Care as Action in Image-Making

BRING YOUR SOCKS (WORKSHOPS)

30 June, Sunday
12:30-2:30 PM
Black Box 

*Free with Expression-of-Interest by 7 June
12 spaces available

In today’s oculocentric world, how do we actually read a photograph? In this workshop, Chelsea Chua and Nurul Huda Rashid delve into the importance of the photograph as a tool of communication across various media. In the arts, photographs are used and reproduced in marketing and publicity channels in advertisements, media reportage, policy documents and resources in curriculums. On social media, we also see behind-the-scenes images from rehearsal spaces, artist studios and work-in-progress presentations.

How can we approach the creation and circulation of such images through a lens of care? Through a discursive process, participants will collectively unpack select case studies and simultaneously create a resource on how to care better in working with images in the arts. 

Note: Participants of this workshop will have to bring one image of their own. This can be a headshot or one that has been used recently for an artistic work.

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ABOUT THE ARTS WORKERS

CHELSEA CHUA

Chelsea Chua (she/her) is a cultural worker who frequently works with artists, photographers, curators and filmmakers across Southeast Asia to develop projects such as exhibitions, talks and mentorships. She is Programme Director at Objectifs, a visual arts centre focused on photography and film.

IG: @iamchelseachua 
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Photo credit: Joe Nair

NURUL HUDA RASHID

Nurul Huda Rashid (she/her) is a researcher-writer whose research focuses on images, visual and sentient bodies, feminisms, and the intersections between them. These have been articulated through visual projects, workshops, and programmes with various art and cultural institutions. She loves smelling old books and hopes to adopt a cat someday. 

IG: @nurulh_rashid
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Introduction to Intimacy in Performance

BRING YOUR SOCKS (WORKSHOPS)

29 June, Saturday
7.30-9.30 PM
Black Box

*Free with Expression-of-Interest by 7 June
20 spaces available

What kinds of structures and practices help keep performers physically, emotionally and mentally safe? This joint workshop by accredited Intimacy Coordinator Rayann Condy and The Consent Collaborative will cover the fundamentals of care and intimacy in and around performance. Weaving together theoretical insights and experiential learning, participants will be led through improvisation tasks, embodied exercises and learn to navigate care and consent dynamics. By working in pairs, attendees can try out diverse ways of expression, refining their attunement to and enactment of embodied communication.

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ABOUT THE ARTS WORKERS

RAYANN CONDY

Rayann Condy (she/her) is the first qualified Intimacy Coordinator in Singapore (as far as she knows:). Having trained in the USA with Intimacy Directors and Coordinators (IDC), she is keen to continue adapting the processes that she’s learnt within a greater South East Asian context. Through her work, Rayann hopes to help foster accountable and consent-informed spaces that allow storytelling to flourish.

IG: @rayann_condy
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The Consent Collaborative (Chew Lihong and Prescott Gaylord)

Chew Lihong (she/her) and Prescott Gaylord (he/him) are part of The Consent Collaborative, which is an affiliation of artists, actors, and directors who are working to make the performing arts more safe and consensual. They share experiences, techniques, and education around intimacy work with the arts and performance community in Singapore.

IG: @consent_collaborative_sg
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Conflict & Communication 101

BRING YOUR SOCKS (WORKSHOP)

29 June, Saturday
5.00-7.00 PM
Black Box

*Free with Expression-of-Interest by 7 June
10 spaces available

What do we need to foster connection through conflict and communication? In this workshop, Teo Xiao Ting will lead participants to explore how they communicate and ways to navigate conflict to facilitate repair. Drawing upon frameworks from CITRUS practices’ Library of Care online resource, as well as principles from embodied nonviolent communication and trauma-informed therapeutic modalities like Internal Family Systems, participants will have the opportunity to understand themselves amidst tension. Through interactive exercises, workshop attendees will engage in paired activities, deepening their understanding of themselves and what they need to feel grounded during conflict.

Note: Participants will be sent some reading material before the workshop. In the event of oversubscription, these materials will be shared on CITRUS fest’s website. 

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ABOUT THE ARTS WORKER

TEO XIAO TING

Teo Xiao Ting (they/she/it) works in intimate and sometimes invisible spaces. Presently, its practice materialises as art criticism, workshops and one-to-one therapy sessions. They are an affiliate clinical mental health and somatic therapist at Sol Therapy, and are committed to CITRUS practices. She co-created the Library of Care online resource.

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Rehearsing for ‘Better’

BRING YOUR SOCKS (WORKSHOPS)

29 June, Saturday
12:30–2:30 PM 
Black Box

*Free with Expression-of-Interest by 7 June
24 spaces available

When we are told 'this is just how things are done here' or 'this is how things are', how might we respond? What are some small steps we can take to change our surroundings for the better? In this workshop, Adib Kosnan and Chong Gua Khee adapt a forum theatre script about working conditions in the arts into an intimate discussion and roleplay exercise. Participants will get to try out their own scripts for change, as well as watch and learn from other folks' experiments. By rehearsing together in a safe space, participants will build their own vocabularies for making a difference in their own contexts, regardless of art form or role!

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ABOUT THE ARTS WORKERS

ADIB KOSNAN

 Adib Kosnan (he/him) is a theatre actor, director and playwright passionate about creating platforms for communication through theatre. He believes in creating works in environments that prioritise mutual respect and understanding of each collaborator's strengths and needs whilst not shying away from healthy conflicts that challenge them. 

IG: @adibkosnan 

Photo credit: Boban James

CHONG GUA KHEE

Chong Gua Khee (she/her) is a director, dramaturg and facilitator who wants to create art that is as 'shiok' as possible for herself, the team, audiences and the environment. She sees the work of CITRUS practices as deeply crucial to finding the 'shiok' in artmaking for everyone involved, and is excited to collectively dream up more playful and sustainable ways of caring for each other. 

IG: @togentlerdays
guakhee.com

Photo credit: Shirlene Loo

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