Tete-a-Tete

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Join one-hour playful conversation through drawing on skin between 4-7 participants. The only rule is no words. Through this, new forms of communication emerge, based on intuition, silence, and sensitivity, allowing participants to connect with their senses and inner awareness. These drawings are less about representation or aesthetics and more about tactile expression, especially on the face, which holds personal identity. The bodies of participants transform into moving sculptures, with touch as the primary medium—an essential sense that connects us to the world. Soft sculptures in the space create intimacy, providing sitting spots and grounding for participants. Eco-cosmetic pencils are used as drawing tools.

Participants about the experience:
"For me the beauty of Tete-a-Tete lies in its simplicity, in returning to childhood, exercising myself and my openness through poetry and abstraction, leaving ready-made structures and rules. Tete-a-Tete is a unique way to break out of an oppressive and judgmental system into a more fluid world of ”unknowing” reflecting by being here an now with your skin, colors, shapes, and open eyes … to be able to lightly interpret many interactions and let others do the same," —Malgorzata Rey

"I am far from the world of art, but it attracts me enormously. Tete-a-Tete experience showed me (like in the mirror) the very essence of who I am: adventurous, but square, seeking for rules and willing to break them, searching for deep meaning in everything I do while sometimes the being is the meaning. So to me, it was a journey to myself." —Tamara Anosovich

"I knew I'd enjoy this experience since I heard about Tete-a-Tete; a conversation with lines and colors instead of words! I knew it because I knew this is a challenge for me and for my "constantly word making brain". But experiencing it was more than I expected. So as I sat in silence and looked and drew on my skin, my brain was as loud as ever. But it changed. I don't know how and when it happened, but at a certain point I was there and there were little words being said inside of me. I watched and drew and I even lost myself a bit in some of those moments of drawing. It felt flowing and real. Thank you for this very beautiful experience! It did good to me" — Siavash Maraghechi