Artist Anna Tjé invites people to embark on the journey of their favorite fruits from seed to consumption by using “exotic” fruits as a metaphor for the self to build a virtual community through conversation, tasting and creative writing. Join us in this workshop as we draw on our experiences to imagine relationships with selected fruits in a virtual healing space. Before the workshop, we strongly suggest downloading and completing the activity packet.
Anna Tjé is a community organizer and Paris-based transdisciplinary artist-researcher who uses spirituality, speculative fiction and science fiction to question the notions of intimacy, trauma, and resilience. She creates immersive spaces that deconstruct the survival mechanisms of healing in “subcultures.” Through performance, video, installation, and poetry, she creates immersive environments that examine personal and collective healing, and investigate how culture, memory, and narrative shape our understanding of space, time, and mythology. Drawing from personal archives, including elements of her Cameroonian heritage, Tjé integrates storytelling, movement, and interdisciplinary research into her practice. Her work often reflects on intergenerational ties, identity, and emotional endurance through creative expression. She is the co-founder of Atayé, an art collective and online magazine that supports creative writing and dialogue around culture, social engagement, and imaginative futures.
Funding for this program was provided through a grant from Florida Humanities with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.