Workshop #1: In/visible writing: writing from sensory perspectives

LAB artists Briony Galligan and Mel Deerson present a writing workshop in Gallery Two as part of their public program for The Question of Angels.

In this workshop, we will introduce participants to some examples of sensory writing, and will open up different approaches to creative writing through a series of sensory writing exercises.

Using angels as an imaginative structure, we will play in the realm where visible and invisible, tangible and intangible, material and immaterial meet: What would an angel smell like? What would they eat? How do they move?

This workshop is suitable for anyone who is interested in writing; no experience is necessary, and open to all ages.

“I’m thinking about being queer and how that was invisible for me for a long time but still probably there, and what does it mean to have an invisible thing beside you or inside you like a soul or desire, and what interferes with its messages and how does it transmit within or through or to me or others. What is the difference between being transparent and being immaterial and how does this relate to my sneaky avoidant tendencies and comfort in being alone and therefore unobserved… How does this relate to obedience or lack thereof, when you commit your sins invisibly? This is on my mind.”

Image: Mel Deerson and Briony Galligan, After Tasrouchis, Policeman arrests Eros, drawing, 2022