Persistence of…
The Writing Workshop
Weds 23rd March from 5.30 – 7pm
at the Joinery Gallery as part of Alchemical Reserve
facilitated by Jessica Foley
This workshop will take place at the Joinery Gallery and will draw its subject matter from the exhibition Alchemical Reserve – there will be experiments with thaumotropes (simple homemade 19th century animation devices) and wisdom from the i-ching, and mostly there will be chat, writing and tea drinking. No experience required, all welcome.
Please contact jessica.dylan.foley@gmail.com to reserve a spot or inquire for more information. (If you get to us by 6pm you will still be able to take part!)
LOCATION
The Joinery
6 Rosemount Terrace
Arbour Hill
Stoneybatter
Dublin 7
http://www.thejoinery.org/events/alchemical-reserve
Contact Miranda or Feargal on 086 9815370, 086 3313690, thejoinery@gmail.com or drop in for more info.
All quiet, but there’s still a pulse!
Terribly sorry for the quietness – things are dormant, in rest, but not gone, no indeed. There is still a pulse! Prior to Christmas we had a run of workshops in various locations about the city center, but the lack of one space to work from on a consistent basis took it’s toll in the end. That and the fact that we’d just put down a year where several members of the workshop had exhibited & workshopped in both P.S.1, New York City, & Tate Modern, London in the space of about 5 months! A pretty eventful year indeed.
But, as I’ve said, the workshop is not gone. Simply put, we will be ‘ideas’ motivated from now on, rather than schedule motivated (as in meeting up every two weeks). So, if anyone is interested in hosting a writing workshop, or has an good idea for one, then the workshop will surely rise from it’s leafy slumber & trot amongst the language fields once again!
At the moment, the workshop is sleepy & dreaming sweet dreams… and, well, dreams are the beginning…
What is the Colour of Soft? PART II
The last session related to developing sensory descriptions in writing, through experience, was so effective, we’re going to try it again – for anyone who didn’t make it to the last session, please follow the guidelines above – to bring a tactile object of some description with you.
Below is a sample of what went on at the last session:
Dada inspired group project
From our Dada-style cut and paste workshop, we came up with an idea for a group project.
In the vein of Dada inspired writing, it was decided that the ‘About’ section of The Writing Workshop blog would be the chosen subject for being cut up and rearranged. The plan is for different members of The Writing Workshop to re-cut and rearrange the piece again and again, eventually leaving us with several versions of the ‘About’ section, as well as a somewhat sculptural piece or writing.
Pictured above is the first re-arrangement by me (Aisling). To see it larger, click on it.
What is the Colour of Soft?
7.11.10
ATTENTION ATTENTION!!! The Writing Workshop will take place this coming Sunday at a new venue, The Trinity Capital Hotel on Pearce Street in Dublin’s City Centre. We’re going to kick off at 5pm – so it’ll be a bit of an afternoon tea affair, very luxurious upholstery will enhance the theme of this weeks workshop me thinks! So without further ado, feast your eyes upon the next workshop agenda, please note you have to bring along AN INTERESTING TACTILE OBJECT, so read on:
This Workshop has been devised & will be facilitated by Kay Inckle.
THE TRINITY CAPITAL HOTEL
Here’s The Trinity Capital Hotel on the map, it’s pretty sprawling, so have a wander round when you get in to find us! See ya there! 
The Writing Workshop @ Exchange Dublin, Sunday October 17th @ 7pm
Hear ye, Hear ye! This coming weeks writing workshop will involve a bit of cutting & pasting in the Dada tradition. Please bring along with you sissors, glue, paper & any texts you can muster (magazines, comics, newspapers, old books, pamphlets, your own work!) for this coming workshop. Also, feel free to bring along any of your own work should you wish to share & get a bit of feedback on your writing/ideas, etc.
See you then, all welcome!
From Workshop on Sunday the 3rd of October
Here is the result of a bit of work-shopping last Sunday.
B.Y.O.W. EXCHANGE DUBLIN 7.30pm
The Writing Workshop will take place at Exchange Dublin at half seven. This evenings session will be an opportunity to share work [Bring Your Own Work], so bring along your own work, or even the work of others you admire, or would like to discuss. This will be a good opportunity for everyone to get a sense of each others perspectives, interests and trajectories.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Upcoming Workshop: Mis-Heard
The Writing Workshop will take place at EXCHANGE DUBLIN on Monday 27th September from 8.00pm.
Detail from workshop notes, 12th Sept. 2010
This weeks workshop theme evolved from the last workshop, which had us all collectively writing dialogues based upon fairly random word associations. It was a really strange, but interesting exercise. We found that one thing that was common in all the ‘dialogues’ that were created was conflict, and an over all ‘soap opera‘ quality… weird… but at the same time, we were all pretty new to this notion of writing ‘voices’ and perhaps we fell back upon a kind of subconscious understanding of how dialogue works…
So, we need to tease this out a little bit more we’ve decided. The next workshop, Mis-Heard, will explore problems of listening, interpretation & understanding.
As always feel free to bring along your own work (and/or biccies!)
Hope to see you then, and if you’ve any queries be sure to get in touch: thewritingworkshop07[at]gmail[.]com
Season IV – Commencing September 2010
The Writing Workshop will start up again from the second week in September – Still confirming the date, but it looks like it’ll be Sunday 12th from 6.30pm to 8.30pm at the lovely EXCHANGE DUBLIN space in Temple Bar. More information on this will be posted in the coming days confirming this…
Hope to see you there!
