WOVEN LAND
guided VERSION

Please read this guidance before attending the workshop.

What you need

You will need to download the audio track onto your phone or ipod. Download here.
You can alternatively stream the audio track directly from here

Without this you won't be able to participate. Please test that it works before you come.
You need a fully charged phone or an ipod.

You need headphones.  We recommend using over-ear headphone (the type that go over your head and ears) to allow for a better quality of sound experience. If you don't have headphones let us know and we will be able to provide this for you.

The audio is in English. A good understanding of English language is required.

What to wear

We will be outdoors in Trollskogen for about 1 hour regardless of weather conditions. 

You'll need to be able to move comfortably and stay dry so please wear: 

Comfortable shoes with grip, waterproof clothes and comfortable clothes that allow you to move in. You will need to be able to move freely and have your hands free. Please bring minimal belongings. If you need to carry something with you, we suggest wearing a small bumbag to keep with you, rather than a rucksack. If needed you could lock larger belongings and water bottles at Hølen Kafé when you arrive.

When & Where to meet

Meet at Hølen Kafé at 11:30 on the day you have booked.
Looking forward to see you there!

Credits

Woven Land – participatory audio guided choreography
Choreographed, written and narrated by Vanessa Grasse
Recording, editing and soundscape by Oliver Dover

Woven Land is part of The Land We Are project series. The Land We Are offers a variety of creative activities in woodlands and green spaces. Inviting us to fully experience through our body, our movement, our senses and our physicality, to revive our connection with and care for trees, the land and natural ecosystems.

Experiencing through the body is a fundamental way of knowing which allows us to find deep, meaningful and empathic connections.

Activities include choreographic works, movement workshops, remote scores, and interdisciplinary collaborations between artists and environmental experts. Each activity offers a practice of moving with trees, woodlands and other environments, investigating ways to facilitate shifts in our anthropocentric experiences; offering embodied, creative and accessible experiences of ecology and relationship with the more-than-human world.

The Land We Are is also a Tree Charter branch. You can join tree ecology, tree planting, woodland preservation and restoration projects via your local council and via hundreds of charities throughout the country and the world.

 

AFTER TAKING PART

If you would like to share your thoughts and your experience of being part of it, or if you have any questions you can get in touch with the artist via email vanessagrasse@yahoo.com

If you would like to keep in touch and hear about Vanessa’s work and other opportunities to take part in, you can subscribe to her newsletter here