Risking It All: Multi-Dimensional Reading

Join artist Rabindranath X Bhose for the first workshop in our Strange Exchange Forum series.

You enter the library and meet a million beings. How do you come out?

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Using bibliomancy and scrying, two methods of divination, we will delve into the Strange Exchange library to find companions in the books of their developing collection. We will talk about risk inside and outside the academic institution, DIY learning spaces, and taking up a fugitive position to learn in ways that unfold possibilities for liberation.

We’ll practice some tools for divining esoteric knowledge from books, and try out overwriting our chosen texts to leave parts of ourselves in the library. Bring your questions, curiosities and worries for the books and all else will be revealed (or not).

Rabindranath X Bhose is an artist and mover based in Glasgow and hailing from London, Scotland, France, India and Brussels. His work…