To endings and new beginnings, to letting it flow 🌊

after giving it a lot of thought we decided to close the chapter of WE DEY! Our lease ended and with the co- founders @amoakoboafo and @jayeyeye off to greener pastures and adventures, @decolonial_joy re-turning to Ayurvedic knowledge and QTI/BIPoC wellbeing we see this ending as a way to make space for new beginnings and projects! We are working on a publication that will bring together and highlight all the beautiful and powerful events, exhibitions, healing spaces and art workshops that took place since WE DEY’s birth in 2013. So there is still something to watch out for in this space 💜 We thank all of you who supported us all these years, who came to the events, who redistributed funds, who facilitated, exhibited, who danced, celebrated and held this precious space with us. We thank our xspace collective @nic_ink @fodzilla183 and our co-collaborators, official and inofficial collective members @shulames @fariscucu #estherabionaojo @bel.kamkaze @pedraxcosta @thesenses_vienna and all of you grew community with us for almost 10years! xoxo #bipocartspacevienna #qtibipoc #qtibipoccentered #bipoccentered #bipocartists #newbeginnings #bipoccommunityvienna

We would love to ask you to leave your thoughts, memories and messages here with us!! https://forms.gle/SSRDXd1CU6544zgs8

WE DEY couldn`t have been without all of you!! We are working now on a publication to archive all the beautiful events, exhibitions, meetings, selfcare days, yoga sessions, pilates, dance and movement events and sooo many other amazing happenings!! We would love for you to be part of this archive.

These challenging times give us even more reasons to practice individual and collective selfcare and thats why we put together a list of our favourite healers & body workers & practitioners- we do not own the rights for the videos/content, we are simply re-sharing. WE DEY will take some time off organising events until the end of the year and will come back with a programme for 2021, until then all groups/organisers who are using WE DEY x SPACE will be deciding themselves if they want to offer their meetings! Please check in with them to find out about the current Covid19 guidelines 🙌🏾 We hope you all are safe and looking after yourself and each other ❤

MEDITATION 

BPoC Meditation/Breath work Youtube Playlist put together by WE DEY

Guided Body Scan Meditation with Alli Simon   (9 min) 

Somatic Meditations by Tai 

Evan ifekoya- Healing Exercises for Limitless Potential (H.E.L.P) 

Noah Sow- Schlaf Yoga Yoga Nidra by Noah Sow (deutsch) 

Guided Meditation for Self-Love and Compassion with Alli Simon (10 min) 

Calming During Crisis & Connecting to Your Center (12 mins)​ by Brialle Ringer

7 min Guided Meditation for Mindful Breathing with Alli Simon (7 min) 

Reimagining Justice: Visualization Meditation (25 mins) by Brialle Ringer

Body Scan Somatic Meditation (20 mins) by Brialle Ringer

Meditation for Liberation (8 mins) by Brialle Ringer

Let the Earth hold you by Lama Rod Owens (15min)

BPOC YOGA 

BPoC Yoga Youtube Playlist for beginners put together by WE DEY

https://directory.yogagreenbook.com/black-yoga-teachers-online-classes-2020
20 Black Yoga Teachers with Online Classes in 2020

https://www.yogaisdeadpodcast.com/home Yoga is dead Podcast

We want to thank all of these amazing BIPoCs who generously share their knowledge with us!

WE DEY happy to host Gendai Reiki Berlin for a Reiki MEETING on the 24 March 2020 from 17:00-20:30 for and by Black/Indigenous/People of Color Women/Non-Binary/Trans/Inter/Femmes with Ikue Maekawa!

The idea of the meeting is to give people knowledge about Reiki- a Japanese healing technique for stress reduction and relaxation.

This meeting is for BIPoCs of all levels, who are already trained in Reiki and for those who want to know more about it!

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This is a Reiki meeting not a workshop or training for max 12 people plz register via fb or we.dey.in (at) gmail.com!

