Writing workshop: MAKING OUR VOICES HEARD TO THE WORLD

Writing workshop with Haleh Chinikar

#creative writing #poetry #multilingual #futurology

This poetic writing workshop is led by artist Haleh Chinikar. This invitation is an opportunity for the shy and the voiceless to get together and learn how to make their voices heard. This workshop is intended to be a space for sharing and experimentation, where we join forces to write the world we want to see, where we allow ourselves to dream together. This episode is part of a series of workshops as part of the “Ecrire pour faire advenir. “.

Our dreams have been colonised by apocalyptic visions and largely sustained by the buzz of the media. Technocratic language, economic injunctions and the spectre of war have invaded our lives and our conversations. More than ever, it is essential to write instead of endure, to imagine a new paradigm for society, to open the doors to new horizons.

As the writer Felwine Sarr puts it so well: “The future happens because we think about it in the present. We project it into our imaginations, into our thinking, and we act to make it happen. You have to have a vision. You have to have a vision of where you want to go. You have to have a vision of the kind of society you want to create to make it happen.

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Venue: Globe Aroma, Rue de la Braie 26, 1000 Brussels

Date: Wednesday 12 July 2023 from 6.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.

Conditions for participants: Free admission. No prior knowledge or practice of writing is expected, only curiosity and open-mindedness are welcome. Discussions will take place within an anti-racist, feminist, decolonial, ecological and intersectional framework. This writing workshop is part of a multi-episode series that generally takes place on Wednesday evenings, so feel free to follow just one episode, several or the whole series!

Languages: The workshop is conducted in French and English however each participant is invited to write in the language of their choice (French, English, Arabic, Persian, Italian, Lingala, Spanish, Swahili, Flemish, Farsi, etc…)

Publishing project:

This series of poetry writing workshops will result in the publication of a multilingual poetry collection (end 2023).

Production, support & partners: Produced by Looops asbl with the support of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Globe Aroma and The Kitchen. We would also like to thank Lagrange Points for its support in the early stages of this project.

Contact: luce@looops.org