Sineh-be-Sineh: Reimagining Oral Traditions is a hands-on, bilingual workshop in which Naghmeh Sharifi invites participants to explore how memory, oral storytelling, and cultural heritage can be preserved and reimagined through accessible digital tools. The workshop is rooted in Sharifi’s recent multimedia project Fading Fables (Zar-Afshun), a contemporary reworking of an Iranian folktale narrated by her late grandmother, and it reflects the artist’s ongoing interest in intergenerational knowledge, feminist practices, and slow, intentional making using digital tools.

In this workshop, Sharifi guides participants to recall, research, or reflect on a family folktale, myth, or story passed down through oral tradition—particularly those carried by elders. Using Adobe Fresco, a digital drawing application, participants illustrate scenes inspired by these narratives, working slowly and mindfully to honour the emotional texture, gaps, and fragility inherent in memory. Each drawing session is recorded through the app’s time-lapse feature, resulting in short animated visuals that document both the story itself and the embodied labour of its retelling.

Rather than focusing on technical mastery or digital perfection, Sharifi emphasize process, care, and reflection. Together, participants consider how digital tools—often associated with speed, extraction, and disposability—can be repurposed to support slowness, intimacy, and cultural continuity. Through a feminist and diasporic lens, the artist invite participants to reflect on how stories shift across generations and how technology can hold space for these transformations and a become a contemporary storytelling tool in and of itself.

Accessibility
articule is located in a ground floor commercial building in Villeray neighbourhood. There are no stairs at the gallery, and to enter, the front door has a slope (light inclination). There is one glass door to get into the gallery. A staff member can assist you with the door. There is one gender-neutral washroom in the gallery. The bathroom is accessible to persons using a wheelchair.