Shedding in the Year of the Snake: A workshop with Pandan Dreaming

Happy Year of the Snake! 

Red Pocket Press is delighted to have Pandan Dreaming join us to sink into Year of the Snake. 

If Year of the Dragon was about revision and legacies then Year of the Snake is about regeneration and medicine-making.

Join us during Biderap (Butterfly) Season to sink into Year of the Snake through plant medicine and print-making. 

Participants will meet along the Kororoit Creek in Sunshine West where Pandan Dreaming will guide us through a meditation to sink our bodies into Year of the Snake. We’ll then go on a short bushwalk exploring the creek and its native wildflower garden. Participants will be guided to connect and carefully forage the local plants, which they’ll then take back to the Hyphenated House. These plants will be used as inspiration and materials for creating your own plant print. These plant prints will be used for Red Pocket Press’ forthcoming Snake zine and participants will be able to take a copy of their plant print home. We’ll conclude the workshop with a cleansing Vietnamese herbal steam, led by Pandan Dreaming. 

Snacks will be provided. 

About the Facilitators: 

Pandan Dreaming Hiếu is a healing-centred facilitator, chè (sweet soup) enthusiast and portal maker. He started Pandan Dreaming as a living archive to re/member and embody ancestral practices of collective liberation together.

Red Pocket Press is a publishing project celebrating Queer Lunar New Year through zines, food and gatherings. Conceived in 2019, in the Year of the Pig, Red Pocket Press is here to share stories of queer and trans Asian histories, ancestry and family in the diaspora. They are based on unceded Wurundjeri Land on the Kulin Nations, also known as Melbourne in 'so-called-australia'. 

Where we are gathering:

Hyphenated Projects is an artist-led network nurturing practice in Asian diasporas. They focus on supporting artists who operate with the hyphens—culturally, socially and geographically. Situated in a suburban house in Sunshine West, Melbourne, the space supports artists, producers and researchers through an artist residency and development program since 2019. We’re delighted to be having our event at Hyphenated House.

B Street Wildflower Garden is situated along the Kororoit Creek in Sunshine West on Wurundjeri Land. It is taken care of by Friends of Kororoit Creek. 

Accessibility 

Venue

Hyphenated House is located on Wurundjeri Land in Sunshine West, Melbourne. The House has 2 steps at the front and back entrance. More accessibility info to come. It will be a approx 10 minute walk from B Street Wildflower Garden. 

B Street Wildflower Garden is well maintained by Brimbank Council, there will be some slightly overgrown bushy areas, but otherwise a clear path. Participants will need to be comfortable walking on slight slopes (grass, bush) at some points along the Kororoit Creek but otherwise the path is flat. We will cross the shallow creek on some large flat stones. Comfortable shoes recommended. 

Price

Sliding scale option. All funds will go towards supporting Red Pocket Press and our guest workshop facilitators. 

Who can attend this workshop?

This space priorities queer and trans communities of colour including but not exclusive to Asians, Pacific-Islanders, Afro-Black and First Nations. We're reserving 80% of tickets to our priority community and the rest is open to everyone else.