Gesturing with the Fray: Entanglements of Place, Body, and Materials as a Study in Temporal Ties

This work is inspired by Manning’sManning, Erin (2016) notion of the minor gestureMinor gesture. Through a/r/tographic walkingA/r/tographya/r/tographic walking inWalkwalking conjunction with textileTextile work, I investigate embodied practicesEmbodyembodied practice of movingMovemoving in relation to place, and what is uncovered through inquiriesInquiry surrounding places that first presentPresent as diametrically opposed. Resituating myself within places that became familiar due to habitual walks, I connectConnect withStewart, Kathleen (Stewart, 2011) conceptConcept of atmospheric attunementsAttunement where there is discovery of gesturesGesture, forcesForce, and relations through livedLivinglived sensory moments. InstallationInstallation work rendered openings and metaphors of materialsMaterial speaking languages of layering, rhythmRhythm, play, and liminality. Through these active encountersEncounter with material, its agencyAgency afforded a vital participation, entangling place and myself in relation. FilmFilm and photo documentationDocumentation evoke contemplation regarding the material manifesting into the digital, and consequently, the potentiality of what these interactions brings forth. I access the digital of such events ‘not’ as a way to look back at pastPast happenings, rather an opportunity to re-enter an experienceExperience with new noticings, provoking discoveries that unfold continuous inquiryInquiry.