Embodied Making As Collective Publishing: The Body and Hanzi




Workshop, lecture, publication

Presented by
Radical Characters (Mary Y. Yang) and 
Body&Forma (Chen Luo)

School of Musuem of Fine Arts
Tufts University
November 4, 2024

Massachusetts College of Art and Design
November 21, 2022

Boston Art Book Fair
Boston Center for the Arts
November 5, 2022


A workshop to explore how embodied making can inform collective publishing. During the workshop, participants explored the relationship between the body and Hanzi (Chinese characters) through a series of hands-on exercises to create collaborative, wearable posters. Participants practiced writing Hanzi at a large scale by making a human-proportioned poster. How can embodied making create a space for collective exchange and expression? What does collective publishing look like through collaborative labor in a shared space and time? What are ways that we can examine the boundaries between bodies and print, typography and space, and the individual to the collective? 


Workshop zine



Detail of workshop zine with mini, wearable poster  



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