Workshops can be booked either with Vayu Naidu or Shane Shambhu.
Shane Shambhu is Artistic Director of Altered Skin and specialises in story-telling through dance.
Vayu Naidu is a writer and story-teller based in London.
Both have enhanced DBS checks and are very experienced in leading workshops with children and adults across various age groups.
Deniz Sözen is a visual artist and educator. She is the project lead and will be collaborating with Shane and Vayu on their workshops.
We thank Jacqueline Winston-Silk and Sarah Mahurter, UAL Archives and Special Collections Centre, for their support.
The project is supported by Arts Council England.
