Apertura Lab
An opening. A practice of paying attention. To how we think, who we are, and who we’re becoming.
What does it mean to sense the world, and to be in relation to it?
Our attention is increasingly shaped by systems designed to capture it, with little regard for our well-being. Apertura opens a different kind of space — one that is contemplative, creative, and unhurried, for study, inquiry, and practice in attention and perception.
The name comes from aperture, the opening of a lens that decides how much light comes in and what comes into focus.
I’m Shawna Tavsky, an artist and educator. I spent years as a professional photographer and creative freelancer, and co-founded and directed Casa de Artes y Circo Contemporáneo in Mexico City. I trained and worked clinically in art psychotherapy, taught at the Canadian International Institute for Art Therapy, and completed an MSc in Body Psychology at the University of East London.
My own relationship to attention, pacing, and sensory experience is shaped by AuDHD (autism and ADHD), diagnosed later in life.
Apertura Lab is where my professional and lived experience come together.
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