ACTING THINGS VII – School of Fluid Measures
Summary
At the School of Fluid Measures objects, numbers and values that have become fixed by universal standards are dissolved through scored interactions that leave traces in coloured sand.
Supported by
4th Istanbul Design Biennale (IKSV), Jan Boelen, Nadine Botha, Vera Sacchetti (curators) Elena Steffan, Phoebe Morris, Basak Zorlu/IKSV (studio team), disegno magazine (media partner), Vera Sacchetti (moderator), Participants of the round table: Viktor Bedö (Street game designer, philosopher, researcher Critical Media Lab Basel, London), Ayse Draz (dramaturg, performer, Co-founder of the Hemhâl Theatre, Istanbul), Jana Scholze (Design curator and associate professor at the Kingston School of Art, London), Diane Sunar (Emeritus professor in the department of psychology at İstanbul Bilgi University,
Description of project
Learning is less about knowing or memorizing what something is than understanding how it continuously changes in relation to something else. At the School of Fluid Measures objects, numbers and values that have become fixed by universal standards are dissolved through scored interactions that leave traces in coloured sand. The patterns that emerge are an exploratory measure of the fluidity of meanings, and the colours represent exemplary values as resources to debate, distribute, and fuse into new colours and values. Through an embodied process that surfaces situative intentions and relations, 18 measuring sessions invite participants to negotiate new colours and values. Viewed as a series, the 18 sessions intend to explore ways of mediating, materializing and notating the making of meanings and results, in a manner that embraces the fluidity of the constant socio-material becoming. Visit aschoolofschools.iksv.org for details on how to participate.
At the last days of the School of Fluid Measures, we initiated a workshop format to test, explore and discuss the experiences and results that emerged within the installation over the course of 6 weeks and 18 negation sessions. We could win a very interesting group of participants to contribute from their different disciplinary backgrounds to a joint discussion that was moderated by Vera Sacchetti and hosted and published by disegnomagazine.
Participants: Viktor Bedö (Street game designer, philosopher, researcher Critical Media Lab Basel, London), Ayse Draz (dramaturg, performer, Co-founder of the Hemhâl Theatre, Istanbul), Jana Scholze (Design curator and associate professor at the Kingston School of Art, London), Diane Sunar (Emeritus professor in the department of psychology at İstanbul Bilgi University
note: I could add a just published discussion/reflection about the work later, as soon as it can be published.
Description of work included
Colored sand, score, tools, prints, videos.
Type of work
Performative Installation
Published in
22nd Sept. – 4th Nov. 2018 Pera Museum Istanbul, 4th Istanbul Design Biennale – A School of Schools
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Date
2018Creator
Seng, Judith
Keywords
Fluid measures, materialized negotiations, embodied interaction, learning set-ups and tools, research through design, exhibition as laboratory.
Publication type
artistic work