Reimagining Science Through Story & Art: A Creative Workshop with Claudia Biçen
This two-hour workshop explores how rigorous scientific facts can become sources of wonder, reverence, and creative inspiration. Grounded in OmVed Gardens' proposal for 2026, listening as care, we’ll attend closely to scientific research: from photosynthesis and symbiosis to planetary collisions and deep time, and explore what it means to listen deeply to the stories these facts carry. Through guided prompts, we’ll experiment with translating these facts into stories, metaphors and images.
You’ll be free to choose your own creative path, working with words, voice, and/or imagery to re-imagine science as something felt and lived, not just understood. The workshop invites you to meet the world around you not as an object of study, but as an unfolding web of relations, one that asks for attention, responsiveness, and care.
About the facilitator:
Claudia Biçen is a British-American artist who uses illustration and storytelling to help people deepen their relationships with themselves, each other and the more-than-human world. Her work has been exhibited at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery (Washington DC), the Royal Society of Portrait Painters (London), and the National Arts Club (New York). Claudia holds a BA in Philosophy & Psychology from the University of Oxford and an MSc in Social Anthropology from University College London.
https://claudiabicen.art @claudiabicen
About OmVed Gardens:
OmVed Gardens is a garden, exhibition, events, and learning space in North London dedicated to exploring the connections between food, ecology and creativity for health and climate resilience. We are on a mission to inspire ecological awareness and action, and deepen our understanding of interconnectedness with the natural world.
As a registered Community Interest Company, all our activities prioritise social and ecological objectives. Whether collaborating with chefs, creatives, gardeners, or schools, OmVed Gardens is a hub for education, connection, and action. We aim to inspire individuals and communities to reimagine their role in building a healthier, more resilient world.
We work to increase biodiversity - of species, seeds, food systems, and participation, through regenerative gardening, seed saving, habitat creation, and ecological education. Our space serves as a living example of how urban areas can be transformed into thriving ecosystems that support both human and non-human communities.
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Subsidised Tickets:
We have a few reserved tickets at a subsidised rate. If this workshop is not monetarily accessible, please write to us at events@omvedgardens.com to avail yourself of a subsidised ticket rate. Subject to availability.
Refund Policy:
Tickets are non-refundable, except in cases where an event is sold out and a waiting list exists for the session. Refund requests can be made up to 10 days prior to the session. Please write to us for any refund inquiries.
