The space in our daily lives which is perceived as immaterial, the seemingly empty space where dialogue
flows, is given substantive qualities and metaphysical properties in the virtual realm. Through creative
dialogue, embodied play, and physical and virtual recording, workshop participants will be invited to
explore their own relationships to the influences of negative and positive spaces on their expression and
communication, and to blend the boundaries between physical, virtual, and imaginative spaces.
Participants will investigate how the reality-bending capabilities of the virtual world can further expand
channels of communication to reconfigure the generative tensions between linearity, polarization,
paradox, and multidimensionality in cultural dynamics.
Bio
This workshop is run by Yassi Pishvaei and Carmiella Zorzi, the co-founders of ImaginGeist, a Swiss-based
nonprofit platform for participatory research into collective imagination about global issues. Yassi is an
Iranian artist currently based in Germany, and Carmiella is an American-Israeli artist based in
Switzerland. Both have years of experience in collaborative projects and shared training in the
phenomenological methodology of Expressive Arts facilitation. Concurrent to this workshop at HFK, they
are holding an intergenerational transdisciplinary arts-based research group exploring how imaginative
and virtual play with the phenomena of alternative metaphysical realities can empower us to re-imagine
how we design virtual spaces for idea sharing.
Date and Time:
3-day Workshop (2 days workshop + 1 day presentation/lecture - commitment to full length of workshop required)
April 23-24th
10:00 - 16:00
April 25th 18h presentation
If you would like to participate in the workshop, please write an email to Ivett Kállai: kallai0ivett@gmail.com