SEANCES by RIEKO: In Residence

SEANCES by RIEKO: In Residence is a four-part ritual writing programme with multidisciplinary artist RIEKO, culminating in a public performance at Turner Contemporary.

Across four sessions, participants will explore intuition, memory, sound and self-expression through writing, meditation, movement, drawing and improvised performance. Each session takes one of four intuitive senses as its starting point — claircognizance (knowing), clairsentience (feeling), clairaudience (listening) and clairvoyance (envisioning).

The sessions will build progressively, moving from personal writing and reflection into voice, sound, movement and visualisation. Along the way, participants will develop ideas and material that can be brought together in a final public presentation, sharing work created during the programme.

Taking place as part of RIEKO’s programme at Turner Contemporary, SEANCES offers a space to experiment with different forms of creative expression and to become part of the artist’s evolving practice — connecting personal ritual with collective creativity and performance.

The programme concludes with a public presentation on Friday 11 December, bringing together work developed by participants alongside RIEKO’s own work in progress.

Concession places: Four concession places are available for artists. These are application-based, with priority given to those aged 16–30 and Global Majority artists, from Margate and beyond. To apply for one of these places, please email RIEKO directly with a link to your website / socials, your location, age, and if you identify as Global Majority, along with a short artist bio, and outline of why you want to participate in the programme.

Sessions

Session 1 — Claircognizance: Writing for Knowing

Saturday 10 October, 10am–12pm

Explore memory, emotion and past experiences through intuitive writing, including conversations between past and present selves.

Session 2 — Clairsentience: Writing for Feeling

Saturday 31 October, 10am–12pm

Work with the body through somatic exercises and self-Reiki, using physical sensation as a starting point for writing and imagining desired futures.

Session 3 — Clairaudience: Writing for Listening

Sunday 15 November, 1–3pm

Explore deep listening, sound, voice and improvised performance. Develop earlier writing through spoken and embodied expression and create a shared soundscape.

Session 4 — Clairvoyance: Writing for Envisioning

Saturday 28 November, 10am–1pm

Combine drawing, writing and visualisation to explore possible futures and develop material for the final public presentation.

Final public presentation

Friday 11 December, 6–9.30pm

The programme culminates in a public presentation bringing together work developed by course participants alongside RIEKO’s work in progress, with a Q&A and guided meditation with Margate-based collaborators.

Booking

Full course — £100

Includes all four SEANCES sessions, participation in the work-in-progress sharing and free entry to the final public presentation.

Concession — £75

Concessionary places are available.

Individual session — £30

Individual sessions can be booked separately, subject to availability.

Final public presentation — £14 / £10 concession

Free entry for full 4-week course participants.

About RIEKO

RIEKO (Rieko Whitfield) is a Japanese-born ritual artist and composer working across music, performance, writing and live art. Her multidisciplinary practice explores cycles of life, death and rebirth, bringing together experimental music, ritual and collective creative experiences.

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