Pacha Workshops

About

Are you BIPOC and from Haringey? Do you feel called to explore local biodiversity in a playful and meaningful way? Have you felt excluded from the conversations surrounding climate change and action? 

Driven by a decolonial perspective, we are inviting BIMPOC* (Black, Indigenous, Multiracial people of colour) to reimagine their futures through a series of three exploratory workshops! Together we will be examining how to deepen local connection to nature in Haringey. Infused with nature walks, discussions, creative exercises and storytelling, we encourage creativity and how we can engage with climate action in an artistic and playful way. Your creative responses will be recorded and placed in a digital archive on pachapeople.com and included within the PACHA installation which will be exhibited at the Bernie Grant Arts Centre in Tottenham.

*we are particularly keen to work with African, Carribean, Latinx, Turkish, Asian and Kurdish communities in Haringey.

WHAT TO EXPECT:

Ancestral Knowledge - 17th July 2022 (11am - 1.30 pm).

A deep dive into traditional ecological knowledge, decolonisation and intersectional environmentalism. Workshop includes meaning making with Pacha People's Andrea Ling and guest speaker Sandra Salazar D’eca of @gogrowwithlove. Sandra is a come-unity horticulturist and farmer who will be talking to us about decolonizing our relationship to the land.

Nature Connection - 24th July 2022 (11am - 1.30pm).

An explorative workshop about connecting to nature, which includes earthing meditation, creative exercises and a guided walk with Rasheeqa Ahmad of Hedge Herbs (@hedgeherbs). Rasheeqa is a community medical herbalist based in East London and will be taking us on a nature walk, sharing information on local biodiversity, plant remedies and knowledge of local flora and fauna.

Care and Future Storytelling - 31st July 2022 (11am- 1.30pm).

An opportunity to explore touch and sound technology with plants, touch plants and soil and hear back sounds and your own stories! Workshop includes, remapping of Haringey, future storytelling and facilitating contributions for PACHA, an immersive-touch-audio installation of plants and soil.

WHO IS IT FOR?

This workshop is for Black, Indegenous, Multi-racial People of Colour, those whose identity or heritage is from the global south/ global majority. It's for people who feel called to connecting with nature through artistic collaboration and so we are looking to work intergenerationally with young people aged 13-21*, and from people 21- Elder residents living in the borough of Haringey.

*(Under 18s to be accompanied by parent/guardian)

ABOUT PACHA - An interactive-touch-audio installation of plants and soil

August 11-13 2022 at Bernie Grant Arts Centre

Designed to rekindle our bond with nature, PACHA is an interactive-touch-sound installation of plants and soil that tells stories of reimagined futures, ecological symbiosis and ancestral knowledge. This decolonial response to the climate crisis celebrates the voices of Black, Indigenous, Multi-racial People of Colour (BIMPoC) and offers an alternative way forward.

PACHA is led by inter-disciplinary artist Andrea Ling & has been commissioned by Good Chance Theatre. It is kindly supported by Arts Council England and the Awesome Foundation.

ABOUT PACHA PEOPLE

We begin with community.

PACHA PEOPLE is a new inter-disciplinary arts company making art for social change.

We advocate for global human rights, environmental & social issues.

We make immersive, original, powerful artworks by & with communities.

Our artistic programme consists of creative collaborations, artistic projects, workshops & residencies. Our communities are those who are underrepresented in mainstream attention, communities who face challenges to exist, belong or grow.