With Lena Séraphin, I co-presented a performative rendering of the project Site-Reading – Site Specific Writing and Reading as part of the Society of Artistic Research conference, Dare | Care | Share (7 - 9 April 2021)
Abstract: Site-Reading dares to conceive writing, reading and listening as aesthetic research practices, caring for their inter-subjective potential, whilst asking how shared spaces are constructed in/by/with text. Invited writers/artistic researchers make written observations of a public site for a timebound period, collaborating in a shared action, though geographically apart. The performativity of this practice redefines the solitary act of writing, introducing site-specific writing as a literary genre. Reading the texts aloud together creates a liminal space, through the intermingling of different voices, places and approaches to writing/reading. Where are you when you listen — especially if you don’t grasp the language? Does Site-Reading affirm a shared space — what does it look or feel like?
Site-Reading – Site Specific Writing and Reading is initiated by Emma Cocker and Lena Séraphin, in association with writers Andrea Coyotzi Borja, Alexander Damianisch, Cordula Daus, Sepideh Karami, Vidha Saumya.
A research catalogue exposition of the project can be found here