Artist-in-residence Sophie Seita will lead a somatic voice workshop, inviting participants to creatively explore their voice as both a physical organ and a tool for expression and sensation.

In the session, Seita will encourage playful experimentation through a mix of writing, drawing, singing, humming, material exploration and movement/gesture. Participants will draw inspiration from theoretical texts and hands-on techniques like Feldenkrais, Deep Listening, the Lichtenberger® Method of Applied Vocal Physiology and Body-Mind Centering.

Each activity is paired with group discussions about voice in literature and art history. Prompts will be open-ended, playful and inclusive, allowing participants to adapt them to their own bodies, minds and moods. Creative outcomes could include poems, drawings, performances, sound pieces or hybrid works.

The workshop also considers practices that help people connect their mind, body and voice through an inclusive and expansive lens. Rather than strict techniques, the focus is on curiosity and sensory exploration, creating an open, inclusive and adaptable learning space. The workshop celebrates imperfection and rejects traditional ideas of productivity or conforming to institutional or normative standards.

Anyone interested in expanding their writing or art practice through embodied experiences is welcome – no prior experience in music, dance or performance is required. Please wear comfortable clothing suitable for movement. Light refreshments will be provided.

This workshop forms part of Sophie Seita’s ongoing project Touching Language, which explores experimental queer writing in and as performance in the visual arts through collaborative research, multi-sensory practice, creative access, and pedagogical experiments.