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Lived Space.

Observe. Constrain. Make.

Creative Workshop  ·  Based in Goa, India

You have been in the same spaces a hundred times. Most of what they hold, you have not seen yet.

Every creative practice depends on one skill: observation. Lived Space trains it. You spend time in a real space, without an agenda, before you decide what to make. The constraint comes after. The medium is yours.

What you notice changes what you make.

Lived Space

The Practice

Every Lived Space session follows the same three steps. The steps are fixed. What you find in each one changes every time.

01

Observe.

Leave the camera and notebook behind. Look at where you are: the people, their behaviour, the routine, the sensory details.

02

Constrain.

Draw one card from the deck. It gives you one instruction. Work inside it completely.

03

Make.

Make one response in your medium. Look at what it reveals, not how well it is made.

The Explorer's Deck is 63 cards. Each one gives you a single creative constraint. It comes into every session at the same point: after you have observed the space, before you respond to it.

You draw one card. You work inside it. Each person draws their own card. Twelve people, twelve constraints, one space. A filmmaker finds a sequence where a writer finds a story. No one leaves with the same work.

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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

The constraint card you drew. Keep it. Use it in a different space or at a different time of day and see what changes.

Your field journal. Useful for returning to the same spaces to see what you missed the first time.

Your work from the session: photographs, recordings, writing, sketches, or video.

A three-step method you can run in any space, on your own, after the workshop.

Who This Is For

Open to any creative medium, at any level. Architects, filmmakers, writers, photographers, artists, musicians, sound designers, and anyone curious about where they live. No prior experience required.

Designers & Architects Most design decisions happen before you have spent real time in the space. This gives you a method for reading a place before you start: who uses it, how they move, what they avoid.
Photographers & Filmmakers Good frames come from time spent watching before the camera comes out. This gives that time a structure so you are not just waiting around.
Writers Writing convincingly about a place or the people in it requires time actually spent there. This gives that time a method before the words start.
Musicians & Sound Artists Every space has its own sound. This gives you a structured way to listen to it before you set up.
Artists & Painters A form, a colour, a feeling sitting quietly in the corner of a room. This gives you the time to find it before you commit it to the canvas.

Formats

The one-day and three-day workshops run every month. The six-day residency runs once a quarter. The difference between them is how many times you return to the same space. More returns means you see what you missed the first time.

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The One-Day Immersion
Format · 1 Day
02 / 03
The Three-Day Intensive
Format · 3 Days
Most apply for this
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The Six-Day Residency
Format · 6 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
₹3,900 + GST per person
Next Date
9 August 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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2026 – 2027 Schedule

All sessions are held in Goa, India, and capped at 12 people. Apply early; cohorts fill in order.

One-Day Immersion · ₹3,900 + GST

9 August 2026
2 September 2026
9 November 2026
5 December 2026
1 February 2027
3 March 2027

Three-Day Intensive · ₹11,400 + GST

20 – 22 July 2026
5 – 7 August 2026
4 – 6 September 2026
11 – 13 November 2026
6 – 8 December 2026
3 – 5 February 2027
5 – 7 March 2027

Six-Day Residency · ₹23,000 + GST

1 – 6 October 2026
9 – 14 January 2027
1 – 6 April 2027

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 or closed cohort.

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.

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.

From the workshop

I never had this kind of lecture before. Saying fabulous would be an understatement.

Naman B. · Architecture Student

I actually saw the world in my own perspective. There are things consciously made for a reason. Now I need to find out what they are.

Sherif K. · Architecture Student

Really got to know how spaces work. The deck kickstarted new thoughts and perspectives.

Latika R. · Architecture Student

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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 · 20 to 22 July 2026 · Goa

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