for the listen to live here
25 April 2026
a sociality-making
workshop
a sociality-making
workshop
‘moaning with/through textile bodies’ with Raoni/Muzho Saleh
Saturday 25 April
15:00 to 19:00
Address: WG Plein 881, Amsterdam
Registration link
The next session of the ‘for the listen to live here’ series is guided by Hazara Afghan/Dutch artist Raoni/Muzho Saleh. Working with performance, installation, and the sound of mourning, Raoni reshapes narratives of (cultural) becoming, exploring the entanglement of body, spirit, politics, and love. His works are temporary immersions into otherworldly thinking, feeling, and relating.
Through his ongoing practice, Mourning Sociality, Raoni creates ceremonial gatherings where grief is expressed collectively through moaning and listening. The invitation to vocalise a sigh and a whimper, and to offer a listening ear to the moans of others, builds solidarity through the vulnerability of the individual and the strength of the collective via the differences of our suffering. In this space, we play with grief as a psychosomatic, spiritual experience that is always political; expressing it collectively creates space for embodying other worlds.
This iteration, ‘moaning with/through textile bodies’, will focus on how touch and sound can move one another closer, into shared emotional utterances, by enwrapping ourselves in shared fabrics. Raoni/Muzho will facilitate the session, providing a structured container to play with simple movement and sound exercises. The emphasis of this gathering lies in playing and play-acting with the experience of grief, and participants are encouraged to take responsibility for what arises for them. We will learn how to listen to and receive the moaning calls of others through the membrane of our skin, and to locate what this listening opens up within us. Participating in this session requires no prior experience with movement and sound.
There will be some sweet snacks and a light dinner after the session.
Covid testing
To help everyone feel comfortable and safe, please take a Covid test before the event; if you have symptoms, please do not attend and let us know so we can offer your spot to someone else. Tests and masks will be available at the venue.
Accessibility
· If I Can’t Dance is on the second floor, unfortunately, without elevator access. There is also a narrow staircase inside the space.
· Two gender neutral WC on the first floor
· Language: English
Please reach out if you want a more detailed description of the space at shy.into.play@gmail.com
NEXT DATES:
23 May - shy*play
10 July - shy*play
Flyer design: nor akelei
Drawings featured on the flyers were created by participants in a workshop led by Sam Metz at ATD in Amsterdam, as part of the “What If… Neurodiversity?” symposium in January 2025
The project is kindly supported by Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Pictoright Fonds and If I Can’t Dance