WINTERSWAP: Stacking Tiles, Mirrored Lines
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What practices, stories, and rituals can we carry with us to survive and thrive together emotionally and culturally?
From 5 to 8 February, MOSAIC Collective temporarily takes over the MaMA showroom with WINTER SWAP: Stacking Tiles, Mirrored Lines. The programme explores play as a collective cultural practice and as a strategy for emotional and social survival.
By approaching play as a critical and inclusive way of relating, MOSAIC Collective frames play as an antidote to isolation in contemporary life. Across a series of public activities, play becomes a tool to reflect, connect, and come together in shared experience.
Programme
Wednesday 5 February, 17:00 – 19:00
Playing: What’s the Point?
A Q&A card-based game reflecting on the cultures, behaviours and dynamics of play.
Thursday 6 February, 15:00 – 17:00
Play with Me? @ Dewaniya
A collective session revisiting childhood games using materials easily found at home.
Thursday 6 February, 18:00 – 21:00
Kunstavond: Friday Night at Ours – The (board) game edition
Friday Night at Ours comfy ‘n cozy series of gatherings celebrating the art of making people feel at home, organised by MaMA’s public engagement team during each Kunstavond. This edition is all about playing an evening of classic (board) games.
Friday 7 February, 16:00 – 19:00
Useless Workshop
A series of performative exercises that challenge ideas of perfectionism, labour and productivity.
Saturday 8 February, 14:00 – 16:00
Playing: What’s the Point?
A second session of the Q&A card-based game, focusing on culture, behaviour and play.
Daily, 14:00–19:00
Open Studio
Visitors are welcome to drop by and explore the work in progress throughout the week.
To join one or more of these events, please register here.
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MOSAIC Collective is an initiative formed by Fatemeh Asiri, Athina Koutsiou and Victoria de la Torre.
is an artist who explores mental healing for collective survival on the intersection of queer identity, body and shared histories through diverse mediums.
works and teaches at the intersection of design, art and critical thought, and is interested in how relations with objects, spaces and others can become more convivial through historical and cultural research.
is a researcher and artist who explores the themes of identity and belonging within the MENA region, through writing, film/video, performance and installation to shift the audience’s focus to polyphonic narratives.
