Artist Melanie Wilson (Landscape II) leads a participatory workshop entitled The use of images as a source for devising.

In groups of 3 participants select an image from a selection provided by Melanie. They will take this image away to prepare an idea for:

• A piece of writing
• A performance sketch, inspired by the image, which might include text, or no text, or movement or particular presentation decided by the author.

Images will include:

• Images from Landscape II
• Political images
• Images of women from other countries
• Images of modern women
• Images of women from the past
• Images from the modern world
• Portraits
• Landscapes

Text for performance will include the following themes:

• Presenting interior thought
• Describing consciousness on stage
• Monologue
• The diary/essay as a form
•  In conjunction with this, the participants will think about writing that engages with themes of
• Solitude
• Imagining other’s experiences
• Threat
• Landscape
• Personal freedom