D&D&Kaputī - Workshop

Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi

Explore the storytelling potential of Dungeons &amp; Dragons and how Māori perspectives can be woven into the game, in a  fun half-day workshop.

Adam Art Gallery

Nau mai, haere mai! Explore the storytelling potential of Dungeons &amp; Dragons in a half-day workshop, welcoming all newbies along with more seasoned players who want to learn how Māori perspectives can be woven into the game. This workshop is led by Ōtepoti/Dunedin-based Narrative Director and a Co-Director of Atawhai Interactive, Lisa Blakie (Ngāi Tahu, Waitaha), and is for rangatahi &amp; pakeke (youth and adults) aged 12+.Drawing on a D&D campaign designed by Lisa, set in pre-colonial Aotearoa, she will guide participants in developing characters imagined from te taiao (the natural world) and creating worlds to immerse them in. This event has been set up by Curatorial Assistant Louie Zalk-Neale as the culminating event associated with their time at Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery. Kaputī and snacks provided! The current exhibitions at Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery — Megan Dunn: The Mermaid Chronicles  and Lucien Rizos: Everything — are based on secret obsessions and creative practices in immersive fictional worlds which will be oozing with inspiration for the workshop participants while they're conjuring their Dungeons &amp; Dragons worlds. Read more about the exhibitions here: http://www.adamartgallery.org.nz/current-exhibition/ Lisa Blakie (Ngāi Tahu, Waitaha) is the Narrative Director and Co-Director of Atawhai Interactive, an indie video game studio based in Ōtepoti, New Zealand, and also a writer, an international speaker, and a community organiser. She wrote an honours dissertation about indigenous storytelling in video games, and has shared kōrero about Māori representation in video games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgXwKX9aWAM<h3>S﻿chedule: </h3>(times are approximate) 12pm - meet in the Adam Art Gallery foyer by the big washing machine and we will go together to Old Kirk Building room 319. Mihimihi followed by a kōrero led by Lisa Blakie, explaining the rules of D&D and how it can be used as a formula for your own storytelling, with an open kōrero about the history of the game and how we can reframe representation around it. 1pm - Short tour from Louie Zalk-Neale of the current exhibitions at Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, followed by a kaputī and kai/snack break. 1.30pm - Lisa will facilitate participants in designing their own characters and world for this part of the workshop, with another break part way through. 3.30﻿pm - An opportunity to share and reflect on what participants have created. 4﻿pm - Workshop ends. <h3>W﻿hat we provide: </h3>• A﻿ set of D&D dice to take home • pencils, coloured pencils, big paper and character templates • snacks and drinks to keep you going (they will be mostly vegan and gluten free) <h3>W﻿hat to bring: (optional) </h3>• any pens/pencils/erasers that you would like to use A﻿ny updates will be communicated via email once you have registered.

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