Destiny Disrupted
exhibition kit

Client: Granville Centre Art Gallery

Artists: Shireen Taweel, Hossein and Nassiem Valamanesh, Safdar Ahmed

FLENK Collective created 3 creative learning activities that focus on the practice and artworks of the following artists in the exhibition Destiny Disrupted curated by Nur Shkembi. Visit the exhibition at the Granville Centre Art Gallery from 10 February – 1 May 2022 and use the activities to prepare for the visit or in the gallery.

Each activity contains:

  • an artist biography

  • an Active Acknowledgement of Country activity

  • warm up activities

  • creative learning activity

  • reflection

Shireen Taweel

This activity encourages participants to engage with creative, poetic and imaginative listening, and make connections with their own cultural and ancestral stories. You can also download the PDF version of this activity.

Hossein and Nassiem Valamanesh

This activity focuses on the artwork and practice of artists Hossein and Nassiem Valamanesh. It engages participants with the stories and meanings of objects, and activates their imaginations to consider objects beyond their everyday use. You can also download the PDF version of this activity.

Safdar Ahmed

This activity engages with the artwork and practice of artist Safdar Ahmed. It engages students with the importance of community and nurturing their own interior world. The activity encourages a questioning of conventional narrative frames through affective experience. You can also download the PDF version of this activity.