Common Water Bodies

The research of the summer school and its outputs visualise collective concerns, thoughts and atmospheres. Gradually, thanks to attentive individual observation of the field and subjective analysis, the group co-created a viewpoint that was based on situated objectivity (inspired by Harroway)- only this time of year, this time of our lives, with a certain amount of time, we can create a dialogue with selected topics. This does not mean we resign on complexity, rather, we visualise matters of concern, rather than matters of fact (inspired by Latour). The organisation of collected observations in three different groups led to differentiated expressions of using yarn and textiles to create carpet maps. Even though using the same technique and strongly referring to the idea of borders and merging, which was the main topic of the debates around Anaklia, the three carpets are strongly inspired by their conceptual methods. 

The River carpet uses a topographic and realistic portrayal of the river in combination with a metaphoric diagram of gradients of influence of observed phenomena. The Delta carpet deconstructs the cartographic depiction and assigns subjectivity to the Delta as a powerful more than human in prolific dialogue with its surroundings.

The Anaklia carpet follows the cartographic tradition but translates it to the observed tensions in identity and commonality. Mapping as practice is mostly concerned with the present. However, its fundamentals are the cornerstones of the shared future vision – through highlighting the newfound common potentials.

(SPOLKA – Zuzana Reveszova)