Scratching the Surface series interrogates the transformative possibilities and constraints of emancipatory pedagogies in the fields of visual art, performance, literature, art history, research, and art criticism. Taken from a poem by Audre Lorde, the title underlines the determination to undo and question certainties, biases, norms, and the fabric of pedagogical models. The series is particularly interested in artistic pedagogies in contexts of coloniality.
The collection comprises a series of three affordable books (10×15 cm). The inaugural set brings together insightful texts by Griselda Pollock, Anna Colin, and Virginie Bobin. Each book uses two colours, passing one to the next as legacy — treating colour as knowledge, where no book begins on a blank canvas but continues the dialogue from its predecessor.
Scratching the Surface is also a digital teaching platform exploring multimedia contributions for learning and horizontal pedagogies (see related projects).
Feminism, Pedagogy and the Studio
Alternative Pedagogical Spaces
Unlearning with Translation
