Filtering by: Senses
PLEASURECON w/ Feminist Fiction Berlin & Women* Writing Berlin Lab e.V
Dec
14
10:30 am10:30
Collaboration, Community, Craft, Creative, Discussion, Erotica, FLINTA, Migrant, Migration, Movement, Panel, Senses, Storytelling, Writing, Workshop, Women, Pleasure

PLEASURECON w/ Feminist Fiction Berlin & Women* Writing Berlin Lab e.V

Through panel discussions, workshops, and interactive sessions, attendees will gain knowledge, tools, and strategies to embrace and redefine PLEASURE on their own terms. PLEASURE CON will foster open dialogue and provide practical tools for understanding and experiencing PLEASURE in all its forms — physical, emotional, and creative.

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Sweet, Sour, and Spicy Writing Workshop by Claire Olirencia Deville
Sept
29
1:00 pm13:00
BIPOC, Collaboration, Community, Creative, Empowerment, FLINTA, Migrant, Migration, Refugee, Storytelling, Workshop, Writing, Women, Senses, Spicy, Sweet, Sour

Sweet, Sour, and Spicy Writing Workshop by Claire Olirencia Deville

In-Person

Join us in a FREE workshop that focuses on a component of the taste/tongue map (sweet, sour, and spicy) and poetry. This 4-hour workshop enchances the participants’ competences and skills through non-formal learning by guiding participants through bodily awareness exercises via taste experimentation and teaching creative writing exercises, and engaging in a creative process seeking to produce a new piece of artistic work by having participants produce a poetic text.

Sign-Up for the Workshop Here!!!
You will receive an email confirmation within 72 hours.

What will I learn?

  • How to brainstorm poems and creative ideas

  • How to write poetry

  • How to write poems about food & the senses

  • How to use the senses for creative inspiration

  • How to use taste to enhance creativity

  • How to create multi-textile art and poems

  • How to strengthen a connection with self

What will I need?

Something to write with and on

Sweet, Sour, Spicy items, tea & Coffee will be provided :)

Please let us know if you have absolutely any allergies!

Who is the workshop for?

This entry level workshop welcome writers from all genres and experience levels. Workshop will be in English with translations available upon request. B1/B2 level English comprehension is recommended. You are always welcome to write in any language. Space is limited. Please sign-up early to avoid disappointment.

Unfortunately, the location is not wheelchair accessible. Coffee & Tea will be provided. Lunch will not be provided but there are many options in the area.

Who is your workshop leader?

Claire Olirencia Deville is a dancer, author and feminist and has lived in Brussels since 2008. Graduating with a Masters in Literature and specializing in Argentine tango, in 2013, Deville participated and won the Libération’s APAJ competition for young writers with “Dernier tango à Bruxelles.” After moving to Buenos Aires, they wrote and published their first novel Les Poupées Sauvages (Délirium, 2014) and won critical and public success. Les Citrons (Editions Murmure des Soirs, 2017), their second novel, was published with a discovery grant from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation later ; she also wrote Contes défaits, performed at the Théâtre National’s MAD Festival (2023). Her poetic monologue He Ate the Sun was performed at Fabrique de théâtre Festival (2023) again with the support FWB, SCAM, and Camilo Cordoba’s musical accompaniment. Later, her first poetry book Since It's the End of the World (angry poems because how can you not be) (Double Punctuation, 2023) was perfomed at Maison Poème as a slam play (DEMAIN) directed by Joëlle Sambi and accompanied by DJ Yasmina Tayoub/Gem&I. They are also collaborating with Joëlle on a new idea “La plage avant” with Passa Porta, Maison Poème, and Bellone. And Claire's next novel La nuit Berlin is slated to be published in May 2024 by Double Punctuation.

Instagram: @claireolirenciadeville

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