Photography: Antonia Gangi
Attendant Writing
A three-hour workshop which nurtures awareness and presence through writing, primarily in outdoor settings.
Attendant Writing offers space to actively experiment with different writing exercises that can help us to deepen our attention to the world around us, and to our relationships with place and other beings. The words ‘attention’ and ‘attending’ are rooted in the idea of stretching oneself – or one’s mind – towards something. These words are related to tenderness, tendrils, tension, and sustaining. What are we extending ourselves towards? Which new or renewed relationships do we want to foster?
The workshop was first held between LOT Projects and Haggerston Park, East London, in August 2023. It was originally commissioned by Nastia Svarevska to accompany Sabīne Šnē’s exhibition, To Be We Need to Know the River. An adapted version was held in November 2023 at Glengall Wharf Garden – a community garden in the heart of Peckham, South London.