Under the skies of the world

Participation is open to all Iranians living abroad who identify, in any way, with exile.

We will meet outside Regent's Park Open Air Theatre (NW1 4NU), and walk towards UCL main campus.

Welcome to Walking Elsewhere, workshop series, exploring the relationship between bodies, public space and migration, by artist, urbanist, and researcher Dr Saba Zavarei.

Each workshop consists of toughly one hour of walking, followed by one hour of reflection and discussion at the UCL IAS centre in Euston. Sessions can be booked individually– there is no requirement to attend every workshop–though participants are warmly encouraged to join more than one, as each walk and workshop explores different routes and themes.

Please dress comfortably and bring your sense of adventure, you never know when London rain might join the walk!

The exercises draw on theatre and performance trainings, mind-mapping, counter- mapping, drift, and site-specific methods.

Week SIX: Under the skies of the world

How do recurring natural elements and their patterns—like the sky and the weather— shape our sense of place, familiarity, and estrangement?

In this workshop we walk around Regent’s Park as the day turns toward darkness, paying close attention to the night sky and the weather. We explore how recurring natural elements—sunlight, clouds, rain, snow, wind, the moon, and constellations—can feel familiar or alienating. Through observation, reflection, and exercises, we consider how these forces shape our bodily and emotional experience connecting us to the lost worlds of exile.