A Floa7 Original Project
The "7.8.9"
Workshop
A creative residency helping students reflect on the past, embrace the present, and set a course for their future — through art, memory, and the power of personal storytelling.
North Bridge School · Artist in Residence
About the Project
YOUR STORY IS STILL BEING WRITTEN
The "7.8.9" Workshop at North Bridge School was designed around a simple but powerful idea: that the years we remember most vividly — the ones that shape us — are worth looking at properly. Not to dwell, but to understand.
Inspired by Godi's own journey, and particularly the formative experiences of Year 9, the workshop invited students to use creative expression as a way of processing the past, grounding themselves in the present, and imagining what comes next.
At a time when many young people had been through the unusual, isolating experience of the pandemic, the workshop created space for students to find light in challenging moments — whether that was a memory with family, a concert they'd attended, a song that carried them through a difficult period.
The "7.8.9" Workshop was more than a creative exercise. It was a reminder that our stories are still being written — and that even in the face of adversity, our best moments are still ahead of us.
Past. Present. Future.
The Approach
The workshop moved through three distinct phases, each asking students to look in a different direction: backwards at the moments that formed them, inward at who they are now, and forward at who they're becoming.
By focusing on joy — on the specific, personal moments that brought light — students were guided to channel memory into creative work. The results were deeply individual, powerfully honest, and consistently surprising.
The Three Chapters
7 · 8 · 9
The title of the workshop reflects the school years that mark the middle chapter of adolescence — a time when identity is forming, friendships are defining, and the world starts to feel like it's asking more of you.
Year 7
The Beginning
The start of something new. Students reflect on their earliest memories of school, community, and the version of themselves they arrived as. What were you hoping for? What were you afraid of?
Year 8
The Middle Ground
The settling-in period. Neither the excitement of newness nor the clarity of an ending. Year 8 is where many students find their people — and their voice. This chapter asks: who were you becoming?
Year 9
The Turning Point
The year that tends to stick. Godi's own Year 9 was transformative — and the workshop used this as its anchor: the idea that one year, one moment, one decision can set the direction of everything that follows.
Gallery
THE WORK
Photography from the workshops, student artwork, and documentation of the creative process in the classroom.