Ikue will tell us about the healing benefits of Reiki and open a space for Reiki practitioners to get to know each other.

We will start with light body movement and Ikue will offer you Reiju to cultivate a Reiki pipe for Reiki practitioners and to open a Reiki pipe temporary for non practitioner. We will initiate a Reiki Circle/Reiki Marathon a group Reiki hand healing practice which provides Reiki all participators at the same time.

You will see and feel how Reiki energy supports making your life lively and vibrant.

♥ No one turned away for lack of funds ♥
We suggest a donation of 15 Euro for the meeting

♥ There is a limited amount of 1:1 Reiki healing sessions on monday 23rd & tuesday 24th before the meeting, to find out more send us an email to we.dey.in(at)gmail.com
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ABOUT THE FACILITATOR:

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Ikue Maekawa (she/her) is a Japanese Gendai Reiki Teacher based in Berlin, has a mother from Shinto (Japanese specific religion) priest family, came from the same area with Mikao Usui was born. And still her family is living in that sacred rich-nature area. Through 2 years world wild-travel as a seeker she met Reiki, the most effective and simple method to get back the connection with universe. After her first Reiki study with Western teacher, in 2011 miraculously she met Hiroshi Doi, Gendai Reiki founder and be certified as Master in Denmark. In 2015 she took a part of Gendai Reiki International Gathering in Spain as an interpreter for Hiroshi Doi and still now following and studying his teachings actively to share Reiki traditional doctrine in the West. Her activity supports you to discover and become a creator of your own life!

♥ To our invitation policy:
This events is specifically for Black/Brown/Indigenous/of Color Women/Non-Binary/Trans/Inter/Femmes! Please don’t assume anyone’s gender identity or pronouns – ask everyone for their preferred pronouns.
We aim to create a space of support for and by queer women/non-binary/trans/inter/femmes. Cis Men (means men who were assigned male at birth and identify with it) and white people are not invited to this session.

♥ X SPACE is accessible via a ramp. The ramp is 76 cm wide and the slope is 9 %. For more information please contact us!
The closest wheelchair accessible toilet is @ Café Oben, Urban-Loritz-Platz. It’s a five minutes distance.

Image by Gendai Reiki Berlin

WE DEY happy to announce “BIPoC Healing Workshop: Orixá Vibrations in Crystal Energy” for and by Black/Indigenous/People of Color Women/Non-Binary/Trans/Inter/Femmes with Priscila Nogueira and Graziele Nogueira !

The idea of the Workshop is to give people knowledge on how to use crystals for protection, self-healing, connecting with the ancestors and creating balance as well using crystals to channel the vibration of the Orixas.
(max 12 people) so plz register!

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The workshop starts with an introduction about our relation with Spirituality and Religions of African and Indigenous origin followed by a meditation/grounding exercise.

In the workshop we will want to cover:
– Quick introduction about crystals, types of crystal and its origins;
– Information on the 7 types of Crystals we are gonna be working with in this workshop and it’s correlation with the Orixas as well as the chakras (tho chakras are not the main focus) ;
– Some uses of Crystals on healing and protection;
– How to properly store, clean and energise your crystal;
– The importance of the Crystal Elixir and its preparation;

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There is gonna be an Altar and we invite folks to bring fruits, flowers as well as amulets and other personal items to place on the altar and bring back home after.
We ask people to bring a small candle that will be lighten in the beginning of the workshop as well as crystals if they feel like it.

We ask the participants to write in a piece of paper by the beginning of the workshop they names and date of birth and how they would like to feel by the end of the day or weekend/what they would like to bring from this workshop with day and place by the candle (they don’t have to share with no one, of course). At the end we will serve Crystal Elixir to everyone.

♥ No one turned away for lack of funds ♥
We suggest a donation between 10- 40 Euro for the workshop

♥ There is a limited amount of 1:1 healing sessions, to find out more send us an email to we.dey.in(at)gmail.com and/or come to the workshop to find out more! ♥

ABOUT THE FACILITATORS:
Through our ancestors we had injected into our familiar and cultural environment, the use of elements from both mineral and plant kingdom as allies on or every day basic care, protection, cleansing, and energy nourishment.

