City of Belmont residents are invited to join a free community storytelling workshop with Blue Joy Theatre Company and artists Mohammed ‘Ayo Busari’, Ken Meyer & Shelby McKenzie exploring the public spaces you move through every day.

Through guided creative prompts, reflective writing exercises, group storytelling activities, and shared discussion, participants will explore routine movement, memory, and perception in relation to the environments they move through daily. Participants will be invited to respond to prompts such as:

• What places do you move through each day?
• What sensory details consistently stand out (sound, light, texture, movement)?
• What small actions or encounters shape your sense of connection or disconnection to a place?

The workshop prioritises collective storytelling, listening, and creative exchange, encouraging participants to transform personal observations and lived experiences into narrative material.

Responses will also be documented and analysed to identify shared themes, emotional patterns, and site-specific insights that will directly inform the development of a new creative project.

Light refreshments will be provided.

All Participants must be 18+

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This project is commissioned by SPACED and City of Belmont as a part of Know Thy Neighbour #4: Gestures. Any queries about this event can be directed to Rebecca Riggs-Bennett: rebecca@spaced.org.au

Image credit: Home Frequencies - Artist Talk + Jam-33 - Image by Julie Ziegenhardt

A facilitated community conversation with immigrant participants who have arrived in Perth via Perth Airport, exploring first impressions, movement, and memory in relation to place.

Through guided prompts, participants will reflect on their initial experiences of arrival and how these moments continue to shape their relationship with public space.

Questions will include:

• What do you remember about your first arrival in Perth?
• What movements, gestures, or interactions stand out from that moment?
• What places have become part of your routine since arriving?
• How often do you travel back to your country of origin or elsewhere, and how does that compare to your movement within Perth, particularly within the Belmont area?

This is a safe and welcoming space for immigrant communities to share their stories, perspectives, and lived experiences, contributing to a creative project that reimagines everyday environments as living archives of migration and connection. Responses will be audio-documented and analysed to identify shared patterns of memory, migration, and spatial experience, directly informing the development of a new performance work.

Participants are invited to share their personal journeys, from the moment of arrival to the spaces they now move through every day, reflecting on connection, routine, and navigation between here and home.

This project is commissioned by SPACED and City of Belmont as a part of Know Thy Neighbour #4: Gestures. Any queries about this event can be directed to Rebecca Riggs-Bennett: rebecca@spaced.org.au

Image credit: Blue Joy Theatre Workshops - Image by Mohammed 'Ayo Busari'

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