With the support of De Brakke Grond, Nikima Jagudajev and collaborator Laura Stellacci will work on developing their clothing line, Arcane Clothing, for a new work called Whatever, and will continue to collect "doodles" on a massive quilt inspired by the concept of the world map in video games; a graphical representation of the game world that provides players with an overview of the layout and structure of the game environment. Eventually, the plan is to invite SNDO students into the studio to partake in various structured conversations surrounding the construction, disruption, demise and reconstruction of space. "As we hang out and discuss, Laura and I will invite our guests to embroider their initials, a tag, a small drawing or message; drawing our map into existence. These doodles are called ‘grandma’s tattoos’ and are inspired by the notes we used to etch into the bathroom stalls at school and the doodles we left in the margins of each other's notebooks."
Space is configured through repetition; gestures and postures inscribe space with homogenized expectations. Conversely, sitting on the same ground together and sewing pieces of fabric together or doodling ideas, notes, drawings on one big quilt etches a different storyline into our material world. These small playful acts are a source of delight and interrogation as we exercise our immediate impact on the world. In a context where our ability to exercise power is siphoned from us in whatever way possible, these simple acts become meaningful; a worldbuilding practice in which we are collectively stitching our own landscape into existence, what will it look like?