the space between our toes

Concept by Rosie Benn
with project and conceptual development from Shobha Untersteiner

Feet can be thought of as a person’s foundation. They can create stability, security and autonomy. However, the shoes that we wear and the situations we walk in may also form the shape of our toes under pressure and constraint. This foot therapy appeals to collective practise, and it doesn’t stop with a pedicure. Embracing process and continuing it into the gallery space, as a dialogical meeting point for exchange (see footnote #1).

‘the space between our toes’ draws on both metaphorical and actual connections between the impracticality and instability amongst job sectors, as well as the shoes that are lived in by women* (see footnote #3). Looking also for alternative modes of being and doing, we turn to Silvia Federici’s proposals of re-enchantment (see footnote #3). Her descriptions of commoning are a point of inspiration for reflecting on and through art process and our everyday life. A semi-starting, rather than an ending point, it’s a go at making remedies for the isolating aspects of making art and living in current structures.