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Lived Space.

Observe. Constrain. Make.

Creative Workshop  ·  Based in Goa, India

Many creatives skip the act of seeing.
Skill and careful execution matter, yet they do not guarantee work that connects.

This workshop places observation first.
You spend time in the field noticing people, routines and sensory detail. Then you take a single constraint and respond.

The practice changes how you choose and what you make.

Lived Space

The Practice

Every workshop follows three repeatable steps. They stay the same every time. The depth comes from how you apply them.

01

Observe.

No camera. No notebook. Look at where you are. The people, their behaviour, the routine, the sensory details.

02

Constrain.

One card. One instruction. Work inside it completely.

03

Make.

One response in your medium. Look at what it shows. Not how well it is made.

We use the Explorer's Deck at the same moment in every session — right after observation, right before making.

Each card hands you a single instruction, a single boundary. It pulls you out of your default way of working and into the present moment.

same card deck. every city. every room.

This is the constraint.

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What's Included

All workshop sessions. Explorer's Deck. Field guidance during observation. Group review after every session.

What's Not Included

Travel. Accommodation. Meals. Personal equipment or materials for your medium.

What to Bring

Your medium. Comfortable clothing for extended time outdoors. A willingness to observe before you make.

What You Leave With

One constraint card you drew. Keep it. Use it again in a different place or different time of day. The practice continues.

Your workbook and journal. Space to continue observing. To return to places and notice how your eye sharpens.

Your work from the day. Photographs, recordings, writing, sketches, video — whatever you made during the session.

A practice you can repeat anywhere. Same three steps. Any space. Any day.

Who This Is For

Open to professionals and enthusiasts across all creative fields. If you want to observe more carefully — across spaces, people and everyday situations — this is for you.

Designers & Architects For those who want to understand a space, the people in it, and how it is used before responding to it. Observation before the brief.
Photographers & Filmmakers For those who want a practice of observing people, behaviour and environments before they pick up the camera. The camera comes later.
Writers For those who write about place, people, emotion, and routine. You observe before you describe.
Musicians & Sound Artists For those who work with sound in environments. You listen to the space and the people in it before you record.

Formats

The one-day and three-day workshops run every month. The seven-day residency runs once a quarter. The formats differ in how often you return to the same space. More returns, more repetition, more depth in the process.

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The One-Day Immersion
Format · 1 Day
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The Three-Day Intensive
Format · 3 Days
Most apply for this
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The Seven-Day Residency
Format · 7 Days
Format · 1 Day

The One-Day Immersion

One space. Six to eight hours. Full three-step sequence. One completed work in your medium. Runs monthly.

Practice
Observation, constraint card, output
Output
One completed work in your medium
Cost
₹3,600 per person
Next Date
7 June 2026 · Goa
  • 6 to 8 hours in one space in Goa
  • Explorer's Deck used in session
  • Field journal to keep
  • Capped at 12 people
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Frequently Asked Questions

No. Any level works. Beginners often learn faster because they haven't developed fixed habits yet.
You'll figure it out. Once you've been looking at the place and you know what the card is asking for, it becomes pretty obvious. Your brain will know.
Good. The constraint card forced you to look at something you wouldn't normally look at. What you made is proof that you saw it. Whether it's beautiful or terrible doesn't matter.
No. Your phone works. A notebook and pen work. Whatever you normally use to make things, bring that. Equipment doesn't make you see better.
12 max. Small enough that everyone actually gets to share their work.
Click "Apply now" above, choose your format, and fill in the short form. Payment is taken securely at checkout. You'll receive a confirmation email immediately. The location is sent 48 hours before the session.
Whatever you want. Post it, keep it private, continue refining it, frame it, archive it. It's yours. It's proof that you saw something.
If you actually do the practice, yes. Not because you'll learn technique. But because you'll stop working on autopilot. You'll start making work from actual seeing instead of assumption. That changes everything.

For Institutions & Collaborations

Bring the workshop to your institution

All three formats are available for institutional delivery.

Mohith works directly with programme leads, faculty, and curators to adapt the workshop to your context, group size, and schedule.

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Commissioned For
Architecture & Design Schools

Field component, studio week, or elective module. Observation before design decisions.

Film & Photography Programmes

Pre-production methodology or semester intensive. The space before the equipment.

Creative Studios & Agencies

Off-site session or annual retreat. A shared observation practice across a working group.

Festivals & Cultural Institutions

Public programme, residency, or parallel workshop strand. Open and curated dialogues.

Lived Space — Institutional Engagements

2026
NASA India — 68th Annual Convention

Lived Space: Creative Observation · Workshop Tutor · Woxsen School of Architecture & Planning, Hyderabad · June 2026. Invited by the National Association of Students of Architecture, representing 66,000 students across 350+ colleges.

2024
CARE School of Architecture, Trichy

Photography as a Tool for Architects · Co-facilitated with Bharath Ramamrutham · A workshop for architecture students on using photography as a tool for observation, site reading, and design thinking.

2023
ASTU-AAS — Architectural Photography Webinar, Ethiopia

Discussion & Insight on Architectural Photography · Hosted by the Association of Architecture Students, Adama Science and Technology University, Ethiopia. Covered the practice, its importance, and the relationship between architecture and the camera.

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Places are capped at twelve people. All three formats are open.

Payment is taken securely at checkout. The location is confirmed 48 hours before.

Next dialogue · June 2026 · Goa

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