RuptureXIBIT Myth Eaters Writing Workshop with Dr Anna Johnson

'Writing our journeys and transformations'.

In this generative, explorative, creative writing workshop, we will play with ways of reimagining some of the tropes of myth, in particular magical transformations and the hero’s journey. We will use these ideas to explore ways of expressing our more ‘everyday’ transformations, and the journeys, physical and psychological, that we make.

We will look at contemporary and historical texts that draw on mythologies, including Fiona Benson’s poetry in Vertigo and Ghost and Ovid’s Metamorphoses.

Through a range of readings and short writing exercises, we will explore the ways in which we might turn to the non-human (animals, ghosts, gods…) to express our own very human experiences.

Suitable for all levels, no creative writing experience necessary

4pm-6pm!

Stay on with us for Performances and Readings: Friday 27th Feb 6-9 pm (Book here).
Evening Line-up:
6pm Evening starts.
6.30pm Fireside reading with Kate Howe.
7pm Yumino Seki and Nick Parkin - Butoh & Soundscape performance in the front gallery.
7.30pm Fireside readings with Anna Brook, Ashleigh Sean Rolle and Liz Femi.
8pm Butoh & Soundscape Performance by Yumino Seki and Nick Parkin.
8.30pm Templum reading with Sofia Javaid.

Kate talks about the process of the build. "Myth Eaters challenge the myth of everything. They challenge the primacy of the stories we tell, the stability of those stories, which stories are allowed, whose stories they are, and why we come to believe and revere them. Thinking about this, some environments are beginning to take shape. There is something of theatre here - a place seemingly poised for a fantastic happening. There will be clues indicating you are close to their home, near the lair, in their hunting ground. In the back, I am doing the opposite. Some of the creatures appear to be wandering around the studio, walking through and living in this sort of blank and waiting paradise framework, almost like a loading frame of a possible future, a new story.

Additionally, we will premiere Sharyn Wortman’s latest film, Errant Father, and you’ll get a copy of Rupture's first zine, The Myth Eaters, with original writing from our nine authors responding to the theme.