Title

Together

Creator

Demiryan, Elen

Baillard, Aurore

Abstract

This collaborative project brings together women's voices, images, and materials to create a shared textile surface. Participants were invited to contribute a piece of fabric and a written response to the question, "What would you do to make the world a better place?" Their portraits were photographed and stitched onto the gathered cloths, which were then sewn into a single composite piece. Men were subsequently invited to embroider onto the work, layering gesture upon gesture. Drawing on relational aesthetics and participatory art theory, the project frames making itself as a collective act — resisting passive spectatorship and fixed authorship in favor of a living, evolving conversation in cloth.

Keywords

participation

textile

collective authorship

Date Available

May 27, 2026

May 28, 2026

Type

Visual Arts

Course

Time Based Media II

Instructor

Jennifer Nelson

Session

Visual Arts Exhibition

Location

Art Center Gallery

Event

Year 2026 | 10th Annual Student Research and Creative Arts Symposium