J O A N N A G A R M O N
Installation of collective drawings and collages, variable measurements (1.5m - 4m), 2024
In the framework of the participatory exhibition Adler für Alle in the Kommunale Galerie Adlershof, I invited the public to join me in a series of workshops to develop a piece together to explore the collectivity of family history and our means of transforming generational narratives. I asked participants to reflect on their family's legacy and intuitively translate their thoughts into writing. Each participant then abstracted their text using drawing and collage techniques. The drawings were ultimately reworked into a communal patchwork.
At the start of the exhibition, the result of my process was displayed – a patchwork of my own drawings that emerged from personal free writing. Over the next six weeks and four workshops, participants created fifteen drawings using this approach. Many thanks and gratitude to all participants for their engagement and trust: Mirthe, Renate, Bärbel, Jana, Timo, Lucy, Frank, Matt, Jamie, Nadja and Logan.