GRAZIELE Screenshot_20191128_010930is an M.sc. in Soil Geography and Earth Surface Dynamics with focusing on natural environments by the Ponticia Universidade Catolica de Minas Gerais and Universitè de Lille. She is an active student of the “Egregora Cria Ti na Luz” which works with spirituality in African traditions and Indigenous American beliefs as practiced in the 7 lines of Umbanda (Sete Linhas de Umbanda), where she was recently trained in Shamanic Reiki. She has training in the use of crystals and natural elements as tools for healing.

 

 

 

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PRISCILA is a multidisciplinary artist working mainly with illustration and translation of poetry.

They have experience translating in both writing media and simultaneous translation in political and community events as well as all-around free support and translation for the Portuguese and Criollo speaking refugee community in Germany. They are an yawo initiated in the practice of candomblé and have been training on the use of crystals, plants, and acupressure in self-healing and enjoys playing the tarot.

Priscila is trans, non-binary and has ASD.

Graziele and Priscila are part of the African and Indigenous Diaspora, queer siblings based in Berlin.

♥ To our invitation policy:
This events is specifically for Black/Brown/Indigenous/of Color Women/Non-Binary/Trans/Inter/Femmes! Please don’t assume anyone’s gender identity or pronouns – ask everyone for their preferred pronouns.
We aim to create a space of support for and by queer women/non-binary/trans/inter/femmes. Cis Men (means men who were assigned male at birth and identify with it) and white people are not invited to this session.

♥ X SPACE is accessible via a ramp. The ramp is 76 cm wide and the slope is 9 %. For more information please contact us!
The closest wheelchair accessible toilet is @ Café Oben, Urban-Loritz-Platz. It’s a five minutes distance.

We are happy to announce “A healing circle for daily connections” for and by Black/Indigenous/People of Color Women/Non-Binary/Trans/Inter/Femmes with Liaam Iman

Saturday, 7 December 2019

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13:00-13:30 Arrival, greet & meet
13:30-17:00 Workshop in Session

♥ Healing Workshop (max 12 people) plz register by sending us an email to we.dey.in (at)gmail.com!

Liaam would like to open up a space focusing on presence and connection* and what they mean to us in our specific realities and processes. This workshop seeks to address connecting*
as a daily practice.
– What can help us be present and remain connected to ourselves, others, and our daily lives?
– How can we stay rooted to our backgrounds/cultural
heritages*/knowledge/languages/faith?
– How can we remain rooted in moments of crisis/struggle? How can we find confidence/acceptance/strength in what we simply are?
– How can we find deeper access to what brings us enjoyment/love/peace/rest/fulfilment?

Through breathing and energy healing practices, voice and touch we will seek to open a circle to focus on what we need to help us find individual and collective tools to enhance our daily practices, build new connections or strengthen ones already in place. The workshop aims to facilitate a space where everyone can feel at ease, most importantly follow their own needs and boundaries. All practices shared during the workshop are suggestions, aiming to make time and space for what currently questions us rather than bring already preset answers.

♥ No one turned away for lack of funds ♥
We suggest a donation between 8- 25 Euro for the workshop

♥ About Liaam
My name is Liaam Iman ((They / Them) I am a self-taught singer, percussionist and artist from Algerian decent. My practices evolve around music, dance, sound, deep listening* and energy
healing. I have been practicing energy healing for 3 years now, one year following the Gendai Reiki-Ho energy healing technics. I feel rooted in this last practice which helps me enhance
my balance, deeper connexions to myself, others and my surroundings.

♥ There is a limited amount of 1:1 healing sessions with Liaam, to find out more send an email to liaamiman@gmail.com and come to the workshop if you can!

