‘Tools of Relation’ is a collaborative field research project about the Gerrit Rietveld Academie and Sandberg instituut. The project aims
to harvest the unofficial work of past and present members of the academy (grass-root initiatives), as well as to create an alternative institutional lexicon. It researches methods to open-source the historical lineage of work that largely goes without memory, like that of students and/or tutor unions which would cease to exist if new members stop joining. Slowly dying out, either by word of mouth or in the abysses of social media platforms, these conversations become long-lost. Archiving this work can establish a new framework of action.
Tools of Relation | photo by Tom Janssen
Tools of Relation | photo by Tom Janssen
