Maker Unknown - Creative Writing and Storytelling Workshops for Writers

Maker Unknown offers creative writing and storytelling workshops designed for aspiring writers, artists, theatre makers, dramaturgs and playwrights to engage with the histories of Non-European objects which form part of an online exhibition responding to UAL’s Camberwell collections and archives. 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:

Saturday 2 July 2 - 3:30pm, with Shane Shambhu and Deniz Sözen

Sunday 3 July 4 - 5:30 pm, with Vayu Naidu 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.

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.