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Workshop

Tongueomania: Languages, Animals and Surrealist Anatomies

Saturday 25 January 2025

10:00–13:00

Henry Moore Institute, Leeds

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Part of The Traumatic Surreal

Two people on bean bags are facing a TV, on which is a close up view of a person's face with the tongue sticking out, covered in fur.

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Explore the relationship between surrealist techniques and human and animal bodies in this free workshop.

Join visual poets Daniela Nicolaescu and Blaise Sales to create poetic collages about tongues (furry and otherwise), language and surrealist transformations, inspired by our current exhibition The Traumatic Surreal.

This workshop has been tailored for individuals aged 12 to 20 in mind, but all are welcome.

Tickets & booking

Tickets for this event are free, and can be bookend online via Eventbrite.

Any participant with access needs is welcome to bring a companion to the workshop (no need to book an extra place).

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Two children at at table, wrapping sticks with wool to make small sculptures.

A school group sat around four tables, working on a creative project involving photos of sculpture, transparent sheeting and brightly coloured string.

A young girl drawing bold colours over the top of a photo of a sculpture on a clipboard.

Accessibility

The workshop will take place in the Studio, our new workshop space on the second floor of the building.

We want to make it as easy as possible for all to attend, so please get in touch if you have any access needs that you would like to discuss before the workshop.

Accessibility

Step-free entrance

Our accessible entrance is on Cookridge Street, with a lift (doors 100cm wide) bringing you onto the ground floor of the building.

Internal lift

There is an internal passenger lift (doors 72cm wide) to all floors of the building.

Pushchairs & bags

You can store pushchairs and bags in the Studio for the whole event. We also have lockers on the basement level, suitable for bags and smaller items.

Toilets

The Studio has its own toilet facilities, including one fully accessible superloo (self-contained cubicle with a toilet and sink) and two additional gender-neutral superloos.

Baby-changing facilities

There are baby-changing facilities within the Studio’s toilets. Additional baby-changing facilities are located on the basement level, within one of our gender-neutral superloos.