Handmade conversations - Manuela Vásquez Guayasamín

Meet Manuela Vásquez Guayasamín (@manuelavoy), a filmmaker, illustrator, and multidisciplinary artist based in Brussels, originally from Quito, Ecuador. Her work explores the body, memory, and grief, carried with a subtle, guilty humor—an urge to chew on sad things with a smile or a chuckle. With experience coordinating workshops for teens and adults, making fanzines, and crafting all kinds of things, Manuela believes no prior experience is needed to make art, only the willingness to share something with the world. More of her work can be found at manuelavoy.com or on Instagram @manuelavoy.

For Platine, Manuela presents Hand-Made Conversations, part workshop, part gathering, centered around dreams and memory. Participants are invited to keep a diary of their dreams in the days before the session—people, places, objects, nightmares, or dreams that left a mark. Through warm-up exercises and guided visualizations, we'll turn dreams into words and drawings, finishing with a personal paper-cut illustration made from recycled paper, crayons, scissors, and glue.

Rather than decoding or overanalyzing dreams, the workshop simply names them—giving them a color, a shape, a place to exist. It's a safe space for sharing and creating from something deeply personal, yet telling of the anxieties and desires of a wider community. No drawing or crafting experience is needed—just curiosity, and a willingness to talk and listen. All ages are welcome, though kids and teens must come accompanied by an adult.

Details:

• Duration: 2 hours
• Max. 12 participants
• All materials provided; participants are encouraged to bring a dream diary or notes
• Price: pay-what-you-can (€10 / €15 / €20)
• Reservation: via registration form