- Opening View and Performance Sharing: 7th February at 7 PM
- Closing Performance Sharing and Q&A: 22nd March at 7 PM
Open Wednesday – Saturday 11am – 7pm
Over nine months of research and development, Joanna Bond delved into the profound questions: “How do we become whole again, and what is broken?”
This exploration has taken Joanna through both the depths and peaks of examining personal and collective trauma as a creative practice and as a pathway to healing. Through inspiring conversations with established artists, dancers, performance artists, makers, and musicians, Joanna has sparked new ideas about embodying one’s story in performance.
Her work engages with themes of language, heritage, grief, mask making the invisible visible, ritual and multidimensionality. These exchanges have culminated in TRWSIO, an exhibition showcasing a range of creative responses—including works on paper, film, sound, photography, and dance and performance art—uncovering the roots of trauma and the journey toward wholeness.
This project has been made possible with funding from the Arts Council of Wales.
Workshop Invitation:
A Creative Exploration: Wear Your Story
Led by Joanna Bond
Date: 1st March
Duration: 3 hours, 11am-2pm
Participants: Limited to 10
Cost: Free (All materials provided)
Join us for a hands-on creative workshop inspired by the project TRWSIO, exploring the profound questions: What is broken? and How can we become whole again?
Through a combination of sound, movement, and visual expression, this workshop invites participants to reflect on both personal and global experiences of brokenness and repair. Together, we will:
- Create images, symbols, and marks that express your unique story or shared ideas of trauma and mending.
- Use sound and movement in free improvisation to deepen creative expression and connection.
- Engage in a closing meditation designed to restore balance and harmony.
This workshop is an opportunity to explore, share, and express your story in a safe and supportive environment, finishing with a collective sense of renewal.
Spaces are limited, so book early to secure your place!
“As an interdisciplinary artist, I draw deeply from my personal experiences as a woman and mother. My practice spans diverse forms of creative expression, including dance, ceramics, music, voice, performance art, drawing, and collage, as well as photography, film, and audio recording. Central to my work is a reverence for nature, motherhood, mending, animism, spirit, earth, and the innate wisdom of soma intelligence. These interconnected themes weave through my art” – Joanna Bond
This workshop is FREE.
Spaces are limited. Email info@elysiumgallery.com to book a place.