♥ To our invitation policy:
This events is specifically for queer Black/Brown/Indigenous/of Color Women/Non-Binary/Trans/Inter/Femmes! Please don’t assume anyone’s gender identity or pronouns – ask everyone for their preferred pronouns.
We aim to create a space of support for and by queer women/non-binary/trans/inter/femmes. Cis Men (means men who were assigned male at birth and identify with it) and white people are not invited to this session.

♥ X SPACE is accessible via a ramp. The ramp is 76 cm wide and the slope is 9 %. For more information please contact us!
The closest wheelchair accessible toilet is @ Café Oben, Urban-Loritz-Platz. It’s a five minutes distance.

As you might know, the contract for x SPACE was extended for three more years in the very last moment! To keep x SPACE going we need your support!

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Taking the time to reflect on everything that has been formed in the last two years, we are planning to come back with new and adjusted offerings after a short break, in winter 2019/2020. Because organising x space has brought us a lot of joy, but also brought us close to burning out – we want to shift our focus towards individual and collective self-preservation and wellbeing.

Over the course of the last two years we facilitated and hosted over 50 events that centered Queer/Trans/Inter/Non-Binary/Femmes Black/Indigenous/People of Color!

We received a small percentage of the public funding that we applied for and it was spend entirely to keep the space running, to pay travel expenses, production costs and small fees for artists & guests who took part in the events, exhibitions, residencies.

Future x SPACE/WE DEY: 

We are so grateful for all the amazing events that happened in the last 2 years, for all of you who shared your love and knowledge with us! We decided to continue x space but we will shift from public events towards smaller and more intimate sessions.

After the break x SPACE will continue to host monthly Trans*screenings and weekly Pilates Classes by Shayma and much more. 

WE DEY will continue to focus it`s work on BIPoC queer/trans/inter/non-binary/women/femmes in the form of WE DEY x SPACE – shared studio spaces, events, barber pop-ups, and collaborations such as the WE DEY healing in residency.

WE DEY x SPACE will deepen the focus on individual and collective healing for BIPoCs and in order to do so we are in need of your financial support to be able to organise, host and invite local and international QTI/BIPoC healers, body practitioners and teachers!

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How to support WE DEY x SPACE:

  • HELP US PAY OUT RENT- support us financially via monthly peer support. contact us via we.dey.in@gmail.com for more information and our bank details. 

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT IT HERE

 Thank you!

@we_dey

 

 

 

we dey moveArrival: 18:30
Doors close: 19.00 (sharp!)
End: 22:00

We invite Black/Indigenous/People of Color who self-define as Women/Trans/Non-Binary/Inter/Femmes to come together for a healing dance experience ♥

We want to create a collective & safe(r) dance space without small talk – actually no verbal interactions all together 🙂

A place you can come to, on your own or with other BIPoCs ♥
dress up or dress down- wear something comfortable to shake your bodies for three hours!

Let go of our tensions, let’s just move our bodies!

Please register via: we.dey.in(at)gmail.com !! There is only limited space!

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Guidelines:
* we want to create an inclusive dance experience that welcomes you with everything you embody!
* lets create a non – judgmental space: move the way your body tells you! Everybody focuses on themselves and their bodies!
* sober party- no alcohol no drugs!
* no shoes, no talk, no pics/videos ♥

Invitation policy:
Black/Indigenous/People of Color that self-define as Women/Trans/Non-Binary/Inter/Femmes ♥!

Entry:
Donations are welcome- all of the donations will go towards paying the djs and the drinks/snacks ♥

Line up:

XANA (UK)

Mzamo Jama of BICHA BOO COLLECTIVE (VIE/BER)

organised by Nimmersatt Su and Ade Kazeem
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Accessibility Infos:

X SPACE is accessible via a ramp. The ramp is 76 cm wide and the slope is 9 %. For more information please contact us!
The closest wheelchair accessible toilet is @ Café Oben, Urban-Loritz-Platz. It’s a five minutes distance.

mzamo movement wsMzamo Jama Nondlwana’s last movement workshop at WE DEY x SPACE ♥ ♥ ♥
Write us an email, if you want to attend: we.dey.in@gmail.com. ♥

This a space centering queer/ trans*/inter/non-binary people but all BIPoCs are welcome!

