The Council of All Beings Workshop & Riverine Screening

A workshop and film screening inviting participants to inhabit the worldview of species living in local riparian habitats, connecting us on a deeper level to our wider ecological selves. 

Becoming Riverine.... Do you ever wonder what it’s like to be a salmon returning from the ocean to make that long trip up the river to finally spawn? Or a bat, swooping low over the water to catch dinner in the fading dusk light?

Wearing masks and symbols, we will host a Council of All Beings, an interactive, guided practice to allow nature to speak through us.

Facilitated by ecologist Dr. Laura Kehoe, this technique offers an opportunity to abandon the exclusively human condition: to feel the world from other eyes, other wings, other roots, other skins.

We will then enjoy the captivating film ‘Riverine’ by acclaimed filmmaker Alan Gilsenan, celebrating the diverse communities of the Dargle River Basin - including a specially commissioned meditation on rivers by the acclaimed writer Kerri ní Dochartaigh. To attend the film screening only, please book here. 

Join us for a unique evening of becoming riverine. 

Brought to you by the Shaking Bog and funded by LAWPRO.

Workshop duration: 2.5 hours

Film screening age rating: 12+

Tickets can be purchased online, in person or over the phone at Box Office. Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable. Wheelchair users and any group over 8 persons should book tickets directly through Box Office. Further Terms and Conditions can be found at visualcarlow.ie/visit/booking-information.