Surfaces—Forums for Discourse: Talk and Workshop

Meeting point: HOME Arch 1

This session combines completed project documentation with experimental methodology, offering insights for researchers interested in collaborative practices, interdisciplinary translation, and alternative approaches to knowledge production.

Part 1 – Talk: Project Presentation ft. z.B.: Pilot
ft. z.B.: Pilot is the first phase of Marie's research projects that uses an artistic methodology to address creative blockages through collaborative media translation chains. The project creates networks between artists by circulating "unfinished works" through translation processes, where participants transform received materials into different media formats. Through documented studio visits and outcomes, the presentation examines how this approach produces collective knowledge and challenges conventional art-making practices. The documentation reveals how translation processes actively transform ideas through material engagement rather than simply transferring them.

Part 2 – Workshop: Manchester Surface Investigation
Participants engage in hands-on exploration of surfaces as "forums for discourse" through frottage techniques. The investigation focuses on Manchester's urban surfaces—inscriptions, institutional markers, wear patterns—using prepared cotton pieces and oil pastels. This practical session tests how surfaces function as sites where meaning emerges through media translation processes. The collective surface archive created will be put together to one piece and serves as a basis for discussion about collaboration, knowledge production, and the nature of surfaces that invite investigation.
- Materials are provided
- Please dress appropriately for weather conditions

About the Speaker
Marie Reichel is an artist, singer, art educator and PhD candidate from Vienna, exploring surface dynamics through media translation processes in artistic practices, investigating how such processes enable collaborative knowledge creation.
https://www.mariereichel.com/

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