2024
Can a city be translated into a language of the senses?
We open ourselves to space and time, allowing our senses to absorb and surrender to the experience. In this process, we explore the unique ways we encounter the city and aim to harness them.
To see, hear, taste, touch, and smell—these are the layers we seek to engage through the workshop, interacting with the public sphere and overlaying a sensory map onto the geographical one.
“Modernist design at large has housed the intellect and the eye, but it has left the body and the other senses, as well as our memories, imagination and dreams, homeless.”
(Juhani Pallasmaa, The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses)
2023
in Kunstraum Memphis.
2023
In this workshop, students engaged in writing exercises that encouraged deep reflection on their identities as artists and individuals, while also exploring broader social and political issues. By personalizing and refining their artistic visions, I aimed to emphasize their role in shaping society and culture. Additionally, it provided stepping stones for them to observe their growth as artists and the personal changes they experience over time.
The foundation of the workshop was to cultivate openness, encouraging participants to challenge established norms and even embrace the concept of an anti-manifesto. These exercises were shared with the group, creating opportunities for collective reflection. Through this process, we worked toward a deeper understanding of each participant’s artistic identity and vision, as well as the ways these intersect with political and social realities.
The participants presented their manifesto in an performative way in a Bar with an open door for public.
2022
The workshop seeks to gather and reflect upon the dreams of women who have fled from war—dreams that envision a better place, a utopia, or “paradise.” However, the concept of paradise in this project goes beyond its religious interpretations as a promised afterlife. Instead, it explores sensory connections to space and the imagination of an ideal environment. While religion often positions paradise as an "after-death" reward, this project questions whether such a notion suppresses the pursuit of a better life on earth. Here, paradise is reimagined as something tangible and tied to everyday sensory experiences.
The workshop is a sensory investigation into how we relate to our environment. Its aim is to activate the dialogue between the body and its surroundings by stimulating imagination.
By creating a tent within a classroom, I sought to transform the familiar setting, introducing a shift that encouraged participants to step out of their routines and into a space where they could feel safe and connected.
The workshop unfolded in seven steps, each dedicated to one of the senses: to see, to touch, to hear, to smell, to taste, and finally, to *be.* During these sessions, participants reflected on how each sense connects to their personal “daily-paradise.” Each participant was given a box to collect materials that resonated with their sensory experiences throughout the workshop. These materials were then used to create a final collage, representing their unique sensory vision of paradise.
2023
This workshop held as part of the project SISTERHOOD NEU DENKEN from the Frauen Büro Linz.
2022
Through an exploration of Zine history and the Riot Grrrl movement, the workshop aimed to inspire reflection on current events by creating Zines using newspapers from the day of the session.
The workshop was conducted in partnership with Verein Fiftitu%.