This is a workshop class where we use movement to explore different possibilities and challenge our limitation through physicality and imagination. We will explore elements such as the voice, theatricality, movement and emotions as empowering tools. Let us take a moment to meet, to free the body of its own limitation. Let us go through a journey to discover new hidden gems using our bodies. Open all your senses, discover how the smell changes, how your vision elevates your fantasy, how dense the taste of your thoughts is. This is an experiment. There are no mistakes but only ‘what ifs’.

limited spaces available so please sign up via our email adress!

Most of you know already that by the end of April 2019 the lease for WE DEY x space at Kandlgasse 24 will expire. It is hard for us to see WE DEY x SPACE (in this form) coming to an end, but it’s a great opportunity to look back at all the amazing events that happened in WE DEY x SPACE since its opening in May 2017! Lets come together for this last month- we have a great program ♥

BPOC * DANCE * HEALING * MOVEMENT * TOGETHERNESS *
* Body. Love. Movement! BIPoC Dance Workshop by Mzamo Nondlwana: 20th of April 13.30-17.00
https://www.facebook.com/events/2205107029806572/
SIGN UP PLZ via we.dey.in(at)gmail.com

* BPOC WE DEY move event: 27th of April 19.00-22.00
https://www.facebook.com/events/406484626849379/
SIGN UP PLZ via we.dey.in(at)gmail.com

PARTY * CELEBRATION * OPEN TO ALL
* WE DEY eXit SPACE PARTY: 30th of April 18.00-?
https://www.facebook.com/events/406860873450481/

Our closing party with live performances by XANA (UK) and many more – we will celebrate all that has been in the last 2 years and look forward to everything that will come up next!

ONGOING
* BIPOC Mental Health Circle with Wir sind auch Wien
* Weekly BIPoC Queer Barber Pop Up with Nimmersatt Su
* Pilates Class by Betül Seyma Küpeli
* Bi-weekly BPoC Yin Yoga with Gigi Mayala

Hope to see you all ♥

“Recording Our Histories” by Rudy Loewe
31th of January – 6th of February 2019

We are excited to welcome Rudy Loewe for a one weeks art residency & solo exhibition at WE DEY x SPACE.

During their residency Rudy Loewe would like to invite BPoC to be interviewed as part of their exhibition at WE DEY. The focus of the interviews is to document BPoC experiences of an Austrian context. These collected narratives will then be used to build up the exhibition space, over the course of the week. Pieces of the recorded interviews will feature in the exhibition space as part of an audio installation, as well as visual responses being created by Rudy to go alongside this. This is part of a larger body of work that Rudy is creating, questioning in what ways we document, collect and preserve our histories; and how we can take autonomy over this.

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Interview Session: Call for BIPoC interview partners!
31th of January
more infos here:
https://bit.ly/2SIZFlp

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OPEN STUDIO: open to everyone!
(the artist will be present)
1.2. 3-6pm
2.2 3-6pm
3.2. 3-6pm
4.2. 3-4pm
5.2. 3-6pm

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FINISSAGE: open to everyone!
6th of February 6pm -10pm
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Accessibility Infos:

X SPACE is accessible via a ramp. The ramp is 76 cm wide and the slope is 9 %. For more information please contact us!
The closest wheelchair accessible toilet is @ Café Oben, Urban-Loritz-Platz. It’s a five minutes distance.

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about WE DEY x space

WE DEY x space is dedicated to amplify the art and culture production for and by Queer/Trans*/Inter/Black People/People of Color

WE DEY x space aims to center marginalised voices, perspectives, knowledges and experiences from different diasporas

WE DEY x space will host exhibitions, workshops, kitchen table talks and film screenings around the topics of decolonial art production, community, self-care, empowerment.