Jammin' the System

Rebellion! Deconstruct to Reconstruct

Drawing from Queer & Feminist perspectives, “Rebellion! Deconstruct to Reconstruct - A Collage Workshop for Rewriting Social Narratives” aims to deconstruct oppressive social norms. To identify and externalise sources of societal anxiety, reclaiming agency through art, and transforming passive compliance into active creation. Participants will create a critical or liberating "Rebellion Poster" or Zine page, experiencing a release from societal pressure through creative expression. No artistic experience is needed.

Forms that hold us

What happens when inner pressure meets a structure that must stand on its own? This workshop invites participants to explore how internal states, bodily responses, and everyday pressures can be understood as spatial structures rather than personal narratives. Through guided observation, participants will move through the space to notice repeating patterns, tensions, and points of support that resonate with their inner landscape. These spatial impressions are then translated into a paper sculpture, an “inner architecture”, that visualises how one adapts, holds, or gives way under pressure. Participants will also compose short visual poems in response to these structures, allowing language to follow form, rhythm, and silence. The workshop centres on shared observation and material thinking, offering a reflective space to explore structure, pressure, and adaptation without requiring personal disclosure. No prior experience required. All materials provided.

From Bean to Beat

From Bean to Beat explores the relationship between sound and the moving body, inspired by the movement and sound research developed for the performance Uproar by the Rieckhof–Silva collective, and extended through participatory exercises using props made of pallares (Lima beans). Participants create collective soundscapes with shakers crafted from Lima beans—a nod to Peruvian traditions—and develop both individual and group movement sequences, embodying resistance, solidarity, and joy. The session is led by movement thinker Moyra Cecilia Silva Rodriguez (Uproar’s director), weaving ancestral and experimental sound practices. Participants move from individual sound-making to collective rhythms, culminating in a group singing experience inspired by Sikuris and the protest songs featured in Uproar. Designed for intergenerational audiences, the workshop fosters connection, collective presence, and shared creativity.