Art Worker
RMA Cultural Analysis UvA
camilademussy@gmail.com
+31 659361859
Art Worker
RMA Cultural Analysis UvA
camilademussy@gmail.com
+31 659361859
Concept and Production
2022-
In collaboration with Anne Giesen, Tight-Knit Project, first called Knitted Together emergedas part of the DIT exhibition at Framer Framed, researching ways to learn, explore and discuss the topic of the housing crisis in Amsterdam. As new students in Amsterdam, and following the protest movement of 2021, this project aimed to open spaces for different narratives and positionalities to encounter each other.
Stepping outside of the structure of the academic lecture and its expert/non expert dynamic, the sessions experimented with the setting, pace and structure of the conversation so more people may feel confortable to participate. During each session, participants were invited to collaborate on a collective life-size knitted tent for a future demostration in the public space. The sessions aimed to build community ties through knitting, working towards a common purpose and inviting interaction around urgent social issues.
We were interested in bringing together different perspectives, so each session invited a speaker related to the topic from a different angle.
Roman Tkachenko is a visual artist who works with site-specific installations to research architure and its social contracts.
Marta Pagliuca Pelacani shared her experience living in ACTA, a former Odontology Academic Center building repurposed as low rent student accomodation.
After this first cycle at Framer Framed, the project expanded under the name Tight-Knit Project, collaborating with new communities such as Mokumkraakt and other socially engaged squats. Currently, the project aims to employ this format in other contexts as a way to engage with pressing social and political matters.