Wording by Lena Séraphin

This exposition is entitled Wording: on Collaborative Writing in Public Space, in short Wording. It is a continuous non-conclusive working space and a collection of research on collaborative writing. The aim of this attempt at writing is to shape a public space using words and to position ourselves in shared spaces and reciprocated texts. Wording has a performative quality as writers in public space are observed themselves, and the question is if this collective writing experiment acts as a countertext to the commodification of our corporeal selves. Wording is inspired by Georges Perec and his experimental work "An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris" from 1974 and is facilitated by Lena Séraphin.

Rewording was performed twice in Helsinki, during the opening of the RP#3 Info Lab on 24/10 and on 26/10 as the beginning of the symposium on the outcomes of the Research Pavilion #3, 2019. Both events took place at the Exhibition Laboratory, and the readers were Ulla Prami, Lena Séraphin, Minna Heikinaho, Emma Cocker, Maarit Mustonen and Bartaku. Works shown in exhibition by Andrea Coyotzi Borja, Bartaku and Suvi Nurmi together with all 50 texts written during Wording - Collaborative Writing in Public Space, 2019.

The Temporary Agora facilitated by Anni Laakso, in the background printed work by Jaana Kokko, Wording works by Bartaku, Andrea Coyotzi Borja and Suvi Nurmi.On the structure the texts from the workshop Wording - Collaborative Writing in Public Space, 2019. The installment of the Temporary Agora at the Info Lab was a continuation of the temporal sculptural construction facilitated by Anni Laakso at the Research Pavilion in Venice.

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⎈ Wording

Publications on Collaborative Writing

Wording at Research Pavilion #3,2019

Re-Wording at Research Pavilion #3 in Venice,2019

Wording and Re-Wording at RP #3 Info Lab,2019

Wording in Vasa,2020

Rewording at RP #3 Info Lab 24/10 and 26/10 at Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki.