Join artist Jessica Tanto as they lead a workshop that explores the body, the city, and the narratives they can tell and untell about your actions in place.

Why do you choose to step one foot in front of the other to walk forward? Why do you walk at a certain speed on the street? Why pause here? And what happens when the public gaze is introduced?

Using exploratory movement and open-ended prompts, participants will practice distinguishing between impulse-driven movements and expectation-driven movements. This session provides a group lab to experiment and learn, inspiring participants to continue their unscripted way of moving in the presence of the public.

Your actions are consciously and unconsciously influenced by the scripts that your body has unconsciously learnt through your lived experiences. Each decision that you make is the product of a negotiation between your honest intuit and the expectations that you hold on yourselves.

In this workshop, they will unpack the expectations that everyone carries that influence how everyone moves in public space.