On the 30th of April, 2026, 10 students of Modern High School for Girls had the pleasure of attending the Interactive Empathy Session at Goethe Institut Kolkata.
The workshop was conducted by digital artists Julia and Andrey Vrady. It delved deep into the intricacies of human emotions, the expression of self through facial display, and the development of technology to efficiently articulate between human emotions.
The workshop dealt primarily with how valuable human emotion is as a resource in a world where so much is inauthentic. The conversation ranged from the colours that one would associate with certain emotions— like how green is associated with disgust or red with anger, to what causes teenagers and young adults to feel negative emotions such as anger or stress.
The experience was truly enriching for the students as they got an opportunity to freely express their views and learn from their peers about technology that is currently being used all around them, and explore the german language outside the standard curriculum.
