Bodies and Art – movement and multidisciplinary arts workshop, inquiring into the creative body, co -facilitated with Frank Van De Ven.
Friday 6th till Sunday 8th of Feb 2026 @ The Old Fryerstown School.
A 2.5-day immersive investigation of bodies and art in Fryerstown, Dja Dja Wurrung Country, Australia.
REGISTER AND BOOK YOUR PLACE HERE
This workshop takes an embodied approach to creative practice and considers how being present and grounded in our body/mind can create space for art making beyond our usual/expected habits and patterns.
Inviting relational presence we will cultivate a sensitivity, moving through the body and into creative representations and expressions of experience.
ABOUT BODYWEATHER
The point of departure is Body Weather, a multifaceted training and performance practice that investigates the intersections of bodies and their environments. Body Weather conceives the body as something that, like the weather, is constantly changing through an infinite and complex system of processes.
Considering bodies as ever-evolving landscapes in continuous exchange with their environment, we navigate possible terrains through physical and imagined tasks and curiosities.
We engage physical/dance training, mental training and reflection, walking and silent wandering, multiple modes of experiencing body, drawing/mark-making, writing, sounding and mental topographies of place.
This workshop will appeal to artists, practitioners and students working in performance, dance, art, sculpture, photography, theatre and visual arts, creative/expressive therapies, group facilitators and people interested in the body, the environment, ecology, eco-somatics and natural history.
No previous dance or art training is necessary.
ABOUT FRANK
Frank van de Ven, dancer and choreographer, spent his formative years in Japan working with Min Tanaka and the Maijuku Performance Company. Since 1993 he has led Body Weather and Body/Landscape projects worldwide – through Body Weather Amsterdam, founded with Katerina Bakatsaki.
With Milos Sejn (Academy of Art & Design, Prague) he set up the interdisciplinary Bohemiae Rosa Project in 1995, connecting body and landscape with art, geology and architecture. For more info on Body Weather in Europe see bodyweatheramsterdam.nl
About Emma – a multimodal artist and art therapist living and working in Melbourne, she has a private practise and teaches with the MIECAT institute. Her personal practise includes visual art, poetry, writing, improvised dance and she uses these creative modalities as elements in her arts based research.
EVENT DETAILS
The Old Schoolhouse Fryerstown, located on Dja Dja Wurrung country, central Victoria.
5 Camp Street Fryerstown, approximately 125 kilometers, a 1.5 hour drive from Melbourne.
Workshop fee:
$370 Standard / $350 Concession
All food provided is vegetarian – We will share cooking and eat communally.
Accomodation for participants is camping amongst the bushland on site.
Bring: a tent or swag and bedding, good walking/moving shoes, thongs, notebook/journal and any preferred creative materials, hat, backpack, raincoat, insect repellent, sun-protection, moisturiser, chair and/or mat, toiletries, lightweight & warm clothes, torch, water bottle, phone for photos, sound/audio recording or dictation.
A multimodal range of creative materials are provided; we encourage you to also bring any materials, objects or technologies that you might want to inquire and create with.
Arrive between 2-3pm Sunday for initial landing and camp set up
Wominjeka – initial gathering 4pm
Session 1 4.30-6.30pm
Supper 7pm
questions contact Emma emma@realartworks.org
there is a short info form as part of your registration in this workshop.
REGISTER AND BOOK YOUR PLACE HERE
During his time in oz Frank is also offering a full day at Balam Balam Place, Brunswick
book here or for more info contact Frank at frank.bwa@xs4all.nl
Body Weather was introduced to Australia by Tess de Quincey in 1989 http://www.bodyweather.net