Sensory Encounters of Leela Bhumi (Playful Earth)

Step into an immersive sensory experience inspired by Leela Bhumi (Playful Earth) — a mobile, multifunctional space rooted in Indigenous knowledge systems, ecological memory, and cultural heritage. This workshop invites participants into a space of collective memory, healing, and reconnection through touch, scent, sound, and movement.

Guided by ancestral wisdom and ecological storytelling, participants will engage with natural materials and respond through playful, intuitive making. Here, the boundaries between artist and participant, memory and imagination, dissolve — co-creating moments of care, curiosity, and communion with the Earth.

Presented in the framework of Travelling Plants — a transdisciplinary exhibition exploring ecology, culture, and the natural world. Born from a creative residency at the French Institute of Pondicherry in March 2024, Travelling Plants is presented by the Goethe-Institut and Alliance Française de Colombo, in collaboration with the French Institute of Pondicherry and Studio Kayamai.