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MuMo
- Cultural Trauma and the Art of Visibility



Group Care Session on Cultural Trauma and the Art of Visibility with Lakshmih Moon Karlsen
22th October 2025 from 9:00-15:00 


For who?

The workshop welcomes artists and cultural workers who work with, or are interested in, care, care-activism, and the organisation of cultural spaces. It is also relevant for those developing artistic or cultural work in community environments such as refugee centres, hospitals, elder homes, residential care units, supported housing, or psychiatry


MuMo – Mutual Moves
“Cultural Trauma and the Art of Visibility”

We are very excited and proud to announce this workshop with trauma therapist and healer Lakshmih Moon Karlsen, who will be facilitating a care-session on Cultural Trauma and the Art of Visibility for art workers and creative practitioners in the visual arts field.

Working with artistic practices in contexts of care and social spaces often highlights the impact of cultural difference. In particular, cultural trauma can shape how we show up in work, relations, and social contexts, influencing our need to be seen—or to hide. This workshop creates a space to step away from the fast pace of project planning, delivery, and deadlines, inviting you to reflect on how we are moved by our histories, and how we can move with them in our artistic work and life.


Together we will explore:

  • What is cultural trauma?

  • How cultural trauma has impacted you personally and the communities you belong to

  • How cultural trauma shapes your artistic flow or direction

  • How it has influenced the way you do—or don’t—take space in the world

  • The beliefs you hold about what has happened, and how these meet the pain of invisibility

During the workshop we might make use of separatist group work - so you may go into groups based on shared experience or position.


Programme

08:45 – Tea/coffee and arrival

09:00 – Welcome, grounding and intentions

09:30 – Big group: What is cultural trauma?

10:15 – Reflection: Where does the history of my culture meet the pain of my own invisibility? Old beliefs I carry

10:45 – Break

11:00 – Guided somatic exercise: shaking/dance & going inwards

12:00 – Lunch
13:00 – Group sharing

What is happening in your body -  what is in the room?

An invitation to use your preferred medium (writing, sketching, movement, sound)

13:45 – “I see you” exercise in pairs: speaking about your deepest desire for visibility

14:15 – What has become visible? Your commitment and next steps

14:50 – Closing  & Goodbye

Facilitator

Lakshmih Moon Karlsen is a Certified Compassionate Inquiry® Practitioner (Gabor Maté) and psycho-spiritual therapist with more than fifteen years’ experience in facilitating both 1:1 sessions and group workshops. She regards supporting people to reconnect with their body, wisdom, and intuition as sacred work.

With a core strength in calming people’s nerves and helping them grow in confidence, Lakshmih is known for her gentle yet assertive approach in supporting clients to feel safe, free, and present in their bodies—creating powerful spaces for meeting and working through inner conflicts.

She has extensive experience supporting people dealing with grief, anger, anxiety, depression, complex PTSD, addiction, chronic stress, and childhood abuse. Prior to becoming a therapist, Lakshmih held Learning & Development consultancy positions, gaining broad experience in communication and organisational work in Denmark and internationally. Her approach is always holistic, empathic, and passionate.


Practical details

Join us for a day of sharing, connecting, and rethinking support.

  • Lunch and snacks are included.
  • Wear something comfortable to move in
  • Bring note book/paper, drawing/writing tools.
  • Workshop language: English

How to sign up?

Fill out the survey here to register.

Maximum 16 places are available, and selections will be made based on need.

Questions? Contact us at: info.limcollective@gmail.com


About Mutual Moves

Mutual Moves is a series of workshops organised by lím collective, addressing the working conditions of art workers through practice-sharing, development, and planning of support and infrastructures. The programme is supported by Den Jyske Kunstfond and Billedkunstnernes Forbund (BKF).

lím collective is an artist-run exhibition platform based in Aalborg with activities across North Jutland. The programme supports visual artists working with socially engaged, critical, and research-based practices in health, inequality, and care activism, often through interdisciplinary collaborations with local communities.
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