Workshop Proposal + Archive

Yoni Garden Workshop

A facilitated participatory art process in which conversation, visual research and making allow participants to examine inherited identities and construct their own visual language.

Workshop Format

A process that can adapt to each place.

The core structure remains consistent while questions, source materials and making methods respond to the local context.

Conversation
Reflection
Collection
Making
Sharing
Archive
2.5–3 hoursRecommended duration
6–12 peopleIdeal small-group format
Site-responsiveMaterials and research adapt to place
Methods

From inherited images to self-authored form.

01 · Dialogue

Questions first

Guided questions around identity, body, social expectations, memory, desire and belonging open the process.

02 · Visual Research

Collect what resonates

Participants select images, words, colours, patterns and locally meaningful materials rather than working toward a prescribed image.

03 · Making

Construct the Yoni Avatar

Fragments are cut, drawn, layered, stitched or assembled into a symbolic self-portrait.

04 · Sharing

Speak in one’s own language

Participants may share how they read their work without a correct interpretation being imposed upon it.

05 · Documentation

Build a local archive

With consent, works and reflections can become part of an evolving local Yoni Garden archive.

Possible Outcomes

Beyond one workshop

Individual works, collective installation, publication, exhibition, artist research or community archive.

International Archive

Workshops change as they move.

Brisbane · 2024

Direct Drawing

Facing the fear and taboo surrounding the vulva through direct drawing and conversation.

Paris · 2025

Collaging Womanhood

Deconstructing imposed femininity and reclaiming self-image from torn pages.

Busan · 2025

Memory & Social Expectation

Extending collage through Korean visual culture, personal experience and shared conversation.

Taipei · Developing 2026

Identity & Local Archive

Developing a Taiwan edition through local publications, women’s studies, visual culture and cultural memory.

Develop a Yoni Garden for your context.

Suitable for art spaces, museums, universities, residencies, community organisations and cultural institutions. The format can be developed with local partners and research.

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