In times when systems of oppression deliberately divide us across lines of race, class, sexuality, disability, Aboriginality, and gender - including trans identities - how do we interrogate our own participation in othering?

How do we examine the ways we dehumanise people across these identities, and how these same forces of separation, that are manufactured, live within us and speak to our own oppression?

This interactive workshop invites us into aesthetic dialogue and embodied exploration to confront how we 'other' people, and how these same systems of oppression operate within our own thinking.

Through techniques like 'Rainbow of Desire' and 'Cops in the Head,' we practice consensus-building across difference and discover new ways of being together that directly challenge the logic of domination.

Facilitated by Hector Aristizabal, a Theatre-maker, Arts activist, and therapist from Colombia.

This workshop is brought to you through a collaboration between Borderlands Cooperative and Thirdwaytheatre / Taking Up Space Project.

WHAT TO EXPECT: A three-day workshop. When you buy a ticket, you are committing to attend all three days of this interactive workshop.

You don't need theatre experience. If you hold identities that are often marginalised. Héctor brings decades of experience creating brave spaces for this work, particularly in contexts where people face real oppression and division.

What this could offer:

Tools for engaging with othering and systemic oppression in a different way. Understanding how we internalise these systems. Practice with building solidarity across differences. Ways to transform pain into collective power. Skills you can use in your advocacy, workplace, or community organising.

Practical details:

Three days in Footscray with Héctor Aristizábal, Colombian therapist and theatre-maker who uses these techniques for healing and reconciliation in contexts of real conflict and systemic oppression.

Different prices for different folks.
Welcome to bring food to share - this would be ideal
Mobility issues: You don't have to push yourself; you know your limits better than we do. Anything we need to know or would be useful for us to know, PLEASE share.

Info re Hector: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VaEmf4ZbHs&t=1s