This workshop curated by belit sağ is part of the Media Arts Festival Arnhem (MAFA), which will take place from March 22 to 24, 2024. A festival with film programs, lectures, performances, experiments, workshops and conversations with artists in Focus Filmtheater, around the theme ‘LESS’. Part of the festival is a two-week exhibition in Museum Arnhem, also in March 2024.

MAFA is a collaboration between Focus Filmtheater, Museum Arnhem and ArtEZ Academy for Art & Design. 

Workshop Active Listening

What does it feel like to be heard and really listened to? How do we listen across difference? And how is active listening relevant in the art world? These are some of the questions explored in the workshop designed and led by Sekai Makoni – an artist, facilitator and community researcher based in Rotterdam.

In this workshop the group is guided through a series of fun exercises and reflections to think more deeply about the ways we listen, both individually and collectively. We also think about some of the barriers to listening and how we can think in new ways about if and how we listen.

Sekai Makoni

Sekai Makoni is a cultural programmer, workshop facilitator and artist, her expertise spans the social sector, arts and academia. Her work explores Blackness, womanism, decoloniality and faith and she is passionate about holding space and facilitation is part of her artistic practice . She designs and runs workshops where she helps groups think about their experiences, challenges and ways forward. She also is a podcast host on her show ‘Sekai Asks’ where she explores pertinent topics such as club night safety and consent culture, Asian identities in the Netherlands and the experiences of Black women DJ’s .