Cosmologies of Asylum: A Lumbung Collaboration Between Trampoline House and Project Art Works

Carlota Mir

This exposition is a harvest of ‘Massaging The Asylum System’, a year-long collaboration between refugee justice centre Trampoline House (DK) and neurodiverse collective Project Art Works (UK) by co-curator Carlota Mir. As a lumbung practice, harvest refers to artistic recordings of discussions and meetings. Together, we set out to explore how migrant and neurodivergent communities are affected by social systems of care and control, and we sought ways to massage the asylum system – yes, massage, like a real massage – so that it could become softer and more humane. Bringing together the vision and artistic tools from both organisations, our work became a temporary coalition of dissident bodies. Organised in a series of concentric circles and islands, the map revisits the ecosystem of the project and its traces: informal encounters, public conversations, art installations, and two workshop series in Copenhagen and Kassel, reflecting a multitude of voices from artists, collective members, facilitators, activists, publics, and the lumbung community. The collaboration between Trampoline House and Project Art Works was initiated by Carlota Mir and Sara Alberani in the context of documenta fifteen and funded with common resources from the lumbung Collective Pot. With support from the Danish Arts Foundation and the Italian Council. Publication design: Laura Migueláñez and Orestis Nikolaidis. Thanks to lumbung inter-lokal, Trampoline House and Project Art Works communities for their generosity and the knowledge shared, which has made this harvest possible.

Core Circle. Vestibule. An Introductory Essay

Situating the collaboration between Trampoline House & Project Art Works in the context of Lumbung

Circle 1. Cosmology as Method

An overview of Project Art Works’ Cosmologies of Care drawings as a core method.

Circle II. Where is the art?

A diary entry harvesting the joint research process inside the Where is the Art research group at documenta, and how the idea for the collaboration was born.

Circle III.Navigating Systems of Care and Control

A joint conversation between Trampoline House and Project Art Works as part of Lumbung Konteks.

Circle IV. Cosmologies of Asylum

A harvest of our May 2022 workshops in Trampoline House.

Circle V. Traces. documenta fifteen

Translations, traces and journeys of our joint work in the Kassel installations.

Circle VI. Massaging the Asylum System, Creative Strategies of Care

Public workshops in Kassel during the closing of the 100 days. Action supported by the Italian Council.

Island: Control/Care

Island: Health/Illness

Island: Alliance/Division

Island: Hostility/Solidarity

Island: Access/Invisibility

Collaboration Timeline

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Carlota Mir - Cosmologies of Asylum: A Lumbung Collaboration Between Trampoline House and Project Art Works - 2023