ABOUT
The 2-year artistic research project transitory writing in no one’s land set out to activate temporary communities as a series of workshops in Spain, Mexico and Finland for testing new practices of situated writing in 2024-25. Our aim has been to examine how collective writing/reading as co-authorship might create conditions for inter-subjective relations and the emergence of inclusive in-between spaces or no one’s lands. The research project transitory writing in no one’s land has been
conducted by researchers Emma Cocker, Andrea Coyotzi Borja, Cordula Daus, Paula Urbano, and Lena Séraphin, and supported by the Kone foundation.
transitory writing in no one’s land is grateful for amazing encounters in 2024-25!
The research project transitory writing in no one’s land continues by preparing for sharing the practice with a printed publication that is to be published by the Academy of Fine Arts, Uniarts Helsinki in 2026.
This multi-lingual publication can be considered as a handbook of transitory writing. It suggests writing and reading as a co-creative act and functions as a companion and a guide to the practice by showing textual and spatial scores that can be tried out by readers. The aim is to introduce language from an embodied and situated perspective, and show how the solitary act of writing can be transformed towards an experiential practice which embeds the policies of language in an emancipatory realm.
Researchers
Assoc. prof. Emma Cocker whose research focuses are on the embodied and corporeal dimension of writing/language. Cocker brings practices of experimental reading, conversation and listening to this proposed project; alongside taking an interlocutory role supporting the generation of research articles, chapters and expositions throughout the research process.
http://not-yet-there.blogspot.com
PhD Cordula Daus. Daus (co-investigator 1.1.2024 to 28.2.2025) exploration of multi-lingual aspects manifested in cultural, social and economic conditions contribute by focusing on language being agential and performative. Daus further contributes on audio-visual production and its performative narration.
https://corduladaus.com/
Visual artist Paula Urbano (co-investigator 1.1.2024 to 31.5.2024) has an extensive body of work on migratory issues. She is currently based at the Multicultural Center in Sweden. Her position as curator and educator emphasises her role as facilitator in workshops as well as in the production of contingent artworks.
https://paulaurbano.com/
Doctor of Arts Andrea Coyotzi Borja. Coyotzi Borja’s doctoral research on the infraordinary unfolds towards the observation of social dynamics and the subject in a double role as observer and performer. Her role supports audio-visual production.
www.andreacoyotziborja.com
Doctor of Arts Lena Séraphin has conducted extensive research on collective writing and its spatial interpretations as installations and participatory artworks. Her role as principal investigator focuses on the implementation of research questions and research management.
https://lenaseraphin.com
Advisory board
Writer-curator PhD An Paenhuysen
https://anpaenhuysen.net/
Artist-educator PhD Hannah Kaihovirta
https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/hannah-kaihovirta
Website last updated 21st of February 2025
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