Entry
£8 – £12
Dates
Wed 18 Feb 2026
Times
7pm–9pm
Location
The Foyle Rooms,
Turner Contemporary
A meditative drawing workshop blending qigong, breathwork and a chance to explore how we trace our movement through time.
About the Event
Tracing Time is a reflective drawing workshop that brings together qigong, breathwork and chance techniques to explore how our bodies record time, motion and presence. The session begins with gentle qigong (energy work) movements and breath awareness to slow the pace, soften the body and heighten sensitivity to internal and external rhythms.
Participants then follow a clear set of creative rules, using elements of chance — inspired by John Cage’s I Ching methods and the roll of a dice — to guide each mark. Through layering gestures, actions and intuition, a large drawing gradually emerges: a visual record of your movement through space, shaped by intention, randomness and the passage of time.
This contemplative, process-led workshop invites participants to experience drawing as a physical extension of being — a trace, a drag, a mark of existence.
All equipment is provided, and Indian ink will be present in the session for drawing.
Session Times
10am–11am
1pm–2pm
Suitable for ages 12+
About David Willis
David Willis is an artist, Tai Chi and Qigong instructor, and has co-founded the interdisciplinary collective Insite, creating performances in disused spaces shaped by the traces and memories held within them. His artistic practice continually returns to themes of presence, residue and the ways bodies record time.
