Incantations – Creative Writing Workshop with Cecilia Sordi Campos

Guided by Cecilia, participants are encouraged to branch out from the traditional confines of grammar and technicality to create a piece of writing that centres self-expression and fluidity.

How does language shape our experience of the world?

What can be expressed when we don't follow the traditional rules of writing? 

On-site artist Cecilia Sordi Campos' creative writing is born from a poetic exploration of 'non-language' – a concept that is marked by loose words and no definite grammar. Informed by poets and writers Manoel de Barros and Marguerite Duras, Cecilia weaves English and her Brazilian Portuguese mother-tongue to play with form.

Cecilia disobeys grammar and technicality, shattering traditional signification, challenging social constructs of womanhood and the female body, as well as stereotypical views on the experience of migration and hybrid cultural identity. 

Join this session to push your creative boundries and craft a piece of writing that centres self-expression and fluidity. 

Date, time, location and registration

Date: Thursday 14 March 2024

Time: 2:30pm-4pm

Location: First Site Gallery, Basement, Building 16 - Storey Hall, 344 Swanston St, Melbourne

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