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Atman's basic inspiration comes also from their highly original Ecology-workshops and their music is so in fact a further developed ritualistic improvisation.
The style of their music, which comes forth there, can also be described as "raga psychedelic folk" although this description does not fully describes their aims.
How do their Workshops work ?
"Basic aims of The "Talking Meadow" Workshop:
-setting conditions for deeper and personal contact with nature, self and the community created for the duration of the workshop,
-inspiring to getting to know cultural traditions connected with nature, landscape and natural constructive elements,
-gaining elementary knowledge and skills in express in simplest ways, breaking down the barriers of narrow specializations created by culture,
-gaining experience in group work,
-falling into a therapeutic habit of appealing to listening It and self, getting to know various circles of people through working with them, creating with them and using natural constructive elements for making simple tools and instruments, masks, decorations, costumes.
Workshop duration: 4 - 7 hours days.
Optimum number of participants: 15 - 30 people.
The "Talking Meadow" Workshop is held in pine-tree forest and lowland meadows in central Poland.
The essence of the workshop is to free the creative possibilities of the participants through simple theatrical and musical techniques with using elements of rituals from the cultures which are close to Nature. The aim of the workshop is a deep union of people working in it and search of the roots of culture, which are common for all. Original techniques, which are applied in the workshop, have been worked out by the people who conduct it and the numbers of an alternative artistic group Theatre of Sound ATMAN. Apart from that they manage an "organic" firm, which deals with new forms of ecological education and ecological culture. They are: a certified forester, a professional teacher, an artist, a music instructor and an ethnographer."
