As part of the study group Strategies of Relationality, we have been developing a range of instruction-based exercises for groups and individuals to be carried out both online and in physical proximity. These exercises have supported our ongoing activities, stimulated our senses and encouraged us to investigate embodied ways of relating to each other and the spaces we were meeting in.

In order to share and test these exercises with a wider audience, we developed a screen-printed, hand-sewn and square-shaped textile piece featuring a diverse selection of instructions. Using (dead-stock) fabric, the piece can be utilised as either a wearable, a publication, or a container of some sort. It is in the hands and around the bodies of its users that it unfolds its contextual significance.

The first edition of the textile piece was presented as part of our para-academic classroom during the Gerrit Rietveld Academie Graduation Show. During this event, the textile piece served us as a tool to contact, encounter, and connect with the other.

Key collaborators: Diogo Rinaldi, Luca Heydt, Malgorzata Rey, Maté Kohout, Nicolas Muratore, Nils Norman, Rebecca Cuschera, Virginia Vivaldi

Public presentations:
- Gerrit Rietveld Academie Graduation Show (group exhibition), at Gerrit Rietveld Academie

Funded by: Self-funded

Roles: Editor

Images: Malgorzata Rey