A Speculative World-Building Workshop: From Found Materials to Digital Worlds
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What if reality worked differently?
Explore speculative world-building through creative exercises, upcycling, hands-on making and 3D experimentation. Imagine an alternative reality, build a physical prototype and discover how it could become a digital world.
We often accept the world around us as something fixed.
But what happens when we start questioning its rules and imagining alternatives?
In this experimental, hands-on workshop, multidisciplinary artist Kristina Miltcheva introduces speculative world-building as a creative tool for questioning existing realities and imagining new possibilities.
Session 1: Imagine & Materialise (this event)
We begin with playful, mindful creative warm-ups to loosen up our thinking and reconnect with our imagination. Through guided questions, participants will identify something they would like to change, challenge or reimagine, transforming it into a personal "What if?" statement. For example: What if nobody had to hide who they were? What if everything we threw away became valuable? What if we never grew old?
From there, each participant will develop a physical interpretation using drawing, collage, maquette, sculpture, textiles and found materials.
There is no expectation or pressure to create "good art". Your world might take the form of a creature, an object, a landscape, a home, a new social system or something that doesn't yet have a name. We'll experiment with upcycling, material combinations and unconventional ways of giving discarded objects a second life.
Session 2: From Physical to Digital Worlds
In a follow-up session, interested participants will explore how to translate these physical creations into digital environments. Using 3D scanning and Blender, participants will experiment with digitising their maquettes and artworks, transforming them into 3D objects and exploring animation and digital world-building. The second session will offer a more technical introduction to these processes, building on the ideas and creations developed during the first workshop. Details, dates and pricing for the follow-up session will be announced separately. You can also attend just the first session.
Who is this for? Curious minds, artists, designers, makers, creatives and anyone interested in exploring alternative realities.No previous artistic experience or technical knowledge is required.
What to bring:
- Bring your curiosity and an open mind!
- You are welcome to bring discarded or everyday materials you find interesting: packaging, fabric scraps, old magazines, cardboard, safety pins, paper, small objects or anything you might otherwise throw away.
- Basic creative materials will be provided.
Come with a question and leave with a world that didn't exist before.