The Templum: Events Programme
Join us for free workshops in the exhibition The Templum with artist Kate Howe, their team and collaborators. Attend live social shows. Join meditation. Try deep relaxation. Join a Kirtan sing-along. See Butoh Dance and live soundscapes in the Templum’s caves.
Below are a list of events taking place over the course of Kate’s residency and exhibition. Please follow the links for more information and to book.
Open days to watch the artist create the exhibition:
Tuesday 6 August – Sunday 11 August
Come watch the building process as the Templum is papered!
Kate says of the process: “We stretch industrial waxed kraft paper, initially used to ship machine parts, over aluminium armature wire. The paper is sewn together on an industrial machine. Then we crumple and flatten it several times. After that, it is hot glued to the aluminium skeleton. We call this process “skinning”, as in adding skin. We recycle every piece of the Templum. Every time she rises, we patch her, and reuse all her old and twisted metal. Every time she grows, we add more. So, there are pieces that are so wrinkled and patched they feel ancient, and pieces that are going through the machine for the first time today and haven’t even been crinkled yet!”
No need to book, just turn up on the day.
Artist Talks:
Friday 16 August, 2-3pm
Friday 30 August, 2-3pm
Friday 6 September, 2-3pm
Friday 13 September, 2-3pm
Artist Kate Howe will give a talk on their wider practice.
Find out more and book an Artist Talk
Kirtan Performance:
Saturday 17 August, 3-4.30pm
We are honoured to have the musical group ‘Atmasfera’ perform in ‘The Templum‘. The brilliant twin sisters are refugees from Ukraine who bring the beauty of Kirtan to our community. Kirtan is a practice of call and response singing which originated in ancient Hindu communities. Derived from a Sanskrit root meaning to call, recite, praise, or glorify, Kirtan brings us closer to a sense of Divinity. Kirtan in ‘The Templum‘ allows us to seek and feel a sensation of Divinity without exclusion of any one particular belief system. The Templum is a place to lay down bias and come together.
Find out more and book your space for the Kirtan performance
Expanding your Practice Workshop:
Wednesday 21 August, 10am-1pm
Howe and their partner in practice, Sally Minns, will share what they have learned about life in the generative (where something comes from). They will explain how everyone, even with no training, can find the artist they already are. Everyone can eventually establish a practice. We will be drawing and writing on waxed paper, walking, talking, noticing.
This workshop is open for everyone aged 15 upwards.
Find out more and book Expanding Your Practice Workshop
Meditation Walk with Kate:
Saturday 31 August, 10am-1pm
In this workshop, Howe will introduce easy, practical meditation techniques.
Bring your own yoga mat.
Find out more and book your place on the Meditation Walk
Live Soundscape concert:
Saturday 7 September, 5-7pm
Nick Parkin kicks off a huge week of contemplative sound and movement-based events with a live concert event.
The audience is welcome to flow through the space as they choose. This event is ticketed, and there will be extra tickets available on the day.
Find out more and book Soundscape concert
Butoh Performance:
Sunday 8 September, 12-12.30pm, 2.30-3pm, 4-4.30pm
Saturday 14 September, 2.30-3pm, 4-4.30pm and 5.30-6pm
Internationally renowned choreographer Marie-Gabrielle Rotie and dancer Yumino Seki bring Butoh dance to the Templum. Soundscape artist Nick Parkin will accompany Marie-Gabrielle’s dance live.
The audience is welcome to flow through the space as they choose. This event is ticketed, but there will be extra tickets available on the day.
Find out more and book our space for a Butoh performance
90-minute reading by Kate Howe:
Thursday 12 September, 10.30am-12noon
Kate will hold an intimate 90-minute reading. The texts relate to their subject: the socialization of violence against women. This may include poetry, spoken word, and short or long stories. It can also include philosophical poetics, fragments, and surprises.
Find out more and book 90-minute reading
Finissage:
Saturday 14 September, 5-7pm
Come experience the Templum after hours in a celebration of this project. We will begin with Kate Howe giving a short talk about the project. After that, watch Marie-Gabrielle Rotie Butoh dance to live soundscapes performed by Nick Parkin. Lastly, we will perform a social performance all together. Drinks to follow.
The audience is welcome to flow through the space as they choose. This event is ticketed, and there will be extra tickets available on the day.
Book your space for the closing celebration
Deep Body Relaxation:
Wednesday 18 September, 3-4.30pm
Switch off, sink down, journey in. We will talk briefly about meditation, relaxation and also about what nourishes us and what depletes us. We will take a short walk and learn a simple meditation to help us feel present in our bodies at this moment. We will then enter the Templum. Howe will guide us into deep, whole-body relaxation and journeying.
Please be prepared to lie on the floor both inside and out. If you have a yoga mat, please bring it with you.
For more information on Kate’s exhibition and the contributors:
