DFE Summit 2021 - Workshop: GOKCIGDEM AND SHEREN

DESIGNING FOR EMPATHY WORKSHOP 2021

AN ART-CENTRIC LISTENING CIRCLE
By Aleksandra Sheren, Artist & Film Producer
&
Elif Gokcigdem, PhD, Author & Founder, ONE

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Portraiture, a short film by Aleksandra Sheren will be the artistic focus of a non-judgmental listening exercise co-developed by Aleksandra Sheren and Elif Gokcigdem. ABOUT "PORTRAITURE": A portrait photographer is having yet another day in her studio, when changing a camera lens she suddenly starts seeing people differently. This short film is exploring the difference between our persona and the true essence beyond our roles, gender, age, racial identity. With all the facets that create our diversities, there is always a shared field where we are very similar to one another. The song playing with this film was written as a dedication to my own moment of transformation in life. Although this movie is a fiction story, it is also partly a real record of how people were acting spontaneously in front of the camera while listening to the music.

PLEASE NOTE THAT, DUE TO THE NATURE OF THIS EXERCISE, THIS EVENT IS ONLY PARTIALLY RECORDED.