@pixlogist ✕ @oniontale presents
Mistranslated Light (來自世界的詩)
in collaboration with @redjadepavilion @artworkersxredjade @east2046_festival
In July, we sat on the grass and traced shadows. Leaves, stems, the edges of things moving in the wind, drawn onto handmade mulberry paper as the sun shifted. Those sheets have been sitting in a drawer since. This time we take them back out and read them as if they were writing in a language none of us knows.
This is a small writing session of around two and a half hours, for 10 people, led by @oniontale. We open with five minutes on the mulberry paper itself, where it comes from and how it is made, because the material is part of the work. Then we stretch, shake off the week, and read a few lines of poetry aloud together to get our voices and bodies into the room before anyone picks up a pen.
Then we work from the June sheets. Each of us takes a shadow drawing made by someone else and mistranslates it directly onto mulberry paper: read the lines as strokes, guess at what they say, and write back in your mother tongue, a whole poem or a single line, whatever the shadow gives you.
We close in a circle, reading aloud. We listen to the sound of each other's languages.
No writing experience needed. Any language welcome. Bring a pen that feels good in your hand.
Date | 19 Sep 2026 (Sat)
Time | 15:30-17:00
Meeting Place | Victoria Park, London
Participants | Up to 10
Fee | £5 pp
Booking | Link in the bio
pixlogist
London-based community event and urban walk organiser. He documents city life through illustration and leads walks in London, Hong Kong, and beyond. He hopes to uncover forgotten local histories and inspire people to see the places they live in a new light.
Oni On
Oni On is a sociologist (PhD in Housing Studies), writer, and city walk guide (onionwalk.com). Currently commissioned by Chronic Insanity to produce the digital dance piece Ghosts of Our Mothers for the 2026 Puncture the Screen Festival, she is also drafting several short film and semi-autofiction scripts. Her diary entries and creative works—followed by over 8,000 readers on Douban—have been exhibited at Moon Gallery in Tokyo and in London (Welcome Aboard, Untitled Kitchen). Internationally, she has facilitated writing workshops across Berlin, Chiang Mai, London, and Wenzhou. She is also the Festival Director for EAST2046 CIC.
Redjade Pavilion
Redjade Pavilion bridges heritage and the global stage - turning living traditions into cross-cultural dialogue, arts and sustainable commerce.
EAST2046
A social enterprise (CIC) built around the idea of an “Eastern Futurism”, connecting artists, scholars, and technologies. Through festivals, exhibitions, courses and communities, it turns interdisciplinary ideas into live experiences the public can take part in.