Abstract

Speaking in Tongues is an initiative led by Hannah Gawne, Natalie Gale, and Fiona Larkin, emerging from our collective experiences in teaching art at Sunderland University. Our focus lies in elucidating the multimodal processes inherent in artmaking and examining how we convey our tacit knowledge.
The workshops facilitate participants in co-constructing a glossary that translates their implicit creative processes into a shared lexicon (https://www.instagram.com/speakingintongues_workshop/). Building on our experimental culture, we explore the interplay between unknowing and experience, positioning the lab and studio as environments conducive to exploration and play.
For our exhibition at the Dead Dog Gallery, we created a dialectic, inquiry-based art piece that invites live participation to expand our existing glossary. The gallery installation features a large print on a table, serving as the collaborative focal point for discussion, debate, drawing, and making. To reveal the often-implicit language of art-making, we will invite participants to engage in a propositional active workshop. Interrogating the language of creation through diverse materials and collaborative dialogue.