Unwind and relax as you explore our Amazônia exhibition and connect with its soundscape, imagery and spirit through a series of prompts by a facilitator.
Tap into your heart sense to listen deeply to the whisperings and teachings of the Amazon rainforest and its peoples: what do the Indigenous communities of the Amazon have to teach us, that we might have forgotten? How can we listen closely to their wisdom, and apply them to our everyday lives? What might we hope to learn about living and being on earth?
In this workshop, participants will engage with the works on display, read and discuss poetry, and compose their own poems in response.
About the Facilitator
Esther Vincent Xueming is the editor-in-chief and founder of The Tiger Moth Review, an ecojournal of art and literature based in Singapore. She has authored two poetry collections: womb song (Ethos Books, 2024) and Red Earth (Blue Cactus Press, 2021), and co-edited two environmental anthologies: Here was Once the Sea: An Anthology of Southeast Asian Ecowriting (University of Hawaii Press, 2023) and Making Kin: Ecofeminist Essays from Singapore (Ethos Books, 2021). Esther is an Association of Nature and Forest Therapy (ANFT) Forest Therapy Guide, who works in partnership with the forest to guide participants on slow walks filled with presence and attention.
This programme is supported by Pilot
Price includes admission into Amazônia: Photographs by Sebastiao Salgado, and all workshop materials. Come in a pair to enjoy a discount. Please note photos may be taken and used for future publicity. Do also note that the exhibition is about the Amazonian rainforest and the way of life of its Indigenous people. The exhibition features photographic artworks with male and female nudity, and contains some content, including imagery of dead animals, that some visitors might find challenging.Visitor discretion is advised.
VENUE: Amazonia exhibition (Basement), National Museum of Singapore
ADDRESS: 93 Stamford Rd, Singapore 178897
TICKETS: Here
DATE AND TIME
1 Mar 2025, 6pm-8pm