by Mari Kalabegashvili (Georgia/Germany)

This workshop invites participants to reflect on the dualities within self-perception through reading, discussion, and visual experimentation. Inspired by Jorge Luis Borges’ short text “Borges and I,” the session explores the coexistence of two selves—the public persona and the private observer—and how they shape one another. Through a short collective reading and conversation, participants will identify their own “I” and “other I,” mapping out these internal dialogues. 

The session concludes with a simple, hands-on visual exercise using collage and photography to materialize these reflections. No technical experience is required—just curiosity and openness. By bridging text, theory, and image-making, the workshop invites participants to critically and creatively investigate the act of seeing and being seen.

Suitable for: Writers, visual artists, photographers, students, and anyone interested in self-reflection, identity, and creative exploration through text and visual media.

by Euginia Tan (Singapore), Tan Wei Ying (Singapore), Wong Jin Yi (Singapore)

How do you meld the practice of writing and movement?

In this session, writer Euginia Tan and theatre practitioners Tan Weiying and Wong Jin Yi will introduce participants to devising techniques that bind poetry and dance. The aim is to offer insight into channelling the nuances of text into the body and exploring how stanzas or words can be transformed into simple choreography.

Suitable for: Anyone interested in poetry, across all levels of movement experience.

by Fangas Nayaw (Taiwan)

Workshopping the Indigenous Peoples' Basic Punk Law II with Fangas Nayaw

Central to the work of Amis choreographer Fangas Nayaw is the dilemma of how to adjust to the reality of contemporary social life, and in the face of globalisation, while preserving tradition. Equally at home in theatre and innovative platforms such as virtual reality, Nayaw’s museum-based participatory projects engage audiences in intimate discussions of Indigenous issues while introducing Amis songs and modes of socialising.

In this participatory experience, Fangas invites you to experiment with fictional Indigenous laws. It is a playful punk experience based on an ethos of shared responsibility, trust and attentiveness.

Suitable for: Artists, cultural practitioners, activists, and anyone interested in Indigenous knowledge, contemporary performance, and exploring identity through playful, collective experimentation.

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by Lau Hong Hu (Malaysia), Adzlynn Fizra (Singapore), Gardika Gigih (Indonesia)

Step into an immersive workshop where art, sound, and nature intertwine. This session is borne out of our journey creating an animation inspired by the living rhythms of the natural world. Along the way, we discovered how nature teaches us to sense time differently: slowly, vastly and deeply grounding. We listen closely for sounds around: rustling leaves, crickets, flowing water and the quiet breaths of spaces often overlooked. 

Now, we’d love for you to join us in this intimate sharing. Sit with us observing Bakawali, the Queen of the Night. Together we’ll listen, reflect, and exchange stories of moments where we centre nature in our lives. Bring along your favourite plant, a photo or a sketch of it, and let’s celebrate the small yet powerful connections that remind us we’re part of something greater. Come curious, come open, and come ready to listen in new ways.

Suitable for: Nature enthusiasts, artists, storytellers, educators, and anyone seeking mindful connection with the natural world through observation, sound and reflection.