Can drawing be a way of speaking? And how do we communicate when lines rather than words carry the conversation?
We explored these questions in the PLURI workshop “Collective Drawing Session”, together with Marcos (@marcos_garc_per) and Carla Schlie (@carla_schlie) from Meeting Lines (@meeting.lines). Using simple, self-made tools, many hands drew at the same time on the same surface.
Drawing soon became an exchange. One line made a statement; the next responded to it, picked it up, contradicted it or redirected it. As in a conversation, it was about listening, leaving space and taking space, leading and following. Out of individual contributions, shared forms emerged.
This kind of communication does not depend on a shared language. In multilingual groups especially, it opens up another way of expressing ourselves and responding to one another, regardless of the languages we speak.
