Join us for Traces of Place: Photography, Sound and Poetry Workshop with Blue Joy Theatre Company (BJTC), exploring how we see, hear and remember a place through the small traces it leaves behind. This workshop is part of BJTC’s Know Thy Neighbour #4 residency in partnership with City of Belmont.
Date: Sunday 29 November
Time: 10am-12pm
Location: Swan Cafe - Garvey Park, Ascot
Fee: $10 for City of Belmont Resident, $15 for Non-residents
Event details:
What can a footprint tell us? What stories live within a worn path, a weathered brick or a mark left behind? What happens when we see a familiar place through someone else’s eyes?
Led by BJTC’s Mohammed 'Ayo Busari' and Ken Meyer, this two-hour workshop invites participants into a creative space to explore the richness of Garvey Park through photography, soundscapes and poetry.
Inspired by themes of place, memory, traces, connection and collective storytelling, the workshop blends guided photography, experimental sound, creative writing and poetry to create a shared archive of Garvey Park, built from the perspectives of the people who experience it.
This workshop is for:
Garvey Park-goers.
People inspired by nature.
People who are curious about seeing their surroundings differently.
Anyone interested in photography, sound, poetry or creative storytelling.
Anyone looking to build confidence using photography and creative writing as tools for expression.
People wanting to explore place, memory and belonging through creative practice.
What to expect:
Beginning with a guided walk, participants will explore a section of Garvey Park and photograph their surroundings with their phones; capturing overlooked details, textures, patterns and traces of human presence. Participants will then be guided by the artists through a process of transforming and responding to these images in forms of data, sound and word using their mobile devices.
Participants will use keywords at each stage of the image and sound processing, to reflect on what place means to them and transform what they see, hear and feel.
No photography, sound, or poetry experience is needed.
What to bring:
Your phone (internet connection required), headphones (recommended), powerbank (just in case), a notebook, a pen and a willingness to look a little closer.
As we will be working on the ground ‘picnic-style’, we recommend bringing a fold-up chair or cushion for extra comfort. The activities are solo and it’s also possible to collaborate with a friend. Please note that some activities may take place off paved paths and involve uneven ground.
Images: design from image and sound processing program used in workshop. Garvey Park, photo by SPACED. Garvey Park, photo by Ken Meyer.
More about Blue Joy Theatre Company’s project.
More about the Know Thy Neighbour #4: Gestures project.
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This project is supported by WA Government and the Commonwealth Government through Creative Australia.
Explore our programs
Know Thy Neighbour #3 (2021-23). Know Thy Neighbour #3 investigates notions of place, sites of interest, networks, and social relationships with partner communities.
Circular Economies (2024-25) is a series of socially-engaged residencies in regional Western Australian communities, culminating in an exhibition at PICA in 2026.
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