Ngurini Ngayulu

In a world that can feel increasingly noisy, full of labels, expectations, opinions and pressure about who you should be, this is a chance to join Zaachariaha Fielding and Bel Ryan on World Mental Health Day to pause, reflect, create and grow.

Inspired by Zaachariaha’s Gremlins series, this engaging workshop invites you to get curious about how you are humaning.

"(Gremlins) are a way of expressing what is going on inside, a download of emotion, an outpouring. They represent the battling voices, internal and external, pleasure and pain. Importantly, Zaachariaha embraces these voices as an opportunity to learn and develop, by understanding how to navigate these opposites, the universal pushes and pulls of life"

- AGSA Ramsey Prize Peoples Choice winner announcement 2023

This workshop is a unique opportunity to:

• Use creativity, expression and reflection to explore your 'world'

• Get curious about the different parts of you that appear as you navigate life

• Reconnect with the courage, wisdom and resources you already carry

• Explore what shapes how you see yourself and how you move through the world.

• Plant seeds about how you might navigate the dualities of life

This isn't about fixing yourself, finding another label or becoming a better version of you.

It's a chance to meet yourself and explore where you are at.

You are invited to slow down, play, ponder and see what emerges.

No perfect answers (or art skill) required.

Just you, us, creativity and whatever gremlins decide to come along.

This workshop invites the beginnings of a creative installation, with room for it to grow in its own way.

With your permission, artworks created during the workshop will be collected and considered for inclusion in a future installation - bringing together many individual parts, stories and experiences. 

By choosing to contribute your artwork, you give permission for it to be retained, altered, displayed, photographed and reproduced in connection with the project and its promotion. 

There are no fixed plans for what it will become, where it might live or how all of these creations might come together.

We love that we don’t quite know what it will become yet, and if you choose to contribute, you get to be part of that unfolding story.

Zaachariaha Fielding is an internationally acclaimed Australian vocalist, songwriter, and visual artist, best known as one half of the award-winning electronic music duo Electric Fields. A proud Anangu man from the APY Lands (Mimili Community) in South Australia, he brings a powerful fusion of culture, language, and contemporary sound to his work. His multidisciplinary practice reflects a deep commitment to cultural storytelling, healing, and connection, amplifying First Nations voices and creating space for shared human experience. 

Bel Ryan is a leading art therapist, counsellor, facilitator and wellbeing consultant. At the heart of Bel’s work is helping people be human - to better understand themselves, make sense of what they are experiencing, recognise their strengths and find practical ways forward. She works with individuals, teams and organisations using creative and experiential approaches that help people navigate the messy bits, the wobbly bits, the overthinking bits, the great bits and everything in between with more awareness, insight and understanding.

Title Image: Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; photo: Sam Roberts

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