Cultivate stillness. Learn how to slow down. Connect with architecture and your environment in a new way. Come and experience the magnificence of architect...

Coming to our Senses: An Immersion in Architecture

Location:

Building 8 - University of Technology
8 Ultimo Road
2007 NSW
Australia

Venue:
Dr Chau Chak Wing Building
Frank Gehry
Frank Gehry

Featuring

Steve Pozel

Steve Pozel

Since 2016, Steve Pozel has been developing pioneering contemplative viewing and meditation programs working with major cultural institutions including the MCA, AGNSW, Vivid Sydney, Brisbane Festival and Sydney Opera House. This work has culminated after three decades as Creative Director and CEO of numerous public art galleries in Canada and Australia.

Vanessa Lansdown

Vanessa Lansdown

Vanessa is a Psychologist and Mindfulness Facilitator trained in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program (MBSR) and Mindful Schools. She has previously delivered mindfulness workshops engaging art with AGNSW; and music and architecture for the Sydney Opera House and for hundreds of teachers across Australia. 

Access and Inclusion

  • Wheelchair Accessible - Access to the venue is suitable for wheelchairs (toilets, ramps/lifts etc.) and designated wheelchair spaces are available.

Event Details

Cultivate stillness. Learn how to slow down. Connect with architecture and your environment in a new way. Come and experience the magnificence of architect Frank Gehry like never before, in this multi-sensory mindfulness workshop at the Dr Chau Chak Wing Building, Gehry's only building in Australia.

This 2-hour experience - limited to just 45 people - challenges the relentless pace of our modern lives. Taking in the textures, form and space of Gehry’s design, you'll awaken to the architectural beauties all around us – experiencing and seeing Sydney fresh.

No prior meditative experience is necessary to attend, as mindfulness facilitators Steve Pozel and Vanessa Lansdown offer a refreshing, playful and accessible experience for all. Drawing from various meditation frameworks and incorporating ancient practices, Steve and Vanessa will expand your experience of the city and world around us. They'll also share tools with you to combat the 'sensory blindness' from creeping back into your everyday life. 

If this duo's 2022 sessions at Vivid Sydney are anything to go by, this is an unforgettable, transformative experience – grab your ticket while you can. They are also hosting Coming to our Senses: An Immersion In Nature, a mindfulness workshop held in The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney.

This event is generously supported by UTS.

This is part of Vivid Ideas' Immersive Events series. Be transported somewhere new by the Up Late nights at Australian Museum and Powerhouse, an NFT party, mindfulness workshops and truly one-of-a-kind experiences.

Photo credit: Andrew Worssam

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Access and Inclusion

  • Wheelchair Accessible - Access to the venue is suitable for wheelchairs (toilets, ramps/lifts etc.) and designated wheelchair spaces are available.